November 23, 2012 - 5:05pm
Alcohol: the glue that holds together all the best relationships.
'Tis the season, people! Let's bust out some clichés, shall we? The Holidays, amirite?? With a capital “H,” because we must be all-inclusive. (This atheist still celebrates, Christmas, by the way – just for the record.) We just had our first taste with Thanksgiving (no pun...
November 9, 2012 - 5:42pm
And mankind shall have dominion over the animals.
Kentucky is well-known for three things: bourbon, bluegrass, and horses. Hell, we boast “the most exciting two minutes in sports” every year – an event so exciting that even the Queen will show up to rub shoulders with O.J. Simpson! Horses are brilliant, majestic creatures, born...
November 9, 2012 - 1:49pm
Music and love lost... what is left to live for?
In 2000, Marjane Satrapi wrote the critically acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis – an autobiographical account of her childhood in Iran and growing up during the Iranian Revolution. In 2007, the book was adapted to film, with Satrapi herself directing alongside animator Vincent Paronnaud. The...
November 2, 2012 - 10:17am
Who is Rodriguez? Where is he?
We all have our musical icons – both individually and culturally. (This is where I usually get into my pretentious rant about Beatlemania, but I think I've already done that on this platform, so that will have to suffice for that small platform of faithful readers I like to think I have...
October 26, 2012 - 11:44am
Doing anything with your college degree? Neither is anyone else! Here's a movie about dreams lost and revisited.
I am 25 years old and I don't have a Bachelor's degree. I do, however, have an Associates degree (in culinary arts, which I don't use career-wise, just at home). A lot of people my age graduated from college a couple of years ago. Sometimes it can seem like I'm behind – having...