Travel review: Hotel Il Nido
The Il Nido (Italian for “The Nest”) is a pretty little family-run hotel about 5 kilometers outside Sorrento, Italy. It was established in 1964. The […]
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Travel review: The Isle of Capri
This Italian island’s name is pronounced CAP-ree, rather than ca-PREE. Capri was not named for goats (as one might guess from the name, since “capreae” […]
Book Review: Devil’s Tower by Mark Sumner
A Review of Mark Sumner’s novel Devil’s Tower (Del Rey, 1996) Devil’s Tower is a sprawling, entertaining novel that blurs the boundaries between fantasy, western […]
Movie Review: Altered States
Altered States is a 1980 movie directed by British filmmaker Ken Russell. It deals with an American scientist, Eddie Jessup (played by William Hurt and […]
Judo vs. Hapkido
To properly discuss judo’s benefits as a martial sport as compared with other sports and martial arts, we must first define some terms. What is […]
Book Review: Luz, the Art of Ciruelo by Ciruelo Cabral
Luz, the Art of Ciruelo (released by Diamond Comics in the U.S. and Bast Editorial in Europe) is a compilation of the artwork of Ciruelo […]
Movie Review: Star Trek: Nemesis
I saw Star Trek: Nemesis opening weekend after friends dragged me to the movies. I hadn’t planned on seeing it so soon, as I found […]
Review: The Powerpuff Girls Movie
I enjoy the Powerpuff Girls animated TV show, but I’m by no means a hardcore fan. I had no real desire to see this film, […]
Coping with unemployment
Unemployment may cause a deterioration of economic situation, downgrading of social status, broken social relations, changed risk behaviors, impaired psychological well-being, and depression, consequences that […]
TV Review: Dead Like Me
“Dead Like Me” is a series that debuted in the summer of 2003 on Showtime; it was inexplicably cancelled after just two seasons. This show […]
Movie Review: The Matrix Revolutions
Plot Summary This third chapter of The Matrix trilogy takes up where The Matrix Reloaded ended. The free people of Zion brace themselves for the […]
Movie Review: The Matrix Reloaded
Overall Impressions (Possible Slight Spoilers) The Matrix: Reloaded is one of the few movies I’d been looking forward to seeing for literally years. In this […]