Scott’s Blog

  • Monty – My Comic Discovery

    I grew up on comic strips. That was back when everyone got their newspapers delivered to their doorstep every single day. My dad would always take the front page, my brother always grabbed the sports page, and I always went straight to the comics page. I guess that just goes to show how non-intellectual I… Read more

  • Wool is Toxic Fun

    Wool by Hugh Howey tells a post-apocalyptic tale like none that I’ve ever read. I give it a definite star for originality and great storytelling. The setting is planet earth, many years in the future, after the human race has destroyed 99% of itself. All that remains are the inhabitants of a huge underground silo that… Read more

  • A New Oz

    Legends of Oz; Dorothy’s Return, a new animated film is scheduled to come out this summer. It follows one of the later novels in the OZ series, written by Roger Stanton Baum in 1989. Roger is the  great grandson of original author L. Frank Baum. According to an article at Entertainment Weekly.com, the story follows Dorothy… Read more

  • My Favorite Jane Austen Movies

    It’s Valentines Day, so I thought I should share my expertise on romantic movies. I call myself a secondary expert on romantic movies because they are the only kind of movies my wife will watch. Over the years I’ve watched hundreds with her. So, I’m only an expert because of her. Her favorites are movies based… Read more

  • Surprised by The Croods

    My office was closed yesterday due to the heavy snowfall, so I got to stay home with my kids. After I finished shoveling out three driveways (mine and two neighbors) I had the pleasure of sitting down with my kids and picking out a movie to watch together on Netflix. We settled on The Croods,… Read more

  • This Book is a SMASH!

    PLOT SUMMARY … Andrew Ryan is a typical kid who deals with school bullies, missed assignments, a jerk of an older brother, and divorced parents. He dreams of some day rising above it all and fighting alongside his superhero idol, Defender. When Defender is captured and killed by his nemesis, Mangus, his powers are transferred to… Read more