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Prince Caspian: It was as good as the first Narnia movie. Eddie Izzard as Reepicheep--genius.
Iron Man: Best superhero movie by a long shot. Robert Downey Jr. proves that he's one of the best actors of his generation and he does it in an action flick. It will do for him what Pirates did for Johnny Depp.
X-Men 3: didn't suck one iota. What the hell do we want from our movies every time out, Citzen Cane? I hope not.
A History of Vilolence: I appreciate when porn has a plot, but not really a fan. Sorry.
Freedomland: Weird movie. Longest monologues I've ever seen in a film. Julliane Moore always looks like she's crying.
Just Like Heaven: Surprisingly good. Reese Witherspoon is cute and the lead male actor is funny. I liked the message about not giving up on life.
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe: Best of the year. Definitely in my all time top five.
Christmas With the Cranks: I read Skipping Christmas, but I'll spare you the comparisons. What a great illustration of Classical Republicanism.
Chicken Little: Took Lo-Lo to her first movie, so I have no idea what it was about.
Robots: Watched it at my mom's, so I have no idea what it was about.
Crash: I know it's LA and all, but not that much happens in a year. Good movie.
Alexander: Be Cool was more accurate historically. And more interesting. And less gay.
Man of the House: Tommy Lee Jones. Hot cheerleaders. Plus the characteristic theme of Man of the House is the stasis, and eventually the genre, of poststructuralist language.
Miss Congeniality 2: I refuse to admit watching this and laughing a few times.
The Pacifier: Ditto.
Cinderella Man: Great movie. Very inspiring story. Breaks your heart if you have kids.
War of the Worlds: Very good. Tim Robbins gets taken into a room and beat to death. What could be better?
The Aviator: Show me all the blueprints, Show me all the blueprints, Show me all the blueprints, Show me all the blueprints, Show me all the blueprints, Show me all the blueprints... Howard Hughs was cool nutjob.
THX 1138: Uh, you think the Star War Prequals were bad... Even Duval couldn't redeem this glorified student film.
Racing Stripes: racing cripes! racing tripe! Even my kids got bored.
The Longest Yard: I liked it, but comedies with hip hop artists are now on my list of movie genres I won't see at the theater...along with horror.
Revenge of the Sith: Seven year old inner child 1... Jaded 35 year old 0. This one will get Lucas out of a few minutes of pergatory.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Not nearly as good as Being John Malkovich. Kind of predictable, too.
Spanglish: James L. Brooks always delivers
Mr. 3000: Bernie Mac is usually funny. Meh.
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Be Cool: Be crap.
I Robot: Okay. Will Smith was awful.
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What books are responsible for what you see on this page? Here's a small list:

The Gospels

Genesis

Proverbs and Ecclesiastes

Paul's Letter to the Romans

Paul's Epistles

(The rest of the Word)

The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)

The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)

The Conservative Mind (Russel Kirk)

The Road to Serfdom (F.A. Hayek)

The Closing of the American Mind (Alan Bloom)

The Kingdom of the Cults (Walter Martin)

Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)

The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)

The Ancient Near East (ed. Pritchard)

Animal Farm (George Orwell)

Lad: A Dog (Albert Payson Terhune)

There are many more, but this is a good indication of what's rattling around in my brain. There's quite a bit of Leftist stuff in there from my college and grad school days, but it gets the crap beat out of it on a regular basis.

First Posted on Wed Jan 14, 2004

This blog is the dumping ground for my brain, not some nefarious mind control scheme. By cleaning my mind, I may find entertaining and perhaps, informative thoughts to share with all of you. Truth be told, I'm nervous because you all might see how little there is in my mind.

Anyway, this is my way of talking about all the stuff I want to without having to find someone to listen. See, I'm a bit opinionated. Even my mom thinks so. (Aren't moms supposed to find that cute?) I need to vent my opinions in order to spare my lovely wife, my swell kids and longsuffering friends and co-workers the constant stream of information and analysis I produce.

We're going to talk about politics, education, music, religion, pop culture and sports. I am a Christian conservative-high school teacher-metal head-football fan. For example, if this were week Four of the now waning NFL season, I might have written the following lament: Why do the Raiders have to play their rivals on Monday night? (relax, I know why) Why couldn't they play Chicago or Cleveland on MNF? The Raiders would easily beat them, and I wouldn't have to throw things and children at the TV. After the Raider's losses to both teams, you would have the Raider-hating pleasure of reading my rationalizations beginning with, "what had happened was..." But you won't have to worry too much about that. I'll save most of my rare football rants for next year’s Pop Warner action. My eight-year old handled his business.

I will often bring up the classroom because I'm a History teacher, but only to point out some bureaucratic nonsense or PC thuggery. Public schools are to political junkies what crack is to actual junkies: a cheap source from which to get one's fix. More often, I will make lame attempts to apply what I am currently reading to the day's events. I have a habit of reading books that are so far over my head that I have to read one sentence at a time, take a nap, then read the next sentence. In fact, the title of this blog is a play on Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind, a perfect example of a book that's way over my head. Most often, I will throw out one of those completely weird connections I make between one thing and another that fooled my grade school principle into thinking I was gifted. What a sucker!

Lastly, I want the readers of this blog to know I am deeply humbled to be a part of your lives for as much or as little time as you can stand me. I will anticipate your feedback as a child does a Christmas present.

My mind is clean.