I was reading a story on the actor Chris Evans in the latest edition of Esquire Magazine when towards the end of the article the author is trying to get Evans to maybe commit to what comes next in his career or life. Here is how it is written (Dodger is Evans' dog): We stand a minute in the waning sunshine. Dodger trots up and takes a seat on his haunches on the grass nearby, posing like a statue, gazing solemnly outward. Before us spreads Evans’s front acreage. Surrounded b

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” - Mark Twain I have always struggled with the question of existence and none more than what happens after we die. Today is my dog's 14th birthday. It is also the day that I received a phone call from the veterinarian that he has cancer. The last 12 months have been rough, and compared to most, I am sure my troubles are minis

A legend told by several Native American tribes goes something like this: When the world was new and no one yet knew their place, God decided to divide Man from the other animals. He set Man on one side of a line and the rest of the animal kingdom on the other. Then he spoke and the line began to crack open. Soon it was a chasm, separating Man from all the rest. At the very last moment, just as the chasm was becoming impossibly wide, Dog made a rebel choice. He dashed away fr

Life is suffering." This is the first of the Four Noble Truths which were taught by the Indian philosopher Buddha. This is the greatest truth because only when we see this truth can we transcend it. Once we accept that life is difficult and that suffering exists; can we live life fruitfully? Because when we accept suffering, the suffering no longer matters. I first came across this idea in the book The Road Less Traveled by Dr. M. Scott Peck in my first year of college; one

Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. DEDICATED TO THE YOUNG, IN WHOSE SPIRIT THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH MARCHES ON. These are the words that flash upon the screen at the end of Director Oliver Stone's controversial new film, JFK. Through this message, Stone hopes to propel the youth of America into constantly searching for the truth in all things, especially those events of November 22, 1963, in which a supposedly lo

Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. FILM - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SPORTS With the summer months in full swing and the children out of school, baseball and softball games have suddenly taken precedent over books and studying. After watching my 12 year old cousin play baseball for the first time this summer, it came upon me that I should write about some films, that with a sport as their main subject, might j

​ Written while attending Louisiana State University and published in the Plaquemine Post South in 1991. ARE THESE THE TEN BEST FILMS OF ALL TIME? (At least in 1991) ​Every 10 years, Sight & Sound, an England based film magazine, polls the world's film critics for their 10 Best Films of All Time and then publishes a final poll based on these critics' votes. In 1982, the list looked like this: 1. Citizen Kane (U.S.) 2. The Rules of the Game (France) 3. (tie) The Seven Samu