Wednesday
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: …
Category: Entertainment
Wednesday
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 …
Monday
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, …
Tuesday
“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. …
Buffetting Life’s Storms
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 …
Up and FTN
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 …
Memorial Day Eudemon
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 …
Entertainment Wednesday
Headlines from 2029 and Other Matters
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 …
Thursday
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 …
Monday Moanin’
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 …
The Wednesday Eudemon
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 …