There’s a difference between narrative and representation.

Says a man who makes a scarf out of the American flag.

I used to go out to eat with a friend whose every meal in a restaurant was like this. We could not go through a meal without something being sent back and a complaint registered.

I was taught that the worst and only unforgiveable sin was despair.

Movie theaters.

I took my daughter to see Pan’s Labyrinth. She was 16 and still not ready for it.

Star Wars is science fantasy, heavy on the fantasy.

Some manager lacks courage. If you have secure references, make them fire you.

GO TO WORK.

A cop is a person with a badge, a gun, and a club. That cop can kill you or beat you until you can’t walk and need a bag, even if you did nothing at all but smile, and that cop will walk.

It’s a rally for the very, very small.

Put eggs in pot with water (I use hot tap water in the pot, but this may simply be superstition on my part).

Not inherently healthier, but inherently cooler.

Isn’t there like a two-foot height difference between those two?

My wife decided to do what she called The God Project with the kids. Every Sunday (sometimes Saturday) they went to a local religious organization’s celebration, researched the church’s beliefs, talked with the people there, etc.

Early on, I explained to my kids that the Christmas we kept in our house was the Feast of Lights and Children, the return of light and the simple existence of children, both to be celebrated at a dark time of the year.

Anime leaves me cold. Don’t know why. Can’t connect to it in any way.

Frankly, it looks like a segment of somebody’s intestine, freshly ripped from the body.

One more thing: the real story in the Dune universe, for my money, is the Butlerian Jihad.

the dessert planet Arrakis