Reminder: Heroes Is Back Tonight, and So Is Alcohol Abuse the Live-Blog
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?Ladies and gents, my apologies — I managed to postpone my normal holiday illnesses until after New Year’s Day this year, but that meant I’ve spent the weekend and today feeling like shit thanks to a variety of strep-throat-like symptoms (note: I may have strep throat). I know I owe you TR Contest winners and my ever-belated Avatar review, and I promise at least one of those is coming tomorrow.
That said, tonight is in fact the return of Heroes, as well as the TR live-blog. Indeed, such is the gripping story of characters like Gretchen Q. Lesbian and The Cellist Who Can Shoot Rainbows from Her Cello and Had Massive Time Spent on Demonstrating Her Powers Only to Have No Relevance to Any Plot Thread Whatsoever that no illness could keep me away. The live-blog will start at 7:55 pm EST tonight just before the show starts at 8pm; but be warned, because tonight is a punishing two-hour double episode. We’re running from 8-10pm. Frankly, if I actually live long enough to post anything tomorrow, you guys should be impressed.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.