Hell’s Kitchen is back, baby!

The fifth season of Hell’s Kitchen began Thursday night in what promises to be another great epic in this popular Fox reality television series.
Chef Gordon Ramsay is back once again to give the business to chefs aspiring to become the head chef of one of Ramsay’s world-renowned restaurants. This season’s cast appears to be as [...]

List: Books and Movies for after 2012

 

So, I am reading this book called A Canticle for Leibowitz.  It is a great PA (Post-Apocalyptic) story about a world that has survived the Fire Deluge (Nuclear War) and exists in future 3174 Utah.  The world has reverted in a way to a similar situation as the days of medieval times.  There are monasteries, tribal [...]

My Summer Olympics thoughts

As the resident sports’ blogger here at The Microcosm, I thought I would muse on some thoughts I had during the last few weeks of the summer games.
We watched the Olympics every night, despite being in transit from Baton Rouge to Akron, Ohio, during part of the games. We watched in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on our [...]

Bernie Mac…

Comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning….
I always enjoyed his comedy… The man knew how to make people laugh- and, at the end of the day, what more can you ask of someone…

The Dark Knight Prologue

[Update: Click here to see themicrocosm's review of the movie and give us your thoughts...]
As you may or may not be aware, the IMAX screening of I Am Legend had a special treat that ran right before the movie… The first six minutes of The Dark Knight, which hit theaters across the nation today… The [...]

All Star Extravaganza…

Yankee Stadium–there is no other baseball park in America that polarizes more people than “The House that Ruth Built.” Whether you love it or hate it you have to admit that the site of this year’s All Star game holds a place in every baseball fan’s heart. The fact that The Stadium is [...]

Hell’s Kitchen season finale

I think I just heard a collective “Damn it!” from The Microcosm faithful at the end of the Hell’s Kitchen season four finale.
No, our boy Petrozza did not win this season. Unfortunately, he fell prey to some poor organization skills and lackluster prepping in the final episode. He still made it close with some clutch [...]

Why So Serious?

That face… it’s so—just wow.. no words… the buzz around The Dark Knight has been hard to miss lately, especially as the 18th of July draws near… To quote theµcosm “Everybody and their mama is excited about this movie…” so, because I’m a lazy, lazy man… this week’s entry will just be the trailers [...]

Hell’s Kitchen Season 4, Episode 14

Veterans to the show saw this coming: The two-part season finale.
Yes, I knew coming into tonight that this season would not end just yet. The final two contestants — Petrozza, our boy, and Christina — have too much to accomplish to pack it in to a one-hour episode.
So, being the smart little directors they are, [...]

What Not To Do…

In keeping with what seems to be a developing style on this blog, I’ve decided to list seven behaviors which should be avoided at all costs. To be fair, I’ve tried to include a few examples of why these decisions are not the best way of doing things. Still I feel as though [...]