Author: Scott William Foley
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The Grand Budapest Hotel – A Movie Review
I don’t know much about the technical aspects of movies. I don’t completely understand how movies are even made. I do know this, though: I like weird, I like original, I like passion, I like real characters, I like visual stimuli, and I like unpredictable plots. Because of this, I like Wes Anderson. A lot.…
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Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself Illustrated by Allen Crawford – A Book Review
I firmly believe the publishing world must always adapt, evolve, and break new ground. This book does just that. Yes, it is Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself, unaltered and unabridged. However, Allen Crawford blended art and text to create something entirely new, all while still honoring the original poem. Each page progresses the poem and…
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Check Out This Short Film By Leroy Rivera
I’ve got a friend in New York that I’ve never actually had the privilege to meet in person, and he’s always been a staunch supporter of my work. I can’t even remember exactly how we came to know each other, but I’ve always admired his passion for film making and that passion is now becoming a…
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Keep the “Wonder” In Wonder Woman
Against my better judgement, I’m playing the old comic book fan card. You know the one: the “I’m quitting this comic because of a creative change!” Let me explain. A few years ago, DC Comics (sort of) rebooted their universe and called the (sort of) reboot “The New 52.” In the (sort of) new DC…
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A Few Steps Before Taking Those First Steps
As you may know, after a ten year absence, I’ve taken up running again. Though I started in late April, I didn’t have the nerve to write about it until now for fear it’d be yet another false start. Well, here we are in early July, and I’ve managed to stick with it. I think–hope–it’s…
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Back On the Road
In junior high and high school, I ran mostly sprints. My specialties were the 100, the 200, and the 300 intermediate hurdles. Long distance running seemed like something attractive to masochists. I could never fathom why someone would voluntarily run more than 55 seconds. Then a funny thing happened. I found myself coaching cross country…
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Super Graphic by Tim Leong – A Book Review
When I learned of this book, I knew I had to have it. Super Graphic is a series of graphs—an entire books’ worth, in fact—that deal only with comic books. Each graph is typically quite clever in depicting an image along with information. Of course, this is a poplar medium at the moment called “infographics.”…
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X-Men: Days of Future Past – A Movie Review
Though it took me far longer than I intended, I’m glad I finally made it to the theater to see this film. I’ll go ahead and say it: it’s the best of the X-Men movies thus far. Why is it the best, you ask? How can it be better than X-Men 2? Let me explain…
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