I have been thinking a lot about cows recently.  It seemed that everyone in the Bible was always talking about cows and cattle and milk and cheese and other things that come from them. Having a lot of cattle was clearly a status symbol. I just see Abraham talking to Isaac like

Way back in olden times, (2006) I was volunteering at the Sundance Film Festival. Early in the morning I went to the cyber-cafe and sat down in front of a computer. These were the days before getting email on your cellphone (but yes, we did have running water and electricity

Sometimes, I don’t know why I did it. It makes me so angry and I tell myself that I was duped into it. but that is really not the truth. I really do know, I just have to think and remind myself, why I did it. I decided to take….a

Lately, there has been much protesting and rioting in our nation’s capitol. This demonstrating has left several people dead [Actually, police officer Sinknick was reported to have been killed by the protesters but he was not]. I, like everyone, have found this abhorrent and unnecessary. No one wants anyone to

I started watching the new Penny Dreadful: City of Angels series on Showtime. I have only seen one episode so far. The great actor, Rory Kinnear played Frankenstein’s monster in the original Penny Dreadful and is seemingly playing a different role in the new one. Rory Kinnear’s Frankenstein inspired me

Ricardo Montalbon was, in my humble opinion, a great man. Despite years of playing a latin lover in many films, he was married to one woman for 53 years. He was a real actor playing roles as diverse as Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Mr. Rourke on

Sometimes, I think back to high school and my experiences talking about God. Of course, no one is allowed to talk about God in public school, are they? Well as we all know, what is allowed and what happens are often two different things. I remember one experience in particular

I remember several years ago when I volunteered for an organization called BeHIV at Chicago’s Market Days. BeHIV was an organization which supported those with HIV with testing and services. Market Days is another Gay Pride event. I remember seeing a guy parade around shirtless carrying a sign during the

Wow, the last two weeks in the United States have been disappointing. When I heard that Sleepy Joe was being called, “The President-Elect” I was really upset. So many Christian people had prophesized on TV and other places that Donald Trump was going to win. I had my hopes and

I am a former student of the University of Chicago. Actually, what I mean is that I have read a magazine in a Starbucks on the University of Chicago campus. When I was there, I went to the campus bookstore. I was searching for a men’s room and I asked