From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who, until a few minutes ago, was having the hardest time deciding whether to watch the Emmys or do this… My wife is in the bedroom on the phone. She thinks I’m balancing the checkbook. Here it is, my review of the penultimate 75-minute episode of AMC’s Breaking Bad. I have mixed emotions because I was drawn to Bryan Cranston’s character, and he’s always been the centerpiece. But last week’s episode thrust... Read more
FATHER JIM W. SICHKO TO SIGN ADVANCED COPIES OF HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW BOOK, AMONG FRIENDS For Immediate Release: LEXINGTON KY (September 20, 2013) – Father Jim Sichko will be signing advanced copies of his new book Among Friends: Stories from the Journey on Wednesday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m., at a private book reveal at the historic Carrick House. A Public book signing will be held Thursday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m., at St. Mark Catholic Church, 608 West Main Street, in... Read more
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who can’t believe this news wasn’t delivered in a colorful package all tied up in a bow… One of the worst things about one of your favorite television shows ending is that you wish you could get more. The end is near, all the signs are pointing towards certain doom, and the writing has been on the wall, in the papers, and on all the message boards for some time. And... Read more
One of the questions I get as a writer is: where do I get my ideas? I find it a difficult question to answer, because some of my stories are grounded in deep personal pain that I have no wish to discuss with the wider world. Usually, I give some lame answer about “not really knowing.” A few weeks ago, I went to the press junket for Grace Unplugged. One of my fellow journalists asked, “Was Grace Unplugged inspired by... Read more
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who hasn’t been himself since a certain DEA agent died… What do you do when you’re trawling the internet, but trying not to read ANYTHING about the latest episode of Breaking Bad because you haven’t watched it yet? What’s easy? Let’s look at the fall television lineup. ABC is touting some creativity and some blandness for the new shows they’re rolling out, and nothing is more anticipated than Marvel’s Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D., starring Clark... Read more
“How can you not be romantic about baseball?” Truer words were never spoken by Oakland Athletics’ GM Billy Beane…or at least, by Brad Pitt playing Billy Beane in 2011’s Moneyball. Here we sit, two weeks away from the end of another glorious baseball regular season, and for the second straight year, my dear Phillies will enjoy the postseason from the same vantage point that I will…the living room couch. After years of bloated contracts, huge trades that decimated the farm... Read more
(Every time I listen to Jennifer Daniels, I’m transported to my college days. Covenant College is a converted 1920’s hotel and grounds (yeah, its as cool as it sounds), so it had a lot of neat little secrets around every corner. Tucker Hall, if I remember right, was old caretaker cottage converted into a coffee house, the Stoplight Cafe. Jenn (also a student at the time) often sang on cool fall nights and transported us to other worlds. That’s what... Read more
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, whose wife is on her way home from being out of town, which means he doesn’t have to wait a whole day while the internet explodes to write this review… So, at the end of last week’s episode of Breaking Bad, we saw Walt get arrested, Jesse who orchestrated it, Hank read the Miranda Rights to Heisenberg, and a shootout take place that was cut off by the ending credits. Grrr. Tonight,... Read more
Two weeks ago, I attended the Grace Unplugged press junket in Hollywood. The night before I left, Miley Cyrus decided to cause a bit of a stir (you may have heard about it) by backing her rear end into Robin Thicke at the MTV VMA’s (couldn’t it have been someone who DOESN’T look like a future Las Vegas lounge singer?). As might be expected, the whole world reacted, and my social media exploded. Evangelical Christians, in online media, started to jump... Read more
My novel, 3 Gates of the Dead, drops in bookstores everywhere a month from now on October 15th. Here is passage from the book…. “Edna sometimes has dreams, only thing I know what to call them. Anyway, she had a dream that she was walking in this field, and she saw a little boy walking barefoot in the snow.” He reached down to touch a print. “She called out to him and asked what he was doing there.” His... Read more
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