Stallion Cornell

Istopped reading comic books about five years before Watchmen, the “greatest graphic novel of all time,” came on the scene in 1985. I resumed reading them circa 1991, and it wasn’t until this week that I finally decided to supplement my geek education and prepare for the upcoming Watchmen movie by actually reading it ... Read more

I’vebeen thinking I should write something about the John Edwards scandal, but I can’t think of a less interesting, more predictable, or less surprising denouement for a truly pathetic human being. Of course he’s a liar. And he’s still lying. If the affair ended in 2006, why is he showing up in the middle of ... Read more

Atthe risk of opening up the whole “he’s gay” thing again, I admit, at the outset, that I went to see Mamma Mia of my own free will and choice, and I’d do it again. I saw it with my wife, my three sisters, and My Fiancée, and a good time was had by all. ... Read more

Aspromised, here is a video of last week's live performance of The Ammon Song. Mrs. Cornell is doing the camera work while five kids crawl all over her, so the cinematography may not win any awards. I also forgot the words in the third verse, and the "everybody sing along" section was shoddy, but other ... Read more

Aspromised, here is a video of last week's live performance of The Ammon Song. Mrs. Cornell is doing the camera work while five kids crawl all over her, so the cinematography may not win any awards. I also forgot the words in the third verse, and the "everybody sing along" section was shoddy, but other ... Read more

Ihave returned! And I’m sick and exhausted. This year’s Aspen Grove jaunt was far more difficult than many in years past, because at one time or another, every single member of the family was ill. Three-year-old Stalliondo also decided he was incapable of mobility on his own, and insisted on riding on my shoulders everywhere ... Read more

I'llbe at Aspen Grove Family Camp for an entire week beginning tomorrow afternoon, along with about two thirds of the people who comment on this blog. I believe I may make a post or two from my mountain encampment, unless my wife has anything to say about it. She's none too pleased to see me ... Read more

WhenI started writing yesterday’s post, I intended to share memories about all four of my grandparents. But as I got into it, I realized I was focusing on the end of their lives, and that gets a bit maudlin after awhile. My intention was to illustrate how all of their funerals were really positive events. ... Read more

Mywife attended the funeral of her aunt yesterday, who died after a prolonged illness. I wasn’t able to attend, but I got a report that the funeral was uplifting and beautiful, marked more by joy in remembrance of a life well lived than sadness at her loss. The degenerative disease she suffered from had made ... Read more

Whenhe was president, I loathed Bill Clinton. I cannot express this passionately enough. The man was so clearly, fundamentally dishonest, so patently corrupt, that I was ashamed for my nation every time the weasel opened his mouth. The Lewinsky scandal was particularly disgusting, because it has now forever lowered the standards of conduct we can ... Read more