Friday Funnies

If there is one thing the wife can attest to, it’s my unbridled love for animal humor in movies. And nothing says this as strongly as when Ricky Bobby tried to face his fear and get back behind the wheel of a car. The wife was lucky when we went to see this movie, because […]

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What I’ve Read: In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson has not disappointed me as a writer yet, so digesting every word of his newest book was an easy assignment for me. He’s written fantastic books like Thunderstruck and Devil in the White City, so if you haven’t read those yet you just haven’t experienced compelling writing that is all nonfiction but reads […]

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Trailer Love

The last time a trailer for a TV show got me jacked up and excited, I was crushed by the massively disappointing “The Killing.” And I’m not going back to it, either. But that was a show on AMC, and before that, I cannot remember the last time a major network show got me this […]

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Friday Funnies

I shall certainly celebrate the return of Ferris Bueller this Super Bowl weekend, even if there’s about 30 ways I would make that commercial better and more like the movie while continuing to celebrate a car I will never want to own. But it does give me the opportunity to declare my unbridled love for […]

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