Modernized Shakespeare

The following article originally appeared on 12ftdwende.com on 1 April 2011… Regular readers (do I even have those?) have surely noticed by now that at the end of each article I have been merrily endorsing the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival, reminding people that they can follow it on Twitter (@sacshakes), “like” it on Facebook, or particularly … Continue reading

Meandering [Slightly Drunken] Thoughts on the 2011 Emmys

So I figured if I’m going to blogging about television, I should probably weigh in on the Emmys. I realized this though as the Emmys were already in progress and I had been drinking (I started to sober up somewhere around the Drama categories). These are my meandering real-time thoughts as I watched the broadcast. … Continue reading

Keeping Mum (2005)

Keeping Mum (2005) — So this movie was recommended by Netflix to my dad based on his order history.  Not sure I understand why.  It starts with a very promising prologue, then gets rather boring for forty-five minutes or so, then gets somewhat amusing.  That’s hardly a recommendation but I guess I liked it okay.  … Continue reading