You know something has gone horribly wrong with your action-adventure movie when you’re left thinking how much better it would have been if they had just cut out the ‘heroes’ entirely and made the entire movie about the ‘villains.’ The story: four years after the events of Jurassic Park we find Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) … Continue reading Review: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Author: DBreitenbeck
Bogatyrs
Here is a rather famous painting by the Russian artist Viktor Vasnetsov of three famous bogatyrs: characters from Russian literature akin to knight errants. On the right of the painting is Alyosha Popovich, the youngest of the three, who is known for killing a monster named Tugarin for insulting him at a feast. On the left is Dobrynya … Continue reading Bogatyrs
Reviews: Jurassic Park
Note: This is a review I wrote a couple years back for the 3D rerelease of Jurassic Park. With Jurassic World coming out this week, I thought I'd present my reviews of the previous three films over the next few days. Enjoy! As a life-long dinosaur nut, I’ve of course seen Jurassic Park more times than I can … Continue reading Reviews: Jurassic Park
I’m Back!
So, I haven’t blogged for a long time now. I wish I could say that I’ve been too busy, but the truth is, I’ve been too distracted. Some of that has been with actual work, most with just trying and failing to get myself to live the kind of life I want to. The short … Continue reading I’m Back!
Dueling Nights, Or the Internet Amateur Outdoes the Celebrity
As you know, I’m a big Minecraft fan. Now, something most non-Minecraft people don’t know is that the Minecraft community (for lack of a better word) loves to come up with songs about the game. Usually these are parodies of popular songs, but occasionally we get original ones. I’m serious; there are a lot of … Continue reading Dueling Nights, Or the Internet Amateur Outdoes the Celebrity
Heavy Metal Goes to War
My tastes in music, as I’ve mentioned before, are very eclectic. I love Country, but I also enjoy some rock and heavy metal (I’m particularly a fan of Mr. Alice Cooper, but that’s a story for another day). Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal group that I particularly enjoy. Their shtick is songs about war … Continue reading Heavy Metal Goes to War
Inspiring!
So, my sister, Masha, has nominated me for “Very Inspiring Blogger Award,” which is surprising and very gratifying. Apparently, I’m supposed to give seven things you might or might not know about me. Without repeating my first 7 Quick Takes post. I have a very old soul and an oddly extended memory. That is, I … Continue reading Inspiring!
Seven Quick Takes Vol. 55
My intention to blog more is off to a slow start. Part of that is that I had a freelance job to complete this week, which occupied a lot of my writing time, and part of it is that I still haven’t quite worked out how best to schedule my time to get done everything … Continue reading Seven Quick Takes Vol. 55
On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
In recent years, I've often found myself returning to this poem by William Wordsworth, especially the last two lines. "Once did she hold the gorgeous east in fee; And was the safeguard of the west: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden … Continue reading On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
The Last Plane Out
So, I stumbled on this song earlier this week by a music group from the 1990s called 'Toy Matinee,' whom I've never heard of, but that's not a surprise, since I'm no expert on 1990s rock groups. Anyway, I really liked it; I thought it was a catchy tune, with actually really good lyrics and … Continue reading The Last Plane Out
Serpent's Den 