The Kids Are Growing Up

A thought crossed my mind this week that I’ll throw out to see if it sticks. For many of you, this may fall in the “I could care less” category, but since I spend a majority of my time with teenagers, I’m interested.
It seems to me there’s a major generational shift going on in the [...]

Review: The Dark Knight

As it’s rare for me to see a movie in the theater within a week of its opening, I thought I’d celebrate the occasion by posting some actual thoughts here on The Dark Knight. For the sake of not spoiling things, I’ll try to refrain from plot details and instead focus on some of the [...]

Taking a Break from Boxes Linkage

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted some linkage, so in light of it being Friday, here you go:

We’re still in need of about $1,000 for our home closing (in four days), so if you’ve yet to take advantage of our $10 Gets You 15 Songs deal, now is the time.
In case you’re wondering, [...]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Interpretation

A few weeks ago, a post in which I wrote on gay marriage got quite a bit of traffic and discussion. In the midst of the interactions, some important questions came up pertaining to my use of the Bible as the basis for my thinking.
For instance, escapethedrain wrote in comment #2:
“If you are using the bible [...]

Two Million Minutes

Westminster didn’t have school last Friday as we teachers had a teacher in-service during which we watched the short film, Two Million Minutes. Here’s the spiel:
“Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately Two Million Minutes until high school [...]

The Truth Is Out There

In the comments on my last post, the discussion took a turn and ended up on The X-Files and the upcoming second movie, due out July 25th. I’m geared up for the flick, though I have no idea why they’re apparently letting go of the government conspiracy arc and dealing only with the paranormal; still, [...]

Expelled

I am really excited about Ben Stein’s upcoming (February) movie, Expelled. I’m planning to show the trailer to all three of my Ethics classes today, as we were just talking yesterday about humanism being the religion du jour of higher academia (with Darwinian evolution its off-limits-to-inspection gospel) .
The website is clever and the movie looks [...]

Trust No One, Mr. Duchovny…

…except me to keep (kind of) the secret about the script to the second X-Files movie.
The truth is out there, and I’d sure like to get my hands on it somehow.

Collective Movie Review: Rescue Dawn

Saw Rescue Dawn last night with Ed Eubanks, Nick Gleason, Clay Johnson, Mark Peach, and Travis Scott. I asked the guys if they’d contribute a thought or two to a collective movie review here today, so check the comments for their thoughts as they post them.
In the meantime, here’s a brief summary along with a [...]

Flick Tonight?

Sorry for the late notice, but I’ve got six complimentary tickets left for a special screening of Rescue Dawn tonight. If you’re in the St. Louis area and would like to go, you’ll need to meet me outside the movie theater at 6:45 p.m. (the show starts at 7:30, but has been overbooked to ensure [...]