What Does My Attraction to Hyper-Violent Movies Say About Me?
April 29, 2010 – 7:47 am | No Comment

The Monkey and I attempt to understand our attraction to violence in film, an attraction well-manifested even in supposedly sane, spiritually-inclined, and well-balanced human beings, like us, for instance.

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Oscars Post Mortem: “ONCE” Wins the Oscar!
February 25, 2008 – 6:53 am | No Comment
Oscars Post Mortem: “ONCE” Wins the Oscar!

…Well, kinda…
This will be a short post as I just finished watching the Oscars telecast on DVR and it is a quarter past 1 am. I gotta say I’m patting myself on …

A Monkey’s 2008 Oscar Predictions, And The Most Overlooked Film Of The Year
February 23, 2008 – 7:24 pm | 4 Comments
A Monkey’s 2008 Oscar Predictions, And The Most Overlooked Film Of The Year

Ahh. Oscar night coming up. To me, like a Sunday night football game except my wife will watch it with me.
It’s been a busy year for me, working on this blog, starting a new business …

A Landslide Victory in 2008? Using Primary Results to Predict a Winner
February 19, 2008 – 4:12 pm | 11 Comments
A Landslide Victory in 2008? Using Primary Results to Predict a Winner

The Democratic victory in 2008 will in effect re-write the “Red State/Blue State” Electoral map we’ve grown accustomed to over the last few election cycles. The dynamism of Obama or the warm memories that many working class Americans hold for the Clintons will sway voters in Southern states and Western states that voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.

Who Should I Vote For?, Part III: Not Mitt Romney!
February 15, 2008 – 3:44 pm | 8 Comments
Who Should I Vote For?, Part III: Not Mitt Romney!

Mitt Romney’s Valentine’s Day endorsement of former rival John McCain is so emblematic of his farcical, contrarian Presidential campaign, that although it comes as a bit of a surprise in terms of timing, it really …

Who Should I Vote For?, Part II: John McCain
February 9, 2008 – 7:07 pm | 7 Comments
Who Should I Vote For?, Part II: John McCain

Today I continue with Part II of my series, Who Should I Vote For?, in which I provide an analysis of the field of presidential hopefuls from a progressive, constitutionalist, Independent standpoint.
Thursday’s news of Governor …

Who Should I Vote For?, Part I
February 7, 2008 – 2:37 pm | 6 Comments
Who Should I Vote For?, Part I

Grammatically speaking, it’s “whom,” of course, but I won’t get into that right now. What I wanted to do here was take a look at all of the major candidates (and potential candidates) of …