Not too long ago, I got to watch pretty much all the episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I was surprised at how much I liked it. Sure, it got goofy sometimes, but a lot of it was also really, really cool. However, it's taken decades for me to see the movie, which was pretty … Continue reading The Original Slayer
Page To Screen: Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen's single most famous novel is, of course, Pride and Prejudice. All six of her novels are famous, but there's something about P&P that puts it above the others. It's been adapted more than any other Austen novel, that's for sure. I toyed with the idea of asking the Twitterverse which versions of Pride and Prejudice were their … Continue reading Page To Screen: Pride and Prejudice
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Steve Prefontaine is known as the "James Dean of track" and is a legend among runners. A native of Coos Bay, Oregon, he was born in 1951 and died in a car accident in 1975 at the age of twenty-four. Though his life was short, he was a major star. Naturally, he's been immortalized in … Continue reading Go, Pre
Taking Up Room 