“I absolutely believe in God… and I absolutely hate the fucker.” –Richard B. Riddick, Pitch Black
Tag: Movies
On Saturday, I lost my glasses on Nitro (the roller coaster at Great Adventure), a fitting epilogue to the tough…
Between my internet connection at work being screwy all day and Blogspot.com seemingly on the blink, the post I started…
a home abandoned long enough returns to its base components walls, windows, doors, floors and ceilings the sum becomes considerably…
Barbershop 2: Reconciling desire & familiarity, ideals & expectations
There’s only been a handful of “black” movies that have struck me as having that certain something at their core that expressed a sincere love for the people it presented, warts and all, and this is one of them. The first Barbershop, Waiting to Exhale, Boyz N the Hood and Rosewood are some of the others that come to mind. There’s an emotional honesty to each of them that transcends the archetypes they employ to tell their stories. Of course, that’s all debatable but, in this instance, it’s not the point.
As a kid, I was a big fan of GI Joe. I vaguely remember in the 70s having a couple…
When I got into Dungeons & Dragons back in High School, there were a number of other role-playing games I…