I don't think that I feel guilty about any of the media that I enjoy. I'm not ashamed to admit that I still laugh at 'Everybody to the Limit,' for instance. I am aware, however, that I own some albums that I would be expected to feel guilty about. Paramore's self-titled release definitely fits that [...]
Author: Brennan
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This Child Will Be Able
I'm not ashamed to say that I like kids' books. You can say a lot in and with a children's book that's worth saying. Maybe more than anything, the typically simpler language and character arcs of children's literature (and I don't mean that pejoratively) often allow for valuable and rewarding examinations of interpersonal relationships. R. J. Palacio's [...]
A Question of Reality
I've read three books and a couple of stories by Philip K. Dick, most recently The Man In the High Castle, and in each and every one of them there is some debate over what is and is not 'real.' This occurs most famously in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, upon which the film Blade [...]
A Concert Confession
Here's a dirty little secret of mine: unless I really love the band, I'm not particularly crazy about live music. Considering that I played in a number of bands myself for the better part of a decade, that seems almost contradictory or, at the very least, anomalous. And yet it's the truth. If I have [...]
Congratulations and Shame
When we got engaged last year, I felt pretty good about the gesture that I made to Caitlin. I took her on a vacation, to a nice dinner, gave her a beautiful ring - the whole nine yards. Thank God that was last year. Prospective husbands, the bar has been raised. Dramatically. And I'm not [...]
Made for the Screen
I had probably seen The Prince Bride (the movie) about twenty times before I realized that it more than just a brilliant Rob Reiner project and was actually based upon The Princess Bride (the book) by William Goldman. I was an ignorant child. So now, twenty odd years after I first fell in love with the film, [...]
The Devil and Jeff
I wake to find the devil sitting near my bed. "Good morning, Jeff," he says. I rub my eyes. I am, obviously, delusional. Phantoms of evil don't just appear next to your nightstand, ready for an early morning chat. I blink. He's still there, not some horned, fork tongued little imp with a pointy tail [...]
Immunity
In light of some of my recent commentary, some have wondered how well my manic beast survived the Fourth of July holiday. Elly survived, of course, though she didn't seem to enjoy the process all that much. What was probably the low point of her weekend came on Saturday night when a series of explosions [...]
Galactic Destruction
Earth fought fiercely. I annihilated it all the same. The rings of Saturn were unable to defend their planet. I destroyed Pluto, too, just for old times' sake. By the time I was done even the sun was gone. No trace of the Milky Way remained save for the ruined detritus scattered in the wake of each [...]
The Panic of July
Caitlin and I have two dogs. The younger one is named Jersey and is sweet, affectionate, and great with people and animals alike. This is Jersey: The older one is named Elly. She is terrible. Don't get me wrong, I love Elly unconditionally - I might even love that dog too much for all the [...]
Songs & Stories 