Drinking My Way Through Summer With The Denver Passport
5280.com – Sept. 15, 2015
The Denver Passport took over my life this summer. Between May 22 and September 7, this little blue book offered 2-for-1 drink deals at 64 Denver bars, and I hit every single one of them. By late August, my quest for stamps ruled every outing. Dates, guests in town, time to kill, or articles to write: Anything was an excuse to hit another bar (or two or three).
Brené Brown: Why We Need to Own Our Failures
Christianity Today – Sept. 18, 2015
We all want to be heroes in our own stories. But when we try to craft a heroic narrative for ourselves, what Joseph Campbell deemed the “mythic journey,” one big thing stands in our way: our failures.
Truth and Consequences
Breakpoint – Sept. 8, 2015
“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” leaps into the debate over how young is too young for sexual activity by pushing the limits of what even the most sexually liberal person would consider acceptable. The opening scene sets the tone: “I had sex today,” Minnie (Bel Powley) announces in the first line of the movie. The thought puts a smile on her young, unadorned face as she walks home through a park.
The Intern fails to do its job
World – Sept 25, 2015
Writer/director Nancy Meyers seems to craft her movies to fit the definition of “feel good.” In the world made for her movies, from It’s Complicated to The Holiday, things might not always go right (for women, mainly) but somehow everything always works out.