Emerald City

Beware! Funny stuff ahead, courtesy of Ben Simpson's blog :

My hubby introduced me to Harry Chapin when we were dating back in the 70s. This song was one of our favorites. We'd spend hours togethe...

Check out the trailer to  Rise of the Planet of the Apes . It looks amazing! Will be released in August. Hubby and I will see it on our an...

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in son...

I was in the baking mood this weekend and made the best lemon bars in the Universe! The whole family loved them and daughter Jen said they ...

Before Tom Hanks was a big star he played in a variety of silly comedies and The 'burbs (1989) was one of my favorites. Awesome cast (B...

This is one of my favorite Paul McCartney tunes. I really like this video because it features Linda's photos...a very nice montage. It...

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to  you. For everyone who asks ...

Duel (1971) was Steven Spielberg's first feature-length movie. The story: a traveling businessman is terrorized by a tanker truck dri...

Who would have thought a 17 year old Christian country singer would take the crown? YAY SCOTTY! He was such a sweet kid all the way throug...

Nothing says Rock and Roll like ZZ Top! A Methodist pastor back in the 80s told me that this was his favorite band. Their sound is unique....

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and...

There is no denying that Dances with Wolves (1990) is absolutely amazing! Who would have thought that a three-hour Western would win seve...

I wrote the first draft of my short movie. It's a horror flick called "The End" and it's about an alien invasion. I...

The video production class has inspired me so I'm going to create some short movies using the in-camera editing technique that we lear...

I didn't really know much about Simon and Garfunkle until I'd seen The Graduate . After listening to their tunes on the soundtrack I...

Saturday I attended a video production workshop. Check out the details and see the movie we made at My Theatre Blog. We were also featured...

At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood at my side an...

In Alfred Hitchcock's  Rope (1948),  a couple of social elitists commit the perfect crime. The murder weapon? A rope. Brandon and Ph...

I'm having a blast reading Marlo Thomas's book "Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny." I first discove...