Scott’s Blog

  • Pixar’s INSIDE OUT – First Trailer

    This is the first trailer released by Pixar for their upcoming movie, Inside Out. The movie’s not due out until June 19th of next year, but I’m excited about this one and I know many others are excited because it’s the first original (not a sequel) Pixar movie since Brave in 2012. In my opinion, Pixar movies Read more

  • Fifty Shades of Sesame Street

    In a recent Ernie and Bert sketch on everyone’s favorite educational kid’s show Sesame Street, there is an obvious allusion to the Shades of Grey book. Bert is sitting on a park bench and reading a book that clearly shows the title “Fifty Shades of Oatmeal”. He addresses the camera and then reads the book. He says, Read more

  • My Calvin & Hobbes Sweatshirt

    Finally, one of my kids has turned out to be a Calvin & Hobbes fan and was excited when I offered to pass my Calvin & Hobbes sweatshirt to her. This is my sweet daughter, Alyssa wearing the sweatshirt that has great sentimental value to me, and now to her. Not only is it depicting Read more

  • Ariana Grande & the Pop Star Machine

    Why is it that talented young actresses that get their start on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel almost always go off the deep end as soon as they hit adulthood? One day they’re clean-cut and wholesome and the perfect role-model for our kids, and then they turn 18 or 21 and turn into partying-hard, overly-sexualized pop stars who care Read more

  • Once Upon A Time

    Honestly, I don’t watch much TV because of a lack of time, and because there is almost always something better I can be doing. And, my kids don’t watch much TV because we encourage reading over screen watching as much as possible. But, if you’ve read my blog at all you will know that I’m Read more

  • The Boxtrolls

    Update Friday, Sept. 26th The Boxtrolls comes out today and the reviews have revealed that it’s not the “family friendly” movie that I imagined in my post below. At least it’s not friendly for the traditional family. I’m referring to the choice the film makers made to weave in a message about the positive virtues Read more