Topical Insights for December

Some Catholic Church officials have expressed regret that Keisha Castle-Hughes, the 16-year-old who portrays Mary in The Nativity Story, is actually an unwed expecting mother. They’re really going to be upset when they hear that Willem Dafoe, who once played the role of Jesus, later tried to kill Spiderman. A Read more…

Rocky Balboa Recap

Before you continue, please read my last column (“My Star Wars”). You actually don’t have to, but it helps. Kind of like watching First Blood before Rambo. Unnecessary, but you should. I went to see the very first show available for Rocky Balboa here in Charlotte. I actually got my Read more…

My Star Wars

In addition to it of course being Christmas season, I’m excited for another reason this December. Rocky Balboa (Rocky VI) will be released in theatres on December 20 and I’ll be one of the first people in line to see it. Before you unleash your venomous attacks of how the Read more…

Ales, Bieres, and Cervezas

In between desert visits in September, I made a little trek through Europe. I started off in London, where I flew in from Afghanistan on a Russian airline called Aeroflot, which is an old Soviet word meaning “Winged Field-Working Ox”. There were two things about Aeroflot that tickled me. First, Read more…