Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Arsenal have officially secured the Premier League title after Manchester City’s draw at Bournemouth handed the Gunners an unassailable four-point lead with just one game remaining. Mikel Arteta’s relentless side can finally celebrate a historic triumph that brings an end to over two decades of agonizing near-misses and north London heartbreak.Record This Season: Set-Piece KingsArsenal’s march to the crown has been defined by tactical discipline and an unprecedented efficiency from dead-ball situations. The Gunners officially established themselves as the undisputed set-piece kings of English football this season, breaking records by scoring their 18th Premier League goal from a corner routine.This lethal trait…

Shudder just officially announced that their anthology series, Hell Motel, will return for a new season. Titled Hell Motel: Murder at Red Mountain, the new season is currently in production and stars Devon Sawa! The series comes from Slasher series creators Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter, and we have the first details and photos from Murder at Red Mountain: Set at a mountain resort known for eliminating people’s inhibitions and amplifying their desires, Hell Motel: Murder at Red Mountain continues to reveal the chilling consequences of surrendering to our darkest impulses amidst the unique Cold River landscape. As guests and staff go missing without explanation and…

Spend a few minutes scrolling through posts about AI, and you’ll see a divide. On one side are warnings about hallucinations, errors, and the risks of relying on a system that can sound confident while being wrong. On the other is a growing comfort with using it for just about everything — drafting, planning, even making decisions — sometimes with surprisingly little scrutiny. That divide makes it seem like the main question is how much weight we should give AI’s recommendations. But that may not be the right question. Across two recent studies, my colleagues and I looked at how…

Curry Barker’s Obsession is hardly an original ideaI am not the target audience for Obsession. It’s clearly made for a certain subset of 20-somethings (and maybe some people in their 30s and 40s who think they’re still in their 20s — we all know two or three of them.) But it’s obviously a film that resonates with a lot of people. Curry Barker’s flick was purportedly filmed for about $1 million (and I’m going to stress the word purportedly here VERY hard) and on its opening weekend it grossed approximately $23 million. In case you forgot how math works, that’s profit…

As I wrote previously, dating and relationship conversations can feel embarrassing and anxiety-provoking. Those feelings arise because we want something from a romantic partner, but we don’t want to make things awkward by asking them for it. To solve this dilemma, Kunkel, Wilson, Olufowote, and Robson (2003) studied the concerns that made individuals uncomfortable asking a partner for something (face threats), as well as the strategies they used to discuss things more comfortably (face-saving strategies). Following their findings, in this post, we’ll explore the concerns that might hold you back from intensifying your romantic commitment with a partner (i.e., discussing…

This past Mother’s Day was particularly poignant for me. This year marks the 10th year of my mother’s passing away in Bangalore, India, from a rare cancer. Social media was filled with tributes to the world’s wonderful moms. My mother, Lakshmi, was also amazing. And she was also… difficult. Reflecting on my mother leaves me with lasting lessons about the impact of “difficult people” in our lives and careers. Calling someone “difficult” could seem pejorative, but it’s actually descriptive of the complex interpersonal dynamics that may not be as simple as we would like, but are active reflections of reality.…

A few years ago, after my wife, Linda, and I dropped our twin daughters off at college, I walked through our front door and felt homesick in my own home. And it wasn’t just my children. All my relationships felt asunder. I had just lost my dad, was losing my mom, my marriage needed to be renegotiated, and my friendships needed to be remade. I was hardly alone: Everyone I know was craving connection and feeling like we’ve abandoned our loved ones for our screens. I went looking for solutions and found a startling story hiding in plain sight: the…

I’ve been enjoying seeing conversations from horror fans around the world who have had a chance to see Obsession. Even if you saw trailers and clips ahead of time, it still doesn’t fully prepare you for Curry Barker’s horrifying, gut-wrenching, and character-driven take on a familiar “wish” concept. We saw this with a packed audience at the Overlook Film Festival in April, and it was easily my favorite film of the festival. After seeing the film last month, I knew I had to catch up with Curry Barker and the cast to discuss some of the film’s best moments. What…

New understanding of frequent liars includes Machiavellianism and moral disengagement.

2026’s Faces of Death is a whip-smart meta-slasher with a ton of social commentary.Faces of Death is meta-horror done rightThe 2026 Faces of Death remake/reboot/reimagining will go down as one of the most unusual box office bombs in horror history. It had the media hype train behind it, it had a big name cast, it had influencers pimping it all over the socials, it had the gory magazine covers and it had a low-key brilliant marketing campaign … and nobody saw it in theaters earlier this year. The Wikipedia hive mind says the film cost more than $7 million to…