Guess what? You don't have to be obsessed with politics to vote. Voting does not mean you are, or will become, a political junkie. In fact, voting ideally should not be left to only the most fanatical zealots on either end of the political spectrum. But midterms, lacking the figurehead of the presidential election, are often relegated into their ( Read more... )

So I first saw Scott Pilgrim vs. the World during a preview screening in March, and again when it officially premiered last night. For the most part, all the performances, jokes and delightful editing and effects hold up well. HOWEVER-the fact that the ending had been changed has unexpectedly soured the whole thing for me a bit. Spoilers behind the ( Read more... )

Seven years ago, as I was getting ready to move to New York, my dad, hoping to connect me to a community of people who could help me out around the city, called a pastor he had randomly picked from his directory of Chinese Baptist churches. On the flop: a half-dozen-member congregation that desperately needed a pianist. Mean age (2003 estimate): 70 ( Read more... )

Since I spent today doing the exact same thing I did yesterday (coming into work on a putative day off to factcheck other people's work), I don't have anything new to write about ( Read more... )

How is it already June? If you put me in a cave back on New Year's Day and let me out just now, I would guess that it is now March, maybe April. If Lindsay Lohan's judge ends up sentencing her to 180 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation, I would assure her that six months passes really quickly (and also tell her to stop doing coke ( Read more... )

His friends peeled his body from the tree.
They wrapped his splintered flesh and broken limbs in linen, finer than any he had worn in life.
Blood seeped through the clean cloth, crimson spreading like the rays of a setting sun.
He was laid to rest in a tomb carved from rock. They covered the entrance with a massive stone,
One final punctuation ( Read more... )

Last Tuesday I flew home to surprise my mom on her 65th birthday. When traveling during the winter, I'm used to worrying about the weather on the east coast end, since California is pretty much paradise year-round. Not so this time, when our plane was struck by lightning somewhere over the Sierra Nevada. There was a loud pop and the cabin lit up as ( Read more... )

 I haven't given up on my resolution, I've just decided not to be draconian about it. (Well, I actually completely forgot to post on Sunday, on account of watching the Golden Globes and also legitimately being at work.)

Anyway, ridiculously busy at the moment, will explain later! Ta.

Sorry, folks. Two serious blog posts and a day of writing and revising skits for church and I'm all writered out. I have to save a few drops of mojo for some awesome photo captions about figure skaters tomorrow.

I'm adapting an excerpt from my screenplay-in-progress, W.W.J.D., for possible use during the Valentine's Day message at church next month ( Read more... )

I wasn't thinking about Haiti when I made yesterday's observation about not assigning blame to the unfortunate, but it does apply to the devastation there and the usual ungracious comments made by the usual suspect or two. Sometimes it seems like certain individuals read just half the Bible -- and I'm not just talking about the Old Testament. Even ( Read more... )