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• After Effects

  

  Every once in a while you find a book you wish had been published sooner. The Exorcist Effect, by Joseph P. Laycock and Eric Harrelson is one of those books. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Edge of Civilization

  

  This is not a movie to be watched by someone with PTSD. I watched Outpost for the scenery (I’ve been to the area it was filmed many times) and because the New... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Gift

  

  Each day, each hour is a gift.  With my mother’s passing two months ago, I’ve been struck by the sheer number of colleagues that have died this year.  Not all o... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who’s Knocking?

  

  I’m by no means alone in enjoying Stephen King novels. I’ve read a fair number over the years. I was put on alert for The Tommyknockers by a scholar who... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Saint Nick

  

  My wife and I have both noticed it.  December has been much busier than usual, and neither one of us works in retail.  We’re at the age when most people are... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hybrid

  

  We really need a better category. Beyond “horror,” I mean. My wife and I have been re-watching the X-Files on DVD (we know how to stream but we bought these... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nuts and Bolts

  

  It all began with an innocent laugh at the local hardware store.  It was Saturday morning, around 8:30 and I had to get some nuts and bolts.  Literally. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Gremlins

  

  I haven’t seen the movie Gremlin in years. I’m adding it to my Christmas list this year, however. Probably because I watched Shadow in the Cloud recently. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wild Moose Chase

  

  I don’t remember the details, but I’m pretty sure we didn’t ask permission.  It was summer and a seminary friend and I were going camping in Maine.  You see,... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gateway Horror

  

  I’m in two minds about The Gate. Part of me says “bad movie” while another part says, “Yeah, I’d watch it again.” A third part of me knows I probably will. It... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Support Roles

  

  It seems to me that many people who strive for a particular life—say writer, actor, rock star—and don’t break through often end up in supporting roles. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shadowy Clouds

  

  Okay, so it had Chloë Grace Moretz in it, and her face is on the cover of Holy Horror. And it was tagged as action horror. And apart from many highly... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Feeling Elephants

  

  There’s an old story about an elephant (the noble kind).  It involves visually impaired men—they always seem to be male—feeling said pachyderm and coming up wit... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Flights of Horror

  

  I’m never quite sure where to put him. Alfred Hitchcock, that is. Part of the problem is that “horror” is a very slippery genre. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Keeping Up

  

  Perhaps this has happened to you.  When you reach a certain number of decades, it’s sometimes a challenge to keep everything in mind.  I confess to being... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Handel’s Messiah

  

  It’s polarizing. Even now, nearing fifty, Messiah of Evil is either adored or excoriated. So it was at its release. I was pointed to the movie by an adorer—a... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Evolving Holidays

  

  Holidays evolve.  I noticed this Thanksgiving that protests against the origins of the holiday have grown.  The same is true concerning the “Christmas Wars”... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reflecting Thanksgiving

  

  Thanksgiving, the newest holiday horror movie, was released last Friday. No, I haven’t seen it—I barely have time to do whatever it is that I do normally. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thinking Teaching

  

  I am a teacher.  Although no longer employed as one, my entire mindset is geared toward the profession.  Those hiring in higher education have no clue about thi... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Quite Christmas

  

  Holidays have always fascinated me. Although we grew up poor, I always have cozy memories of childhood Christmases. It was a combination of things—being out of... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY