Posted in Guest Blog, Movie Review on May 14, 2013
By Brian L. Martin Star Trek Into Darkness enjoyed a lengthy advertising campaign filled with coy misdirection, largely centered around the identity of its antagonist. It’s appropriate, then, that the movie itself is built out of misdirection, and not just as far as the villain’s identity is concerned. Deception abounds in Star Trek Into Darkness. [...]
Recently I flew back home to good old Kansas City. I had a layover in Charlotte, and before getting on the connecting flight, I was as sure as I’ve ever been of anything in my life that the plane was going to crash. Waiting in the terminal were so many good-looking, racially diverse young professionals [...]
Lemme tell you something about Prague, friends. The people there enjoy beer. They enjoy beer so much, our walking tour guide (a handsome rogue named Chris who had me and the girls swooning) advised us to be very careful at intersections because angry drivers who have likely been drinking are often lethal. We received that [...]
We were told that Austria has some of the cleanest, freshest, most wonderfully clear water in the world. It must be true. Because they certainly seemed to hoard it lest its secrets be revealed. Here’s something you might not know about Europe. There’s no such thing as free refills. If you order a Sprite or [...]
Sacher Torte: pronounced (in Nicole’s world) sock-ah tort. One word. The Sacher Torte is a piece of chocolate cake. Neither better nor worse than many other incarnations of this festive treat, it was created by Franz Sacher of Austria in 1832. As a lifelong chocolate maven, of course I had to try this culinary creation [...]
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