Summer is winding down, we’re heading into what may or may not be an epic El Niño season, the world is a mess, our government is a joke, the ad situation on this website is DRIVING EVERYONE UP A TREE, us included (I promise we are turning some gears behind the scenes about this), and Heated Rivalry just started shooting but we won’t get to see it until a quarter of the way through next year. In the face of these and other stresses, perhaps you just need to see something that works. Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are here for you. They look great, they seem fun as hell, they seem to love each other AND really like each other, they show no signs of slowing, and frankly it feels like if you ran into them at a bar they would give you excellent and sincere life advice. Thank you for being our lighthouse today, you two. Our Bacon Beacon. Slap it on a t-shirt.

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