News broke yesterday that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are reprising their roles as Professor Xavier and Magneto in the upcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class. I’m excited to see Stewart and McKellen once again entering the X-Men universe, even though I love Stewart as Picard and McKellen as Gandalf. It’s amazing that these twoRead more
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It’s Election Day here in the United States of America. I had hoped that we would return to normalcy tomorrow and my Facebook and Twitter feeds would cease to be populated by angry rhetoric. Unfortunately, regardless of who wins, I know that won’t be the case. The rhetoric will drag on for days as proponentsRead more
Luke benefitted from his time with Obi-Wan. Frodo benefitted from his time with Gandalf. Harry benefitted from his time with Dumbledore. Steve Rogers benefitted from his time with Abraham Erskine. We may not know any wizards or Jedi but we all need someone who can mentor us and pass along his or her wisdom. IRead more
Who is #1? Kirk or Picard. Han or Luke. Aragorn or Legolas. Wolverine or Cyclops. We all like to know who is #1. We also like to let people know who we think is #1.Read more
This week is Tolkien Week. I didn’t even know that Tolkien Week existed until Monday. The celebration of Tolkien Week began in 1978 and commemorates the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and his son, Christopher J.R. Tolkien. I only know Tolkien from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I also know that he wasRead more
The 2012 Olympics came to a close last night. Over the past two weeks I have watched a lot of Olympic coverage. Almost every night I watched tape-delayed coverage of the Olympics, even though I often knew who won. There were 302 events at this year’s Olympics and a majority of them never see theRead more