Super Review

Kevin Spacey

So I saw Superman Returns on Wednesday with my brother and nephew at the IMAX theater in Grand Rapids. Several scenes were in 3D, which makes this probably the first 3D movie I’ve seen in decades. Actually, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a 3D movie at a theater before…I just remember seeing a …

Read more

Supergeek

Fear the Kal El

Sometime this week I’ll probably go see Superman Returns with my older brother Garry and his son (my nephew) Allen. This will continue a long Fox Bro tradition: Garry took me to see the original Superman movie in 1978 when I was just a punk kid and he was just a punk teenager, and he …

Read more

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens (as seen from our house)

Today is the 26th anniversary of the huge eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. My family lived in Kelso, Washington at the time and could see the eruption from our front porch (see picture). Our town was covered in ash shortly thereafter, and we were forced to evacuate to higher ground due …

Read more

the prodigal son returns

greetings, people of earth. i have safely made the journey home to extremely warm tempe, arizona. to my great surprise, my house is in precisely the same state of disarray as when i left. i was hoping a special european cleansing fairy would have paid a visit, but alas…. i was additionally surprised by the …

Read more

leaving london

Globe Theatre

hi all – i’m at london’s heathrow airport right now. my flight doesn’t leave for another couple of hours (the “tube,” london’s subway, got me here faster than i thought it would), and i saw this internet kiosk and decided to get rid of some of these extra british coins. yesterday i explored london while …

Read more