My Old Kentucky Home

Nothing I can write here can properly sum up tonight's game and it's meaning for us Kentuckians. It's just too big. Too big of a moment for a state that has so little impact in the grand scheme of things. But nevertheless, tonight I hope my Wildcats emerge victorious. If...

Friday Funnies

OK, bear with me, this is a long video. I love Kevin Smith. I watch all his movies, listen to his series of podcasts and also watch a ton of Q&As with him. He's hilarious, has no filter whatsoever, and while super knowledgeable about Hollywood and comics he can at...

Game On: Week of March 23

My recent column reviewing Mass Effect 3 and Unit 13. Thanks to the Detroit News for publishing.

My Head and Heart

Last week a couple coworkers and I went up to Baltimore to see a Seattle band called The Head and the Heart. They are a cool folk/rock hybrid band that has a way bigger following on the east coast than I would have thought (the club was PACKED and very...

What I’ve Read: The Last Stand

My journey down the corridors of history (how's that for some schmaltz?) takes me out West, as I explored the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which was one of the major turning points in American/Indian relations after the Civil War. Part of my work at CFED over the years was...

Friday Funnies

When I was in the 7th grade, a friend of mine's older brother introduced us to the hilarity of Amazon Women on the Moon. It's a weird movie that didn't have enough story, so apparently they threw in some sketches now and then to pad it out. No matter, the...

My Movie Challenge

The Graduate (1967): For a woman who loves Simon & Garfunkel as much as the wife does, it was stunning to hear her tell me she hadn't seen this movie all the way through. "yeah, there is the great music, the guy gets hit on by the mom and it's...

My Childhood, Bastardized

This one is going to be rather simple. I love board games as a kid. Actually, screw that, I still love board games. Friends and I still get together now and then to play Trivial Pursuit or Scattergories or some kind of game that pairs well with drinking. My two...

Game On: Week of March 16

My recent column reviewing MLB 12: The Show and MLB 2K12. Thanks to the Times Record News and Pennsylvania Live for publishing.

My Movie Challenge

Duck Soup (1933): This is up there with All About Eve as an early contender for Most Pleasant Surprise movie in the challenge list. Not sure how this one escaped me, but I didn't know it was a Marx Brothers film, so just seeing the name Duck Soup on the...

My Nervous Excitement

The annual tradition begins once again: the hunt by my beloved UK Wildcats for that 8th national title. There are some scary names potentially in the path of my boys so here's to hoping this batch of young fellas can handle it. It'll be a nerve-wracking few weeks, but I'll...

Game On: Week of March 9

My recent column reviewing SSX and Asura's Wrath. Thanks to the Ventura County Star for publishing.