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 […]
Category: Pop Culture
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 […]
Prohibition, Moderation, and Boobies
By Christian In an interview a few years back on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, comedian Russell Brand addressed the possibility of his own sex addiction, saying, “I mean, yeah, it’s possible I’m a sex addict. But then, maybe I just really like boobies! How can you tell?” We live in a society that is […]
Keeping Christ in Xmas
My dear friends, this is nothing short of a call to arms. While I always feel very keenly the degree to which I, a middle-class white male, am ever the victim of marginalization and attack, it is during this time of year, xmastime, that the assault on the American way of life is most pronounced. […]