Lipstick and Dynamite: Piss and Vinegar is a 2005 documentary by Ruth Leitman that follows around some of the women wrestlers from the 1950’s - 1970’s. Thanks go out to my uncle for passing this DVD on to me over a year ago - I only recently had the chance to watch it […]

Let me begin by saying that I watched the Battlestar Galactica miniseries about two months ago so my memory isn’t as sharp as it could be on this topic. I didn’t have strong feelings one way or another one the miniseries and I only watched it because for some odd reason it kept popping […]

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is probably one of the best public policy minds in the United States today. Speaker Gingrich wrote Real Change before the term “change” became the buzz word of the 2008 election and when you read his book you can’t help but be impressed with the real changes […]

Wow. What a novel this was by author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Before I forget, let me give a shot out to my co-worker Jennifer for letting me borrow her copy of the novel. I haven’t read a good story since The Da Vinci Code and, in my opinion, The Shadow of the […]

The original National Treasure was one of the better movies to be released in a long-time. Creating a storyline steeped in American history is challenging enough. However, when you incorporated a treasure hunt into that storyline - and do it successfully - then you have something that will undoubtedly be profitable. Book […]

At the recommendation of my cousin, I saw the new Narnia movie today. I don’t know if I absolutely hate it or if I liked it, but I do have a wide variety of adjectives that I can use to describe the movie (hang on tight):
Been-there-done-that, awkward, Harry Potter, brilliant graphics, so-so story, great […]

Special thanks go out to Van Brunt for bringing this DVD set to my apartment the other day. In the past I had seen little bits of this sitcom on FX, but I never had the chance to sit through an entire episode before. I’m glad that I did because both Seasons 1 […]

A few of us went to go see Ironman the other day and it was a pretty impressive movie. Robert Downey, Jr. does an amazing job playing the self-obsessed billionaire Tony Stark. Since I used to be a major collector of Marvel Comic Cards about 20 years ago (disgusting that I remember things […]

Believe it or not, I didn’t totally hate this movie. I should qualify that statement, though. I went into watching this thing knowing that it was going to be smut, have crappy acting, and be about as deep as a raindrop puddle. Well, I was completely right!
There are no major performances worth […]

A few weeks ago I finished reading The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. I like The Last Kingdom so much that I bought the second book in the series, The Pale Horseman. What a great decision - this book was excellent.
Cornwell writes the book in the same style as he wrote The Last […]

While the intent of this book is to help everyday people making small, “green” changes in their everyday lives, the book is written from the stance of a person who does not have an everyday life. The Green Book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigan has some great advice for those of you looking […]

Last August, my Mother told some of her friends in Pennsylvania that I was hired as an Adjunct Professor at Monmouth University. These lovely folks were glad to hear it and gave me one of the best gifts that one can receive - a book! This book, The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell, […]