Wanna see something mind blowing? Meet Miyoka Shida Rigolo. Warning: Do no hit play on this video unless you have seven minutes because you won’t be able to look away once she begins. And if you do you’ll miss two amazing (I think) surprise endings. Here is a basic reconstruction of my thoughts as I watched […]
The Matrix is one of my favorite movies, has been since I first saw it in theaters almost, GASP, fifteen years ago. You’ve gotta see what happened when filmmaker Joe Nicolosi asked his mom to describe the movie to him. She is great, and I laughed so hard watching this. If you haven’t seen The […]
The armor was never a hobby or a distraction. It was a cocoon. — Tony Stark Iron Man 3 is Robert Downey Jr.’s fourth (and possibly final) turn as Tony Stark under his third director – Shane Black (Jon Favreau and Joss Whedon being the previous). It’s also the first Marvel Phase 2 film – […]
Civil dialogue seems to be a thing of the past. More and more, we divide ourselves into camps, turn every issue into Us vs. Them. Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. Democrats and Republicans. Cubs vs. Cardinals. And increasingly in our culture, Christian vs. Atheist. When we polarize our positions, we eliminate any real opportunity for dialog. I […]
You know those days where something goes terribly wrong and your entire course of events is altered? We’ve all been there. One of my favorite bands is Disciple. They were rolling along the road a couple weeks back when something bad happened. Here’s lead singer Kevin telling the story and explaining how sometimes the purpose […]
Listen, Rate & Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! The StoryMen talk about what it means to lead, and explore many of the challenges facing young leaders. We welcome Brad Lomenick, the head of the leadership organization Catalyst. We talk about all the great wisdom in Brad’s new book, The Catalyst Leader. We also end up talking […]
On April 25, 1976, Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs made what some people call the greatest play in baseball history. Here’s what happened. “If you’re going to burn the flag, don’t do it around me. I’ve been to too many veterans’ hospitals and seen too many broken bodies of guys who tried to protect […]
Pain and Gain is the new film starring Mark Wahlburg (who will forever be Marky Mark in my heart) and The Rock. It’s smart, funny and completely over-the-top, which makes it hard to remember that the story actually happened. (Here’s a great article from Slate fact-checking the film). But the most surprising is that this […]
Oh man, you have got to watch this. In case you aren’t sure what corner of Washington this hilarious parody came from, it was made for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner which is usually the most cordial and funny event in American politics each year, that rare time we actually get to see government […]
This week Matt, JR. & yours truly chat about what it means to be a fan. We talk Batman, the evolution of Geek culture and whether women get a fair shake in today’s Fandom. We also dish on how geek we’ve gotten and even include photographic evidence that we’re not afraid of donning latex (liquid or otherwise) […]