Dead Begin Walking on the CW

The Walking Dead premiered appropriately enough on Halloween on the CW ; now I have something to keep me occupied while Mad Men is between...

The Weight of the Human Soul (21 Grams)

I am linking to this article from the NY Times  from about 100 years ago. I had always wondered what the phrase " 21 grams " mea...

Dinner With Three Capos

This piece was written on March 11, 2010, for the website MafiaToday.com. Enjoy. Dinner With The ‘Three Capos’ By Bayside Eddie The three me...

Single-Serve Coffee: Paradise in a Cup

Ever heard of the single-serve coffeemaker ? That link will bring you to PC Richard's blog, where you can get a good update on this cate...

The Last Exorcism: The Devil Is In The Details

I don't mean to overload readers of this blog with movie reviews--though I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing--but my perso...

Review of "Edge of Darkness"

I love films--whether brand-new theatrical releases or b&w classics of the film noir type--and since I am a lit'rary type, I love al...

Good Jailhouse Reading

Has the U.S. found its Solzhenitsyn? In my mind, yes, and he is a Brit named Shaun Attwood who did two years in one of America’s toughest ja...