Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Most people in relationships have a sense of being wanted, yet many of these same people feel unfulfilled and have a deeper sense of longing. Sure, the relationships are generally good enough, but something seems to be missing. That something is a true feeling of “being chosen.” Being Wanted vs. Being Chosen Look at it this way: There are many reasons why someone might “want” you. A friend may want you to keep them from feeling lonely. Or maybe you are exciting, a lot of fun, and can open up social opportunities. A romantic partner might want these same things…

Most movie killers want you afraid of them. Peachfuzz wants you to make small talk first. He wants the nervous chuckle, the “ha, okay, this guy is a lot” face, the moment where you decide to be nice about it because leaving would be rude. Then he kills you. Season Two of The Creep Tapes spends six episodes finding fresh ways to weaponize basic human courtesy, and I am sorry to report it works on me every single time. I keep being polite to my television. The television keeps not deserving it. The set landed on Blu-ray June 1, 2026…

Guest columnist Sarah Sinn discusses how horror films helped her process the grief of losing her motherGrief is universal. We all experience it. We all must deal with it. We all have to process it and face it. Some people go to therapy. Others go to church. Some get in touch with nature. Me? I turn to horror.I lost my mom in 2018 to cancer. Unfortunately, she had a very rare form of cancer (peritoneal cancer, the lining of the abdomen). A cancer so rare that, when my mom was diagnosed, it was automatically considered stage 4 cancer. She fought…

Scroll X (née Twitter) for long enough and you’ll see a familiar complaint: Algorithms have ruined the feed. Users lament that posts no longer appear in a simple chronology and bristle at how often negative or disturbing news rises to the top. The usual solution quickly follows—calls for the algorithm to work differently, to show less of this and more of that (with “this” and “that” changing from post to post). What often gets missed in these complaints is a simpler point: Algorithms’ goal is to keep users engaged. They do that by showing content people reliably interact with. In…

Jordan and Algeria meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup second group stage match on Monday, June 22, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. ET from San Francisco Bay Area Stadium.Jordan lost their opening match to Austria 3-1, with Ali Olwan scoring their only goal. Algeria lost their opener 3-0 against Argentina.Below are the details on how to watch. How to Watch Jordan vs. AlgeriaWhen: Monday, June 22, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. ETWhere: San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, San Francisco Bay Area, CATV: FS1Stream: Watch 3 days free on FOX One, FOX SportsArgentina vs Algeria Extended Highlights | 2026 FIFA World Cup™…

Newport’s Valley is the kind of scenic little town where the hiking is gorgeous, the locals are friendly, and nobody mentions the tomb. Round the Decay, the folk horror creature feature written and directed by Adam Newman, drops a grieving woman and a handful of hikers into exactly that arrangement and lets the arrangement do what these arrangements always do. Something old gets dug up. The town keeps smiling. The film arrives on UK digital June 22 from Seven Tales, with the US digital release following a day later on June 23. After a festival and theatrical run that put…

When we imagine Greece, we easily picture blue skies and warm sunshine. As a faculty member who has led a study abroad program in Greece for years, I carried those same expectations with me when we visited this summer. However, that was not our experience this summer. When our group made its way toward the Acropolis, dark clouds gathered overhead. Before long, rain began to fall. Many of us had not brought umbrellas or rain jackets, the marble pathways became slick under our feet, phone cameras disappeared into pockets, and our shoes were quickly soaked. As the rain continued, the…

Trigger Warning: This review discusses sexual assault as it is present in the plot of the episode. Two weeks ago, AMC’s The Vampire Lestat premiered after an over two-year hiatus, throwing audiences headfirst into Lestat de Lioncourt‘s (Sam Reid) chaotic North American rockstar tour and the increasingly complicated — and ominous — legend surrounding it. By the end of the premiere, three things had become abundantly clear: Lestat’s narration is being recorded from a point sometime after the catastrophic events associated with The Queen of the Damned; his music has unleashed a collection of “muses” — manifestations of figures from…

I’m sitting beside a brown, bald Santa Claus. Sort of. But instead of asking me what I want for Christmas, he’s asking me, “Who are you?” It’s taken a long time, a plane ride from North America to India, and several psychotic/mystical/kundalini emergency episodes to finally get me sitting beside H. W. Poonja—this chubby, spiritual teacher dressed all in orange based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The relentless depression and the terrifying, threatening idea that I would always feel this suicidally desperate were what really drove me there. They say necessity is the mother of invention, but I say it’s suffering.…

Jameis Winston traded the gridiron for the world’s game this summer, living it up with a different kind of football (and football fans) as a FOX Sports World Cup correspondent for the 2026 tournament. Winston — the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner and current quarterback for the New York Giants — will take the hype around the largest World Cup yet, as a 48-team tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.Here’s a look at some of the best moments from Winston’s World Cup journey:Inside Look at Winston’s Epic Week-Long Celebration with U.S. and Australian FansWinston’s World Cup journey continues as…