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

Steve Friedlander mastered the very technical and complicated world of integrated digital telephone service just at the right time, as the digital revolution took off.  He worked as an independent agent for Ameritech customizing and streamlining digital phone services for a wide range of customers.  He knew what they needed

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

We are in desperate need of something. We desperately want something. The Bible says Jesus told His disciples, “Ask and it shall be given, seek and you will find, knock and it shall be opened” (Matthew 7:7-11). But things rarely work that way, it seems. We do not get what

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