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February 4, 2015
Daredevil Teaser Trailer is Here! Fighting! Blindness! Catholicism!
As everyone who has been around the Rogue long enough knows, I’m a huge Daredevil fan (Click here and here to see why). So, when Marvel announced they would do a TV series on Netflix, it was all I could do to refrain from uttering a Ron Swanson giggle of glee. The tone of this [Read More...]
I Believe…In An X-Files Reboot!!!
(Jonathan Ryan posting on behalf of new Rogue writer, Jen Schlameuss-Perry.) About a year ago our parish had a visiting priest saying Mass who had one of the most astonishing homilies I’ve ever heard. It was all about The X-Files. Yes—I said about a year ago. My first thought was, “Wow! I LOVE The X-Files! How [Read More...]
January 30, 2015
Looking in the Mirror: The Parenthood Series Finale
Ecclesiastes 3 sums it up like this: For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time [Read More...]
January 22, 2015
Tom Brady’s Deflated Balls
By now, you’ve probably heard that the New England Patriots are headed to yet another Super Bowl. If you feel as I do about that, pause now to stifle your vomit or go ahead and let it spew. Ok sure, they’ve won a lot of Super Bowls lately and that’s cause for respect and commendation, [Read More...]
January 13, 2015
Ron Swanson, Meat, and the Art of Being a Real Man
(We here at the Rogue are huge Parks and Recreation fans. On January 13, it begins its final season at 8:00 PM EST. Jo Schaffer writes about her favorite character on the show) Some say that gender roles are dead. The “new woman” can do anything a man does and the “new man” is allowed [Read More...]
January 9, 2015
Groundhog Day and Waking Up With Humility
“What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?” I’ve been thinking a lot recently about movies which have had a profound impact on my faith. One such movie is the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray and Andie [Read More...]
January 8, 2015
2015: Yes, Marty, We’re in the Future (But Not Quite)
We’re now a week into 2015 and if you’re anything like me, you might have noticed we’ve finally reached the year that Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to in Back to the Future Part II. The crazy unknown they zapped themselves into, aka the future. Back when the film was released in 1989, trying [Read More...]
January 7, 2015
If Your God Doesn’t have a Sense of Humor, He’s Not Worth Serving.
Like the rest of the world, I’m horrified at the Charlie Hebdo shootings in France. Gunmen killed twelve people because the humor magazine posted supposedly offensive cartoons of Mohammed. People have reacted to the horrific events with outrage and holding up pens to show their solidarity with those slain on the alter of free speech. This is all very [Read More...]
January 6, 2015
Taking on Scott Farkus: Standing up to Your Bullies.
In writing my YA novel, Against Her Will, I had to immerse myself in some sad realities. The story follows the struggles of teens in a psych ward who battle their inner demons in a place where not everything that happens is for their own good. As a nurse in a facility, co-author, Serita [Read More...]
December 31, 2014
2015….The Year I’ll Become a Writer Again And Not Chase Hollywood
I’m not sorry to see 2014 go. It’s been like riding a roller coaster ride conceived by Quentin Tarantino with enough violent twists to make anyone’s neck snap. A few of the turns include: I got a job as a book editor and moved to Notre Dame, Indiana. I love my job. I get to [Read More...]
