Sitemap - 2023 - Cultural Orphan
Surviving Amateur Night, Rethinking Addiction, and the Eggnog Shortage of 2023
Is Eggnog the new Pumpkin Spice? Other Random Thoughts at the Height of the Season, and Fruitcake
Missing the Chicago I Knew, More Musing on Christmas Music, and a Preview of Part III
The Approaching Christmas Season, Fake Downtowns, and Musing on Christmas Music
Uncharted Territory, To Be a Man, Dining on Crow, and Revisiting Priceless Works of Art
Milestones, the Examined Life, Approaching Sage Status, and Enjoying the Afternoon of My Existence
Presentism Revisited, Public “Apologies”, and a Defense (of a sort) of Danny Masterson
Presentism & the Racist Laura Ingalls Wilder, Francis Schaeffer’s Prescience, and the War in Heaven
On Art and ‘Artists’, the Music of Jimmy Buffett, and the Power of Association
The Myth of Comprehending Suffering, A Crisis of Faith, and the Zen of Acceptance
Sunscreen, Dodging the Past, and Rejoicing in the Here and Now
Back in the saddle, an ode to motorcycle riding, and a tribute to Harley-Davidson
Unions: 1, Studios: 0, Empty Words and Gestures, and Hyperbole on Steroids
Instant Karma, or, how American cinematic dominance evaporated virtually overnight
This must be how the forty-niners expecting to find gold but came up empty-handed felt...
Signs of life, heresy from a former studio head, and a comedy writer’s accidental comedy
All Quiet on the Western...Flank?
Waiting for the sky to fall, and other events that won't come to pass...
James McMurtry, and Bob Dylan – Songs of Protest and Social Commentary
Profile in Courage: Michael Imperioli
The New Normal (for now) of the SCOTUS
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Arrogance and Narcissism
The Fall of Hollywood's Empire
My Summer in Europe, Cadbury Bars, and How I Came to Realize the Food We Eat is Killing Us
Whatever Happened to Earning It?
Bloodying the Nose of the Woke Sports Entertainment Complex, or the Last Great Act of Defiance
The State of Our Union is...Psychotic?
Classical Music and the Shawshank Redemption