Nine years ago this week, the entertainment world unexpectedly lost actor and superstar stand-up comedian Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, better known as Bernie Mac. A Chicago native and family man who cultivated his stand-up persona in-between jobs, Mac earned national fame in the early 90s with an appearance on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam. The audience that… Continue reading Living With Sarcoidosis: Public & Private Struggles With the Disease
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Our Friends, Our Lives; Why “Girls Trip” Is A Movie Must
Music, New Orleans, girlfriends, zip-lining, absinthe….. and grapefruit? If that sentence made perfect sense to you, then congratulations—–you’ve also recently seen the new summer comedy, Girls Trip. I attended a showing with a girlfriend last Friday and yes, we both considered it a fabulous flick. At our AMC location, the theater was packed with… Continue reading Our Friends, Our Lives; Why “Girls Trip” Is A Movie Must
Edgar, “John Mars” and “Tarzan” Too: ECOF 2017’s Dallas Debut
In the year 1912, pulp fiction fan and one-time pencil-sharpener wholesaler, Edgar Rice Burroughs, became a writer in his spare time and created two of the world’s most iconic characters, space explorer “John Carter” and “John Clayton,” better known as the jungle-dwelling adventurer called Tarzan. Before his death in 1950, the Chicago native published over 80… Continue reading Edgar, “John Mars” and “Tarzan” Too: ECOF 2017’s Dallas Debut
Charlie Wilson: From Down For The Count To “In It To Win It”
“All mouth, no action.” “Talk is cheap.” “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hear me.” Quotes like these are easy to say…..until you’re wounded by someone’s carelessly-spoken words. Sometimes it’s an ill-timed joke, other times a piercing verbal barb wrapped in the guise of “bless your heart.” And then there… Continue reading Charlie Wilson: From Down For The Count To “In It To Win It”
Siblings, Submission and Your Sex Life
Whether you’re single, coupled-up, or walked down the aisle years ago, nearly everyone has heard persistent myths about marriage: “Happy couples never argue.” “Love is all we need.” “I can change him/her.” Then there’s one that has been disproved time and again, yet people think that saying the words to their significant others will make… Continue reading Siblings, Submission and Your Sex Life