A Blog about food, movies, and Buffy
Moral Hal Henry V makes several morally questionable decisions. He abandons and banishes Falstaff, his closest friend, father figure, and mentor. He invades a foreign country without provocation. He executes a handful of his own men. Once he journeys abroad, … Read More »
Pie is the best food ever. Except for maybe ice cream. But you can put ice cream on pie and settle the whole debate. With or without ice cream, here are the top five pies. 5. Cherry It’s tart. It’s … Read More »
Now remember this is movies, not superheros themselves. There are certain things you will never see in a Batman movie no matter how cool it would be. Also remember this is a list of comic book superheros so Matrix, 300, … Read More »
What is Reading? –Departure Reading is an activity that takes place over time. Reading begins long before a person uses their eyes to scan a certain piece of text, and the reading act ends well after the eyes have come … Read More »
Surely the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer failed at the box office and with most critics for many reasons. Having said that I think all of these reasons are variations on the theme of failure to meet audience expectations. Several audiences were … Read More »
The Awesome 6-10 Ginger Snaps –lightly crushed 2-3 Scoops Peach Ice Cream (homemade is best, Bluebell is second best, Ben and Jerry’s is third best) Caramel Sauce (again homemade is best, Smuckers is second best, hershey’s is third best) Line … Read More »
5. Superman II –Superman makes insubstantial copies of himself that act independently of each other. Then tells Lois that he used to play this game as kid, but he wasn’t very good at it. 4. Superman II –A few moments … Read More »
5. The Wish Cordelia: I wish us into Bizarro Land and you two are still together? 4. Never Kill A Boy On The First Date Buffy: Even Clark Kent has a job. 3. The Zeppo Xander: Gee Mr. White, if … Read More »
John Cusack is totally awesome and totally underrated. 5. One Crazy Summer –Why am I talking to you? You’re not a man, you’re a cat! Go back to your feline world! 4. High Fidelity –Now, the making of a good … Read More »
The notion of literary competence or of a literary system is, of course, anathema to some critics, who see in it an attack on the spontaneous, creative and affective qualities of literature. Moreover, they might argue, the very concept of … Read More »