I’m not a sociologist, so I don’t really know when I technically “grew up.” Since I went from age 6 to 16 in the 1980s, a case could be made that I grew up in that decade. Still, I feel like it was during my time aged 16 to 26 that I actually became who I am […]
Category: Jason
Stuff I Like: Über Poignant Films
I don’t know about you, but I am something of a film buff. When it comes to my favorite film genre, however, unfortunately it doesn’t really have a convenient label, so I’ll have to describe it and give examples. I absolutely love those films that lean heavily on dialogue and conversation, that are character-driven, that […]
Stuff I Like: Wordsmithery and Woe
Being a writer myself, I have a deep affinity for words and their smithing. I have long maintained that it’s one thing to tell a great story, but another to tell it well, and beautifully. I would consider popular tales like the Millennium Trilogy, the five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, and the Harry Potter series to be […]
On Mindlessly Crying “Wolf!”
I recently saw the film The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leocapro DiNardio (which is what I call him now, because I like it). I had been hearing that the movie was somewhat controversial because of its supposed glorification of the lifestyle enjoyed by Jordan Belfort, whom DiNardio portrays in the film. That’s right, I said […]
Hashtag, Gadget-Mastery
In case you missed it, here’s what happened: This past Friday Justine Sacco, a PR director at InterActiveCorp, was boarding an eleven-hour flight from London to Cape Town. Just as the announcement was made to power down all electronic devices she tweeted this to her 200 followers: Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just […]
Duck Diplomacy
My first encounter with the whole Duck Dynasty craze was when I was last in a Christian bookstore (still trying to get the taste out of my mouth), and I came across what I can only describe as a shrine to the show, and to Phil Robertson, one of its stars. And now, apparently, he has […]