Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Smokin' Aces (2006) - Rated R - OK, start by thinking Tarantino. Think Grindhouse. Then take away any sense of humor, any wit or any real style. What you're left with is "Smokin' Aces". It's violent, its obscenity laden, it's bloody in the extreme. Add in, shall we call it, leisurely pacing and you end... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
The Prophet by Ethan Cross (The Story Plant) - Why do we love serial killers? We have TV shows that are dedicated to tracking them down or even making them the hero. None of us would ever want to meet one in person but we are fascinated by what kind of person would do such... Continue Reading →
When The Devil Whistles by Rick Acker - Allie Whitman is a whistleblower. In fact she's figured out how to make a career out of it. With the help of an inevitably good looking male attorney they've set up a shell company called "Devil to Pay" and are working their way through California corporations that... Continue Reading →
The Elizabethans by A.N. Wilson The age of Elizabeth the First is arguably one of the two great eras in the history of England (the other being the reign of Victoria). It is an age of exploration, the arts, the creation of the church tradition that would become my own, the birth of the tiny... Continue Reading →
The guy who believed. I was the guy who drove the stat geeks crazy because I believed. Like Lou Brown, the manager of the fictional Cleveland Indians in the movie "Major League", I believed that with a little luck these guys just might surprise some people. I've been a Pirates fan for almost my entire... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
Ellery Queen - Five Complete Novels by Ellery Queen - I've somehow never managed to read any of this series before. Queen is a rather strange duck in the annals of the fictional detective. First he gets his own byline on his novels. Archie Goodwin writes the stories of Nero Wolfe and John Watson those... Continue Reading →
Our Game by John le Carré (1995) - When it comes to spy novels there is John le Carré and Ian Fleming and then everyone else. The two at the top of my list take a very different approach to the subject. In fact they take diametrically opposed approaches. For the serious spy novel no... Continue Reading →
Here's the audio from my sermon this morning at Calvary Episcopal Church, Williamsville. This is my best summation of where I am in my theory of youth ministry. This is the first sermon I've ever preached three times! It was very well received all three times (7:45, 9:00 and 11:00) Click HERE for the audio... Continue Reading →
