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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the great cultural battles of our time, and the real problems with the film

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Circular stone maze lit with blue light on a rocky island at night

Perhaps, low expectations will leave me pleasantly surprised while high expectations will have the inverse effect for others, or perhaps we all simply have far too much time on our hands to bicker about a movie as though it were deeply important to our lives. Rarely, does a film generate controversy three months before its… Continue reading Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the great cultural battles of our time, and the real problems with the film

Elton John, a cat named “Hercules,” an “Indian Sunset,” and the persistence of my lovely wife

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Before the age of political correctness, they used to say that behind every successful man was a special woman.  While this is true for me, I don’t think it was intended to apply to expanding one’s taste in music. Shortly before I got married, a colleague asked me to describe my future wife in three… Continue reading Elton John, a cat named “Hercules,” an “Indian Sunset,” and the persistence of my lovely wife