Scott’s Blog

  • The Mysterious Benedict Society

    I read The Mysterious Benedict Society with one of my daughters not long ago. We were looking for a book we could read together and chose this one because it’s story appealed to both of us despite our age difference. Trenton Lee Stewart’s The Mysterious Benedict Society did not disappoint. In short, it’s the story of Read more

  • Pixar’s Next Big Hit – INSIDE OUT

    Pixar has just released new details on their next original release, Inside Out. Here is the new press release:   “From the tepuis of South America to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In 2015, he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all – inside the Read more

  • The Hobbit and Smaug

    The Desolation of Smaug, Part 2 in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy, gives us more of the same with a really cool dragon added in to keep us watching for the full 161 minutes. There were so many pointless plot threads added to this movie (I presume to make it long enough to be a trilogy) Read more

  • PRINCE, no more Profanity

    Prince is no longer using profanity in his music. In the June edition of Essence magazine he said, “Did you ever hear Muhammad Ali curse? Would you curse in front of your kids? To your mother? Marsha (Ambrosius), Lianne (La Havas), Janelle (Monae), they’re all my sisters. We shouldn’t curse at them. We need to treat all Read more

  • Behnam Brothers and HGTV

    The following story has been all over the news lately. The article below comes from pluggedin.com. I had never heard of the Benham brothers before this story broke, but I must say I’m saddened for the way they were attacked, however I salute them for handling it with maturity and grace. “The first and last thought Read more

  • CINDER – Review

    When I read the story summary of Cinder, by Marissa Meyer, the premise was so out-of-this-world, I just had to read it. The best I can do to describe it is to say it’s a dystopian teen romance that involves robots and aliens and the plague, and oh by the way, it’s a re-telling of Read more