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Christmas Music

The Christmas Season has come and gone but I am still listening to Christmas music. Other years have felt like a struggle to keep listening but something feels different this year. Other years waiting until after the Epiphany to take down our Christmas tree and decorations felt like procrastinating. This year it felt like we…

Jurassic World

Jurassic World is an action romp that plays like a night club remix of a top forty hit from the early 90’s. Continuous overt and covert references to the original masterwork won’t let you forget how terrifying and truly awesome Jurassic Park was the first 3 times you watched it. The nostalgia is an enjoyable…

Avengers: Age of Ultron

This was an entertaining film but felt more like an Avengers’ Reunion with character calling out catch phrases. Where the first Avengers film was a tour de force, a collision of larger than life heroes united like continental plates, Age of Ultron felt more like a collection of cameos. Despite the build up as an…

Sell Your Clothes, Keep Your Thoughts

“Sell your clothes, keep your thoughts.” This sage advice from Thoreau’s Walden seems prescient. Though he could not foresee the “been there, done that bought a t-shirt” culture of contemporary American culture, Thoreau’s admonition to live a simpler life stands in even starker contrast to the Stuffocation we face today.