Merry Cornholey Night

Posted inCornhole, Family
Tonight, my family will play cornhole. If you don't know what cornhole is, shame on you. This marks one of the two major cornhole events on the Shea family calendar.…

Alvin!!!!!!!

Posted inMovies
So Jason Lee might be a wacky Scientologist nutcase, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying "My Name is Earl." And it didn't stop me from loving "Alvin and the…

Fatherhood Sneaks Up On You

Posted inColumns, Parenthood

As I drove around the other day. I had trouble finding a song I wanted to listen to on the radio. Given that I have satellite radio, that really bothered me. I should always find something I like on there.

Eventually, I did come across a good song and bopped to the beat as I cruised down the road. As the end of the song neared, I came to a horrible realization.

I had just willingly enjoyed a song from “High School Musical 2.”

ITEOTWAWKI: Roots

Posted inITEOTWAWKI, Music, REM
R.E.M. didn't just spring up out of nowhere. The four members of the band owe much of their inspiration to the thriving music scene in Athens, Ga., where they all…

I Miss Kid Nation

Posted inKid Nation, TV
"Kid Nation" only ended 15 hours ago, and I am already depressed. The final episode should have been expanded. I wanted to see some of the kids now taking about…

Writing for Pizza

Posted inBooks
Prolific writers always impress me, even if I don't read much of their work. I found it hard enough to even write one (unpublished) novel, much less many manuscripts. Then…

Enchanted by Enchanted

Posted inMovies
If I wanted to write a snarky review of Enchanted, I could say that I liked it better the first time when they called it Splash and included John Candy…

Are We There Yet?

Posted inColumns, Family, Travel

With the holiday approaching, I know we will spend a lot of time together in the car. I start to have flashbacks when that happens.

As a kid, we did a ton of traveling. We drove pretty much all up and down the East Coast. I think I had visited every coastal state by the time I was 6.

I’ve done my time in the car.