Yesterday was fun…

Sadly, I know that many of you are asking yourself, “Who the heck is Guy Fawkes?” Remember, remember, the 5th of November… If the lights still haven’t clicked on for you then rent the movie, V For Vendetta, call up some friends, and watch it tonight. You’ll be glad that you did. It’s one of my top 5 favorite movies and we’ve created a tradition of watching it every November 5th.

I rented a movie last night that had escaped my radar when it came out. I never heard of it before but was sold by the cover and the cast of actors. And it did not disappoint. It was the movie “Smart People” and I found it artistically made, thought provoking, and encouraging. The movie is about a self-absorbed college professor who realizes that the world doesn’t revolve around him. Obviously, this is a subject that myself and…dare I say,…

I just read this book by Jon Krakauer and I found it absolutely fascinating. It is soon to be made into a movie so I’d read it before then if you have the chance. It tells the story of a guy named Chris McCandless whose body is found dead in an abandoned bus in a remote part of Alaska (I’m not giving anything away here, it says this on the cover of the book.) It is the story of the…

This has quickly become one of my favorite movies for numerous different reasons. I highly recommend it. In the first scene that you see “V” he gives a monolgue that pretty much lays out the movie…did I mention he mainly uses big words that start with V? Here is what he says in the movie: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of…