Posted in Other, Updates, Writing on December 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Okay — the long and short of it is that I owe my faithful readers an apology. You may remember that a couple months ago I published a post titled “A Preview of Coming Attractions,” in which I said I was going to be writing on the following topics:
The HBO series True Detective (more…)
Posted in Art, Classics, Family Movies, Holidays, Humor, Movies, Video, tagged A Christmas Story, Ralphie, Soap Poisoning on December 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
It’s film clip Friday again…and also Christmas Day. Who says you can’t kill two birds — or maybe we should say two turtledoves — with one stone?
Enjoy 🙂
Posted in Fairy Tales, Holidays, Humor, Other, Video, tagged Father Christmas, Fr. John Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien on December 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Art, Books, Catholicism, Christianity, Classics, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Spirituality, tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Charlie Lovett, Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge on December 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I know, I know — there are only two days left until Christmas. But if you’re looking for a nice little holiday read that can be easily begun and finished in one sitting, you might consider Charlie Lovett’s The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Set 20 years after the events of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Lovett’s novel introduces us to a Scrooge who still puts people off, but because of his indefatigable enthusiasm rather than because of his miserly cruelty. We find him annoying the denizens of London (more…)
Posted in Art, Classics, Movies, Other, Video, tagged Al Pacino, Michael Corleone, The Godfather on December 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I’ve kind of veered from my original intent of talking about movies a lot on this blog, so here is the first in what I hope will be a series (not necessarily weekly) of posts featuring some of my favorite film scenes. And, of course, what better film to start with than The Godfather?
Enjoy 🙂
Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Holidays, Religion, tagged Christmas, Myth, Odin, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas on December 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The debate about Santa Claus is almost as heated as this ridiculous El Niño December we’re having in the Northeast U.S (sorry warm weather lovers, but I’m old school — I like my snow for Christmas). And while there is nothing I can do about the weather, I think I can help shed some light on the Santa question. (more…)
Posted in Art, Classics, Comedy, Family, Family Movies, Holidays, Movie Trailers, Movies, Video, tagged Christmas, Disney's A Christmas Carol, Elf, Home Alone, It's a Wonderful Life, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on December 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Here they are, in no particular order. Feel free to share yours in the comment section! (And yes, Die Hard does count)
1. Disney’s A Christmas Carol
2. Home Alone
3. Elf
4. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
…and, of course…
5. It’s a Wonderful Life
Posted in Current Events, Evil, Mental Illness, News, Television, tagged Guns, Planned Parenthood Shooting, San Bernardino Shooting, Shootings on December 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Well we’ve seen several more tragic and senseless shootings these last couple weeks, most notably those at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado and at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA.
And with the three-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting fast approaching, dealing with these tragedies casts an even greater pall over our holiday anticipations.
There is no way around it: We’re in the midst of an epidemic. It has not yet reached the level of a Black Plague, but it’s not inconceivable that it will.
As always, to point to a single cause is surely simplistic and potentially irresponsible. But there are a number of “currents” in our great cultural ocean that feed into this phenomenon (more…)
Into the Dance 