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Post Views: 4,066 I have heard it said that what makes a conservative superior to liberals is their religious faith—as if morality is impossible without religion and everything is indeed […]

Conservative Libertarian Atheist


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Post Views: 3,768 Quite a few years ago as I was flipping through TV channels as we males do I happened to run across an animated short.  It was called The […]

The Man Who Waited



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Post Views: 5,204 The villain is often overlooked in movies. Truly great stories need a memorable villain.  Sometimes the villain is so compelling that he or she even overshadows the […]

Villain, Giving Voice to the Villain



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Post Views: 4,439 I know. I know.  The title of this article is rather salacious.  You will soon find that this has very little to do with space or the […]

2011 a Space Odyssey


Post Views: 4,077 Every year at this time I watch several versions of A Christmas Carol. It is my favorite movie during the holidays. The period in which the story […]

A Christmas Carol …about Hats


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Post Views: 5,521 I don’t remember ever being disappointed waking up on xmas morning. I look back now on those frosty mornings filled with toys with such great memories.  I thought it […]

Toys of Xmas Past


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Post Views: 4,293 It’s that time of year again.  The gloriously hedonistic annual jaunt through that labyrinth filled with religious land mines called XMAS.  As I get older I have […]

Gloriously Hedonistic Annual Jaunt



Post Views: 3,929 Birthday Fun The time between birth and death is what we have, however long or short.  How we spend that time and what we do with that time […]

Birthday 1973, A True Story


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Post Views: 4,192 It was the start of the year in our old Celtic lands, and we’d be waiting… in our houses of wattles and clay. The barriers would be […]

Defending Your Turf


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Post Views: 4,251 Carving a pumpkin, wearing a costume, and collecting tasty candy are really the only things a child dreams about during the month of October. One of my […]

Cooper Halloween Legacy


Post Views: 4,455 What would Halloween be without Horror movies? I wouldn’t be very fun for adults. Now let’s think a bit about what makes a Horror movie so damned […]

Prolonged Halloween Effects