I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours.

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me

The other day, when my 4-year-old saw a flowering tree and said, "Daddy, it's raining petals," that was poetry that just melted my heart into a mushy, yummy Fudgsicle.