The Universe as Teacher

Nov. 9, 2007  Dream Journal entry: Includes information from the movie, Running With Scissors, based on the memoir by Augusten Burroughs; two dreams and the clear realization upon awakening: I love being in control of myself! In the movie, Running With Scissors, the young teenage boy’s parents are in the process of breaking up.  The mother, an [...]

In the Valley of Elah – Movie Review

  My wife, Sandy, and I just saw the movie, In the Valley of Elah, with Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, and Charlize Theron. What a great movie! As we left the screening room Sandy burst into tears for the first time ever after seeing a movie, and continued to cry in the bathroom before [...]

The Brave One?

Last week Sandra, our granddaughter, Justina, and I went to see the movie The Brave One starring Jody Foster. It’s patterned after the Charles Bronson Death Wish, vigilante movies. In The Brave One, Jody’s character is severely beaten along with her fiance who dies from his beating. Overcoming her fear of leaving her apartment building, [...]