So, for a while I've been meaning to make a dedicate writer / business website for myself to help market my brand and services. Now, after much delay, I've finally done that. I give you Noblesnake.com. This is basically a combination portfolio and business site: I provide samples of different work I've done, links to … Continue reading Announcing my new Website
Author: DBreitenbeck
So…What Do I Get for my Income Tax?
A scene from the 1938 Frank Capra classic (pardon my repetition) You Can't Take it With You. The sad thing is, the things listed here would actually be worth paying for. I'd kill to have my income tax only go to pay for battleships and government salaries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03_MvqaN4 The clip is also interesting for featuring a really … Continue reading So…What Do I Get for my Income Tax?
7 Things I Hope to See in Season 7
Yes, yes: I’ve been on a bit of a pony kick recently. So sue me; it’s my blog. Season Seven started this weekend, and the first two episodes were really good, so I have high hopes for the future. Mostly I just hope they keep providing quality storytelling the way they've been doing, but I … Continue reading 7 Things I Hope to See in Season 7
My Federalist Little Pony
I just got paid for writing about My Little Pony: Achievement unlocked! Read the whole thing here: One of the best characters on the show is Luna, the Princess of the Night. She starts off as the villainous Nightmare Moon in the pilot episode, but after her defeat and redemption becomes a recurring heroic figure. Her … Continue reading My Federalist Little Pony
Milo Murphy at the Federalist
My next piece is up on The Federalist: this one about Milo Murphy's Law, the latest show from Phineas and Ferb creators Swampy Marsh and Dan Povenmire. If I could make a living writing about philosophy in cartoons, I would be okay with that. It is one of the core beliefs of western culture that a man’s worth is measured, not … Continue reading Milo Murphy at the Federalist
Have a Bleak Good Friday
I am quickly growing to be a fan of Mr. John Zmirak over at Stream. He effectively wrote what I would have liked to have written regarding Good Friday (a good thing too, as I probably wasn't going to write it): It’s all too easy to let this holy day get swallowed up by Easter. … Continue reading Have a Bleak Good Friday
The Passion and the Fall of Humanism:
At the Passion of the Lord, we see the true futility of humanistic hopes. Here is assembled representatives of the best humanity has to offer: Roman Law, Greek Philosophy, Jewish Faith, and they all utterly fail. The Law that was the bedrock of the Roman Empire, and indeed of all human institutions, proves impotent. Pilate … Continue reading The Passion and the Fall of Humanism:
Link: 20 Things Every Man Should Be Able to Do
It's rare to find good advice these days, especially on the internet, where everyone and anyone suddenly becomes an expert toting batches of statistics in service of advice that is typically shallow or obvious or both. That's one reason I like Chad Howse of Be Legendary and Average 2 Alpha: the guy actually seems like a legitimate … Continue reading Link: 20 Things Every Man Should Be Able to Do
RIP Don Rickles
I really enjoy show business people. Not celebrity gossip, but the working actors, actresses, and comedians for whom entertaining is simply their job; a hard job, but a job worth doing. That's one reason I loved The Dick Van Dyke Show so much, because it was all about that side of things; not glitz and glamor, … Continue reading RIP Don Rickles
It Had to Be Done
C.S. Lewis tells us that the ancients considered Friendship the highest form of love. With that in mind, the following was inevitable
Serpent's Den 