November 11th, 2008 by editor | No Comments
by David McGee
Let’s talk for a second about blind loyalty.
Is there a place for blind loyalty in this increasingly complex, morally ambiguous world? Sure. And that place is sport(s). You know, sport(s). Like football or “football” or that game with the skates on the ice. Hinkey?
For instance, I blindly support the Indianapolis Colts (’Mer’can) football [...]
August 18th, 2008 by editor | No Comments
by Dave McGeeA Wrinkle in Time is the first of Madeleine L’Engle’s series about brilliance, evil, the nature of the space-time continuum (or as Lynne Reid Banks might call it the “time, space–proportion“), angels, telepathy, our symbiotic relationship with mitochondria, human history, and God. So with good reason(s), they were among my favorite childhood books. [...]
July 7th, 2008 by editor | No Comments
Guys, hold everything: The Shredder is back. But no longer is he stuck in the horribly tacky world of 1990 fashion. It’s 1991 now, and long gone are the sparkly red pajamas and metal samurai helmet of yesteryear. Now that the mission is personal, he’s been forced to upgrade to:
PURPLE SPARKLY PAJAMAS!
AND A BIGGER HELMET!
But [...]
June 23rd, 2008 by editor | No Comments
by Dave McGee
T-U-R-T-L-E POWER!
TMNT:TM (wha?) was released on March 30, 1990 when I was:
a) in second grade
b) COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY OBSESSED with the Ninja Turtles. They were so, so very cool. I watched them every day at 4pm on KUSI. I had many action figures. My brother made me a set of all of their [...]
June 9th, 2008 by editor | No Comments
by Dave McGee
No, I’m not talking about The Secret. You can tell because I said “not very good” and I didn’t say start muttering things such as “vapid” and “morally indefensible”. I’m very clear about these things. And also fantastically judgmental!
I’m talking about The Secret of the Indian, which is the third in the Indian [...]
