Is “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (although, really, who can call this an unexpected journey? the lack of self-awareness in keeping that subtitle is staggering) a bad movie? Not at all. It’s a solid spectacle, and arguably more fun than much of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the problem is that it really isn’t…
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Movie Reviews: Anna Karenina
I wasn’t really a fan of this movie, but it’s worth reviewing simply because, well, I saw it…But I’ll make it brief since everyone really just wants to talk about The Hobbit (which I will, a little later on today)… What Works: This updating of the classic story will probably please fans of the material,…
Sunday’s Sermon: Domino’s Sues Over Birth Control Mandate, is the War on Women Back?
While a senseless tragedy dominates the news cycle in an equally senseless way (sorry, but at this point, it’s exploiting the tragedy more than really covering it), a story that might affect a whole lot more people has slipped through the cracks. In case the headline didn’t give away, that story is Domino’s Pizza founder…
A Rare Saturday Mom Joke: Chores
Why a Saturday Mom Joke? Because recent events that have dominated the news have been really…well, I think we could all use a laugh… Chores Little Rodney comes down to breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother asks if he had done his chores. “Not yet,” said Rodney. His mother tells him no…
Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” Should Be…The Marijuana User
Time Magazine will reveal their “Person of the Year” next week, but has already let their readers weigh in on who should be selected with an online poll. Out of some, in my opinion, weak selection choices (Chris Christie? really? for doing what exactly? standing on the outer edges of a hurricane?), their readers chose…Kim…
Petty Issues: Bad Barbies, Golden Globe Nominations, Syria’s President, and, of course, Kanye West
Kanye West wore a leather skirt to a charity event for Hurricane Sandy victims…proving that there is such a thing as bad charity. [Point, Republicans.] And he also brought his girlfriend Kim Kardashian with him, come on guys, haven’t the people of New York suffered enough? Screen Actor’s Guild nominations were announced yesterday, and, inexplicably, The Expendables…
What Are You Going Do On 12-12-12?
Today is, as I’m sure even the average Tea Party voter knows, 12-12-12. And that means it’s not only one of the very special days that roles around once a century, like 8-8-8 (which is lucky in Chinese culture, and they started the Olympics on that day) or 6-6-6 (a marketing ploy to release The…
What if Hugo Chavez Dies?
As I’m sure you know—–or, if you’ve watched any news or been to a news site in the last year—–Hugo Chavez is ailing. He has seemingly serious cancer (we don’t know the exact type and he won’t say how serious it is, nor would he be honest about it if it were terminal), and, in…
Movie Review: Rise of the Guardians
This movie is pretty much exactly what’s wrong with Hollywood. The “plot” (or, more accurately, marketing gimmick) revolves around the “new idea” that a lot of the most famous characters on Earth (Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.) are actually action heroes that fight the forces of darkness. It employs the trendy mass-market concept…
Mom Jokes: The Power of A Wife’s Love
A man was in his death bed, counting down his last hours with no hope and nothing left to live for. But then he began to smell the wonderful scent of his wife’s cookies—–his favorite food on Earth—–which seemed to magically lift his spirits. Slowly, he got out of bed and practically crawled down the…
Sunday’s Sermons: Alabama’s Last Dry County is a Good Example of What’s Wrong with the State
It’s pretty rare that Alabama makes the national news headlines, rarer still when it doesn’t revolve around the Crimson Tide (which is becoming the New York Yankees of college football), hate crimes, or rising obesity statistics. But that’s exactly what’s happened today, thanks to a story on Salon.com that is currently trending on Yahoo. The…
Bubba’s Sex Tips: Is It Now Time For Bubba to…[Shudder]…Become a Liberal?
I know I haven’t written much in this post-election hellhole that American has become. What with President Black Panther winning a second term, Comrade Warren being elected to the senate, an openly gay senator being elected, a record number of women being sent to congress, gay marriage being voted in in three states——-God, it’s all…
Interviews with the Invisible: As WA Officially Goes Legal, An Update with The Marijuana User
Waaaaaay back in April (4.20 to be exact) I interviewed a marijuana user, and I thought it might be fun to add a few questions to that, now that there has been so much change on this issue recently. Nothing major, just a few new questions in the beginning, and then re-posting April’s interview below…