It is a delicate balance to produce a movie for kids, that also keeps the parents interested, and laughing. The Despicable Me franchise has managed to do this rather well, especially in the first film, and the one that began with the backstory of the Minions. This one is better than the last one, and clocks in at under two hours, which is just as well considering the attention span of the kids. Stephen Colbert plays Perry Prescott, the yuppie... Read more
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Paul Doherty continues his fascinating series of novels about Hugh Corbett, the right hand man of the King Edwards in 13th and 14th centuries, a series that has now involved 22+ volumes with more promised. Doherty is a middle school headmaster at a Catholic school outside of London, and a real expert in medieval English history. Unlike the Dan Brown’s of this world whose novels are peppered with historical errors, Doherty knows his subject matter thoroughly and knows how to... Read more
Of the great Southern fiction writers of her era, including Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Walker Percy, and numerous others, Flannery O’Connor was not only the greatest woman writer of that genre, but the greatest clearly Christian one as well. Try as she might to write the novel Wise Blood, what she was really amazing at was writing short stories like ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’, or ‘Parker’s Back’, or ‘Everything that Rises must Converge’, or most hilariously ‘A Temple... Read more
A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget’s Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised. (With thanks to the Pine Creek poster). Read more
This picture was taken by my Aussie friend Caleb Allen, who once came on a tour of the lands of the Bible with me. These references from the KJV were originally compiled by Daniel Robinson and originally published at https://wvlightning.com/COUNTENANCE.HTML * Exodus 19:16 – And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all... Read more
Sadly, Steven Wright died earlier this year. I have always loved his deadpan humor. He was a genuine and true Bostonian who loved irony— Here are some of the funnier lines attributed to him….. I was once walking through the forest alone. A tree fell right in front of me, and I didn’t hear a thing. I have a large seashell collection which I keep scattered on the beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen it. Curiosity killed the... Read more
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