The following short story is what I wrote as my first entry into the NYC Midnight Short Story Tournament . The heat I was in required...

In 1949 George Orwell was wrong. Not about his title but he missed entitlement We aren’t afraid of screens watching us We are afraid...

*SPOILERS* Finally watched Short Term 12 on Amazon Prime Video last night. It’s been in my queue for quite a while. Wow. This film has...

It is obvious that our elected officials cannot seem to agree about walls but Samsung just revealed theirs. This new item also proves...

I had the great pleasure of talking this movie over with Steve Norton on his podcast https://screenfish.net . Check out our discussion...

We went to see They Shall Not Grow Old the other afternoon. It was 4 o'clock on a Monday and I figured the theater would be empty. It...

In 2016, HBO decided to make a long running adult-themed series called Westworld, based on the ideas of Michael Crichton. In fact,...

Currently Streaming on Amazon Prime. As far as dramas go, Robert Redford’s first foray into movie directing should not be missed. It was...

If you believe yourself to be a cinephile, one who loves movies, then you should definitely spend some time and watch this one. Currently...

I think there are some interesting things in this piece by Zat Rana: There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless My immediate problem as...

As I watched that video and others like it, I again sat in wonderment of the craziness that overcomes some folks on “Black Friday.” Much...

I wrote this back when I was an undergrad at NAU. It is in honor of my dad's service in the Air Force and also for all those who defend our freedoms everyday. Thank you. I was encouraged by friends to enter it in a contest and it won the grand prize! I got some money and my first published work. Below you can read it. I scanned it from the book it is in so it's a little blurred.

-I- Fortunes At Our Feet Arriving under leafy eucalyptus branches Snowy tent tops like a tiny cathedral in the grass Folks mingling,...

Icy air creeping out of vents, pumping the smell of aging flesh. Nurse, attention caught by accident, a whisper perhaps. He...

We watched Wonder (2017) as a family the other night. It truly was full of wonder and wonderful. It is about Auggie who was born with...

I found the two following excerpts from the dialogue of the movie quite interesting. I thought they might be worth some discussion,...

In teaching public high school literature there are very often ideas writers share and connect that are allusions to other literary...

“For is there any practice less selfish, any labor less alienated, any time less wasted, than preparing something delicious and...

In the second episode of Netflix’s Cooked Series, "Water" by Michael Pollan, we are reminded that, “Nowadays cooking is optional. It’s...

I felt like this episode was kneading my mind, expanding my understanding of the importance of another aspect of cooking. It really hit...