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An elegant weapon for a more civilized 4-year-old

Posted in Columns, Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, tagged , , , , , , on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Island Packet — Kids these days, they just don’t know how good they have it. They have the YouTubes, they have the orange and purple iPods, they have the Wii, with that little remote control you wave around to make that gelatinous snowman that’s supposed to be a tennis player on the TV do tennis-y [...]

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“Clone Wars”: For those who’ve been missing the crackling dialogue and hilarious comedy of the “Star Wars” prequels

Posted in Columns, Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, tagged , , , , , , , on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Island Packet - A new “Star Wars” film opened that week, though you might not have noticed - and judging by the box office take, you didn’t - yet this strange bald Lucas apologist at work thought the film was gonna be the cat’s pajamas, leading to my contributing the following essay on Why You [...]

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Guns don’t kill people, Darth Vader does (with guns)

Posted in Columns, Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, tagged , , , , , , on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »

Island Packet - The Little Man has developed a spirited interest in gun toys these days, which is no surprise, since he’s 4 years old and a boy, and at some distant point in evolutionary history it was programmed into human DNA that during their early development, boys will get really, really into gun toys.
I [...]

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High School Reunion: I’m, er, extremely busy that day, whenever it is

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , , , , on March 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

GateHouse - This past week I received an invitation to my 15th high school reunion, which was good, since it had been about nine minutes since someone reminded me that I was getting extremely old.
OK, yes, I’m speaking hyperbolically here, because I know that unless you are a gibbon monkey, 28 is not very [...]

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"Star Wars" and Marc Ecko: It’s fashionable enough for you, old man

Posted in Columns, Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, tagged , , , on December 31, 2007 | No Comments »

Island Packet - If you have ever spent any time thinking, “My clothes are OK, but what I’d really like is to go to work looking more like a Jawa,” do I have joyous news for you: Fashion designer Marc Ecko has unveiled a clothing line inspired by “Star Wars,” an announcement that has fans [...]

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Guitar Hero III: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? YOU IN THE JUNGLE, BABY!

Posted in Columns, GateHouse, tagged , , , , , , , on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Gatehouse - About 15 years ago, Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando opened a “Star Wars”-themed ride entitled “Star Tours,” in which you simulate flying through the “Star Wars” universe — crashing through comets, running into a Star Destroyer, jumping into hyperspace, that sort of thing. The ride culminates with your fake-piloting your ship into the Death [...]

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