Book Review: This is Where I Leave You
I could not wait until Jonathan Tropper's fifth book came out this summer. I discovered him about this time last year when I read "The Book of Joe." I liked…
On the Road: Vancouver
I spent much of last week on the West Coast for work, attending a conference in Vancouver. I didn't have a ton of free time - I was busy 8…
Ready for My Closeup
I took a playwriting class during my junior year of college. For our final project, we had to write and present a one-act play. We didn't have to worry about…
The Return of Comedy
About this time last year, I found myself developing a character trait I did not like. Something that violated everything I learned growing up was happening.
I found myself disliking television.
At first, I wondered if I had changed. Had parenthood softened me? Did I develop too many outside interests? Had I become old?
Then I realized that I didn’t have the problem. Television did. The people in charge of the shows churned out so much garbage, I had started to reject pretty much everything.
Time to “Scrub” In
Good news hit the wire yesterday. The return of "Scrubs" is only a month away. Creator Bill Lawrence announced earlier this summer his plans for the ninth season of the…
Movie Review: Couples Retreat
We didn't really plan on going to the movies a few weeks ago, but our anniversary dinner plans changed kind of late, and we had more free time on our…
Goodbye, Free Time
A little more than a month ago, I wrote about my disenchantment with the latest version of EA Sports' college football video game series. I managed to plug away and…
Hard to Understand
A friend took me aside recently. She had watched two co-workers engage in an hour-long conversation about college football and wanted to ask me something.
How can they do that?
She really had no idea how two people could carry on a conversation about sports for so long. She admitted that she tried to get into sports in the past, but just couldn’t maintain an interest. When she finished, I had a confession to make.
I envied her. I envy every single person who can walk around without having sports fill their brain with possibilities and arguments and everything else that goes along with being a fan.
Play the Game Right
I have long maintained that the game the kids today call Beer Pong is not really Beer Pong. To play something called Pong, you need to hit the ball with…
That’s Entertainment
Back when I used to work evenings, I watched a lot of goofy television during the day. One show I got to enjoy later than a lot of people was Mystery Science Theater 3000.
If you haven’t even seen the show, it involves a guy and two “robots” who are forced to watch a bad movies, usually science fiction. The show essentially involves them sitting around and making fun of the movies with their silhouettes super-imposed over the action.
I only bring this up because Maria and I went to a wedding a few weeks ago. We had never been in this particular church. The bride and groom were the only people we knew at the ceremony. We sat in a back pew and entertained each other with comments about everything happening around us.
The ceremony was wonderful, of course. We didn’t mean any disrespect, but it’s kind of hard to sit there and not make comments to each other while a bee attacks the hair of a lady a few pews in front of you.
That’s when I had an epiphany of sorts. Maria and I could market our services as an add on to companies who film weddings.