Paul Matthew Carr

Editor’s Note: I originality wrote this back in 2015 I thought it could use a re-post.   My great-great-grandfather came here from Ireland. He did so to escape famine, civil war and oppression. He left everything he knew – family, [...]

2016 was not a good year. I could mention the abundance of celebrity deaths or the uncivil election or the discouraging decisions in Europe as the reasons for the awfulness of the year. Or on a smaller scale there were [...]

“The most unfettered imagination belongs to young people, and they don’t walk through life; they fly” – Rod Serling in 1963. Blank on Blank is a series of short animations featuring snippets of conversation and interviews of various celebrities and [...]

The philosophy of motivation. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze‘s second issue of Black Panther builds directly off the world-building setup of the first. Now that the players have been identified and the political chessboard set, it is time to go a [...]

Tell me if you’ve heard this before: These kids today are spoiled and lazy. The expect everything to be handed to them on a platter. They don’t know the value of a dollar, and they don’t want to work hard. [...]

Last night our dog Pippin died. He was a beagle so that means he was stubborn and strong-willed and barked for no discernible reason. It also means that he was loving and affectionate and adorable as all get out. Pippin [...]

So the big reveal from last week’s Captain America: Steve Rogers first issue is that Captain America – Sentinel of Liberty and all around nice guy – is actually a Nazi. Okay, not a Nazi exactly – a Hydra sleeper [...]

Sometimes men choose hiatus, other times hiatus is thrust upon them. And sometimes, like what happened here, its a bit of both. I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog (here for instance) that I find it difficult to write [...]

Its the age old question: Are you a geek or a Nerd? Well now it can be answers in a simple, easy to read infographic. There will be no doubt left as to which side of the fence you fall. [...]