Category: Entertainment
The Humor Escapes Me You know who I can’t stand? Stephen Colbert. I’ve actually grown to like Jon Stewart a little, but Colbert? I can’t stomach him (yeah, yeah: …
Rise of the Zombies In Monsters from the Id, E. Michael Jones advanced an interesting theory: a culture’s horror films reflect its sub-conscious. Frankenstein was fear of the unknown …
Movie Review I took the three older boys to see Captain America. The collective critics give it a C+ (Yahoo average). Of the three major rankings (Yahoo, Rotten Tomatoes, …
“The Attack of the Small Screen.” Part Six of Moguls and Movie Stars on TCM. The re-run played last night at 7:00, then I watched Part Seven at 8:00. …
The Hymns of Jimmy Buffett I started listening to Jimmy Buffett songs when I was in law school. Though I was ambitiously studying hard so I could find work …
Get Up and Go I received an email, saying that Nick Milne (blogger at The Daily Kraken and one of the brightest lights of young Catholicism north of the …
Stay Out of the Museum Night in the Museum 2 finished first in the box office: “Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the North American weekend box office duel …
Okay, it’s been decided: This blog will survive. Maybe even thrive. A major writing project has fallen through, leaving me with nothing to work on. It’s the first time …
Medal score: China 82, USA 62. I gotta believe the USA will pick up ground when we get to track and field, but it doesn’t really matter. The Olympians …
Another weekend, another time drain. This time, the annual jaunt to Frankenmuth for the Summer Music Festival. It was good to see my wife’s family, but I’m bummin’ at …
Interesting biography of Kris Kristofferson, sprinkled liberally with quotes from an interview. I always look for the Catholic angle or nugget in an article. Barring that, I look for …