Tonight is the first film in our local series “The Reel Jesus.” Here are my opening words. Reel Jesus Introduction Good evening. My name is Christian Brady and I am dean of the Schreyer Honors College and on behalf of the State College Theatre and the Film Collective I welcome […]
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This piece (or a version of it, I am over the word limit by 80 words) should appear in the Centre Daily Times in the near future. It is an introduction to an upcoming film series The Reel Jesus. The story is up! “Jesus is coming to a theater near […]
I have been more than a little under the weather this weekend, but decided to break out of the funk by helping Da Mackster set up more of his LEGOs for a photo shoot. These are from the LEGO City set. Here you can see his firehouse and the Chief […]
You would think that at some point in the Paris Fashion Show, “Ready to Wear” section, someone would have called BS on this. Be sure to see the whole gallery.
I am on the road so this will be brief, but I encourage everyone to take a look at this article in the Chronicle (it appears to be freely available and not behind a pay wall) by Michael Roth, “Beyond Critical Thinking.” He points out that while developing in ourselves […]
[Was, “What is an e-book, asks a publisher.” I updated the title of this post. Yes it is a bit more provocative but I think it accurately reflects what Galassi is ultimately saying (hoping).] The NY Times has an op-ed by Jonathan Galassi, the president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. […]
I always had the red fire truck. This isn’t a complete wrap up of Christmas comics, but just a couple that I thought were good enough to share. What is great about the Peanuts strip is that Charles Schultz created this in 1962! The Scrolls were recently discovered and he […]
UPDATE: Fred Small who is the pastor of the Unitarian church that invited Garrison Keillor to speak has posted a rebuttal. John is not happy with Garrison’s slam on secular Christmas songs in his oped piece “Nonbelievers, please leave Christmas alone.” Perhaps it’s just satire when he whales on Jewish songwriters who […]
This reminds me of those cell phone and cable data plans that are “unlimited” until you hit the limit. This is the current promotion on Best Buy’s website: For those who might not be able to see the image it says “99¢ SHIPPING ON ALL PRODUCTS * Exclusions apply.” Aha. […]