Category Archives: Books, Film, and TV

In a bold-face plagerism of my wife’s idea, I here offer my thoughts on the latest books I’ve read… 1. Godless (by Dan Barker) Okay, first of all: great cover!  Second, what’s with that subtitle?  I think I should make … Continue reading →

Disney attempts to recapture the success of their 1950s series True-life Adventures (their collection of multi-Oscar winning nature documentaries) with the release of Earth. Earth is the first in a line of proposed projects under the Magic Kingdom’s Disneynature independent … Continue reading →

I saw the movie The Reader this past weekend.  This movie was notable for two reasons: 1) lending further credence to my theory that Kate Winslet loves to take her clothes off for the camera; and 2) its completely idiotic … Continue reading →

Yesterday, for the first time this millennium, I had the privilege of opening up my list of Alfred Hitchcock creations and placing a check in a couple of boxes.  This is a great accomplishment, as this is one of the … Continue reading →

I recently finished reading Ambitious Brew, by Maureen Ogle. Ogle begins her book by claiming that the general consensus among beer aficionados is that domestic beer is driven, not by quality and taste, but by corporate greed and that the … Continue reading →