God Isn’t Here
Thunder, wind, and hail woke us up about 3:00 am last night. At the kind command of my wife, I got out of bed, stumbled downstairs, and got online to check for any tornado...
Monthly Archive: May 2012
Spotify Challenge for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fans
I need your help, friends, with putting together a Spotify playlist of thirty-three tracks from science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, or otherwise otherworldly films, television shows, and video games. Please leave suggestions in the...
First Thoughts: Snow White and the Huntsman Soundtrack
I’ve been doing searches on Spotify over the past week or so for the soundtrack to Snow White and the Huntsman, so you can imagine my joy this morning on discovering its sudden availability. ...
Memories of Valor
Freddie DeBoer defends Chris Hayes’s willingness to judge soldiers as individuals rather than give them blanket praise. His thesis: “there is no such thing as praise that does not recognize the individual character of...
Echoes on the Road
“The sound of the air blasts rolled down the hillside and over the fields. With never a pause, tiny figures in gray next to each gun quickly reloaded. Alessandro’s infatuation with Janet was overwhelmed...
The Market Value of Soiled Sheets
True story: some months ago my wife purchased some bedding sheets from one of the nation’s largest off-price retail stores. I won’t say which or give you a hint like “character on Friends” because...
“Snow White” Had Better Be the Fairest Film, Dammit
Permit me to echo io9’s causes for hope and causes for concern regarding the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman. Like them, I so desperately want it to prevail for its own sake and...
Paul Thomas Anderson Returns!
No other filmmaker can hold a sacred candle to writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson when he directs his mind, heart, and camera to American religiosity. Those who’ve seen Magnolia and There Will Be Blood can...
Moments in Parenting When You Don’t Know What to Say
I expect that my son will expand his vocabulary in kindergarten, but I was nonetheless momentarily dumbfounded when he came home one day, asked me to help him with a project, and informed me...
