Sunday, February 24, 2013

Oscar Dark Thirty


Zero Dark Thirty” is a great movie. It’s a subjective claim and a personal judgment as is this: It’s an important movie, a movie about the soul of America, who we think we are and who we really are.


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Hit List


What were the best songs of 2012? No, stop, I wasn't really asking for your opinion. This is my blog and it’s my list. It was a rhetorical question. A literary artifice, if you will. You won't? Okay. Sorry for the confusion. Anyway, I spend a fair amount of time listening to classic rock while driving to and from work but I will resist the impulse to include Rick Springfield’s “Jesse’s Girl” on
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Circle of Pigskin Life


Okay, 2012 is in the rear view. It’s time to start talking about 2013 and another roller coaster scary trip to the playoffs. It’s time for wishes and fishes.
 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Pistol Packin' Jesus


Arkansas is about to join a select group of states which has specifically approved the right of citizens to carry concealed weapons in a place of worship. I’m guessing (hoping) we’re talking about hand guns here (and not Mac-10’s or sawed-off shotguns though these could certainly be concealed, given the right body type).


Sunday, February 3, 2013

How Far is Soon?

How far have the radio waves from the Apollo moon landing traveled? How long before they reach a place in the universe where sentient life forms are a better than even chance? And how long after that before those sentient life forms build a spaceship with warp drive and travel the intergalactic distances necessary to make this world their own? We've got some time before that goes down, don’t we?

Monday, January 21, 2013