Hey! Hey! New podcast! We tackle America’s greatest movie, yes, America’s greatest movie, JAWS, and also BOTTLE ROCKET, and early and underappreciated Wes Anderson film. We discuss: Who’s the monster? Is Quint Ahab? Should they have made the shark roar? And what kind of scar is it that that Brody has? and also Bottlerocket: a … Continue reading “Double Feature with the Fishers, Episode 5: JAWS and BOTTLE ROCKET”
Back in 2018, I interviewed several people for an article about what it means to be both Jewish and Catholic. The interview never made it to print for various reasons, but I have always wanted to share the conversation I had with my father. He and my mother both grew up in Brooklyn with a … Continue reading “Jewish and Catholic: An interview with my father, Phil Prever”
Podcast returns! Just one movie review this time: The insanely excellent 2014 drama Calvary. Damien and I both loved it but had slightly different takes on what it meant. Here’s the trailer for this movie we recommend highly for Holy Week (but not for kids): This podcast, and all podcasts, are open to patrons who … Continue reading “[Double] Feature With the Fishers, Episode 4: CALVARY”
Episode three of our podcast, Double Feature With the Fishers, is up! Damien and I pour a little drink and talk about MASTER AND COMMANDER and APPALOOSA, two movies about (among other things) male friendship. In this episode, one of the ice cubes escapes and then Damien complains about Marvel movies for a bit, but … Continue reading “Double Feature with the Fishers, Episode 3: MASTER AND COMMANDER and APPALOOSA”
Hi! Food! Here we go: SATURDAY Hot dogs, chips I did buy hot dog buns, but not nearly enough. I’m new here and have no way of knowing how to shop for food. But of course you can turn a mediocre meal into something very different, with the right presentation. I’m tempted to enter this … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 243: Teen Titans and other captivating compositions”
I’ve been awfully busy lately. Even on a lazy day, I’m busy busy busy, accomplishing this, working hard at avoiding that, distracting myself with this, putting a lot of effort into putting off thinking about that, praying this devotion, avoiding that one. In between activities, I was scrolling through Facebook on my distraction machine, and … Continue reading “Doing nothing for Lent”
The podcast continues! Last week, we reviewed Moonstruck and The Quiet Man. This week, a change of pace: Rocky and Hard Times, made within a year of each other, definitely Sylvester Stallone’s best movie, and possibly Charles Bronson’s, too, respectively. Both movies about fighters, obviously, and both about relationships, and opportunities, and entanglements, and running … Continue reading “Double Feature with the Fishers! Episode 2: Rocky and Hard Times”
Sorry, I know it’s Friday in Lent, sorry. Check out my meat anyway. SATURDAY Pizza Lately I make four or five large, normal pizzas, and then with the last one I just go a little bit cuh-razy. This time we had two pepperoni, two olive, one cheese, and one with red onion, fresh garlic, anchovies, … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 242: Never never mind your meatloaf heart”
Damien and I were so pleased to be guests on the This Catholic Life podcast with our friends Peter Holmes and Renée Köhler-Ryan! The topic was “dealing with trolls,” including what to do after you blew it and dealt badly with trolls. Give a listen! If the embedded player doesn’t work, here is the link. … Continue reading “Dealing with Trolls: listen to “This Catholic Life” with me and Damien as guests”
Last Thursday, pro-life activist Abby Johnson released a video called “My biracial boy,” in which she said she’s not upset that her adopted biracial son will be racially profiled by police when he grows up. She explained her theories about race and the family and what needs to change. Today I was joined by four … Continue reading “Black Catholics respond to Abby Johnson”
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