Scholar’s Bowl was one of my favorite extracurricular activities in high school. Today, I got to experience it for the first time as a parent. I don’t think anyone played in elementary school when I was growing up, but they do now. I took the day off today and watched Nathan’s team sweep the tournament … Read more
Aaron asked late last week if we could do something fun together. Talked to Mom, and we decided we’d get Here Comes the Boom and watch it together. (Meh. It’s all right.) Fun family time, though. So he came back to me Sunday and said “Dad, the movie was good, but it wasn’t really what … Read more
Famed film critic Roger Ebert died yesterday. He was 70. My favorite thing about Ebert’s reviews is their consistent voice and principle. He was very effective at plainspoken profundity, and he’d frequently say things that I chewed on for the day after reading. I also much appreciated his philosophy of reviewing a film on its … Read more