When you know the storyline of a film, you don’t typically go in with any reasonable expectation of being surprised. During this film, I was surprised again and again. I was surprised by how incredibly well each animal was animated. You almost instantly forget that these creatures have been [...]
After a lengthy pause between Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling published "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". A book that delved back into her magical world by following a name that would be familiar to some of the die hard fans out there who consumed and dissected every word [...]
Baltimore Ravens tight end, Benjamin Watson makes a name for himself on the football field, but it is the work he does off the field that is more impressive. Benjamin and his wife, Kirsten created One More Foundation. Their mission is to be a vehicle to carry the hope [...]
Wow, it's been a long time since I put up a new blog post here. Anyway, here's my newest post from earlier today. It originally appeared on my personal blog and you can read it here. Also, feel free to check out my other blog for some other pieces that [...]
Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which takes place before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, tells the story of unlikely heroes who have united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Mads [...]
When we’ve taken on big household painting projects, we usually take on multiple rooms and we’ve always hired professional painters who can get the job done quickly, in a day. This year we decided to let the kids do it themselves. We are not entertaining a move for a few years, [...]
Camping is incredibly awesome... if you can ignore all of the great many things that make it incredibly terrible. For every “meal cooked on an open fire” and “being one with nature” you can easily identify 10 “sleeping on rocks kind of sucks for my back” and “I now [...]
Jim Calhoun has coached for 40 years. In his outstanding coaching career he has won 873 games and three National Championships. Calhoun’s life experiences had a huge impact on his coaching style. At the age of 15 Jim lost his father. Jim knew that he had to take up the [...]
The day is almost here! On April 5th you can purchase “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Blu-ray/DVD and you can also purchase the film via digital download now. I was able to get my hands on the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack thanks to Disney and Hasbro. I couldn’t wait to [...]
Unless you are an extremely fortunate individual, we’ve all been in tight financial spots from time to time. Things always seem to compound themselves at the worst times. Tax bills always seem to line up nicely with failed transmissions, a leaky roof and that delightful series of root canal [...]
