I did not see Space Jam, the bizarre 1996 movie in which Michael Jordan played basketball against Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny. I never had the desire to see it, and I never even considered that a sequel would be in order. But this is America, and so of course – 25 years later – we need a sequel. […]
DISCLAIMER This post is essentially a rant. It was cathartic to write and moderately fun to read back, but if you are looking for something soulful, thought provoking and/or unique in its point of view, this ain’t it. If, however, you feel like a trip through the junk food drive-thru, and aren’t tired of hearing from me yet (four times […]
When I was in high school if someone asked, “Who’s the Boss?” the answer was not Tony Danza. (Or Judith Light, which I think was the actual sitcom implication.) It was Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen was a hero in Philadelphia before the rest of the world laid claim, a legend of the magnitude of Rocky but with the added advantage of […]
When I was 17 I auditioned for my first – and only – musical theater production. Looking at that sentence, you might think it was a horrible experience (it was). And you might think that’s why it was my only musical (it wasn’t). It was kinda-sorta horrible because I had thought about auditioning throughout high school and never worked up […]
It’s either feast or famine. Some days I have nothing I want to write about. Some days – like today – I see a whole bunch of things that catch my eye and give me that little tingle that says, “oooh, don’t you want to add fuel to this fire?” Today I happen to be obsessed with two stories in […]
Jon Favreau, whether he knew it or not at the time, gave birth to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the MCU. Favreau directed Iron Man in 2008, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as the titular character. It’s become canon that expectations, let alone hopes, were modest. Both were exceeded, and more than a decade later the movies that followed this original narrative […]
Can you believe it’s been almost a year? I remember last year sitting in planning meetings – real meetings in a real room with a table and coasters for our coffee cups. I was perilously close to too many people, some close colleagues and others paid consultants. We were talking about business continuity basically, how to ensure continued operation in […]
I kind of miss the man. I have to confess, as traumatized as I was by the last four years – and particularly the last year or so – it has been difficult this week, surfing the headlines, looking for the next sign of Armageddon and finding nothing but cautious optimism. It’s not that I dislike cautious optimism; I like […]
A long, long time ago, when I can still remember how the music used to make me smile… *** We all collectively know it as the opening lyric to an iconic, historical song, a true mile marker across our popular culture landscape: American Pie, by artist Don McLean. But if you were a Martian, only here for a short time […]
Bless me, Readers, for I have sinned. It has been – I don’t know, a very long, dark time – since my last communication. During that extended period I have used profanity almost constantly, harbored anger and vitriol in my heart and eaten enough carbohydrates to sustain a small metropolis. I have waited, in vain, for a calm to overtake […]