Monthly Archives: September 2013

Tweet, tweet, tweet

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

As it happens I had just finished writing a piece on teens and social media, touching on cyberbullying when the perfect storm of media idiocy broke out. It began when Amanda Carpenter, a speechwriter for Sen. Ted Cruz, tweeted that … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds, Politics | Leave a comment

Review: Una Noche

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Film making is changing. One sign of this is when an unknown brother and sister team who have only made shorts before come out of nowhere with a feature-length film that knocks your socks off and sweeps the awards at … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Politics | Leave a comment

Seen from the side of the road on Monday

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

This is why I always have a camera somewhere near. I have my professional camera I take on assignment and I have a smaller camera in my glove box as a backup. I was on my way to Montevideo to … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Leave a comment

America gets Red-lined

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

You want to know how I think Vladimir Putin feels these days? I bet he’s feeling pretty sick right about now. Sure he’s just humiliated the president of the mighty United States, made us a laughingstock among nations, frightened our … Continue reading →

Posted in News commentary, Politics | 2 Comments

Review: ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

“The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” is the film adaptation of a book in the young adult urban fantasy genre. The book is the first of five, soon to be six, in a series. There is also a prequel trilogy … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Leave a comment

My son got his name on 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

It seems 9/11 is one generations defining memory, as in “Where were you when you heard about…?” For my generation it was the assassination of President Kennedy. (Seventh grade home room.) For my parents generation it was Pearl Harbor. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Review: We’re the Millers.

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

“We’re the Millers” looks like it started out with some clever ideas and got assembled by committee. Aw heck, it’s got some funny moments that are worth some of your time and you get to see Jennifer Aniston doing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Leave a comment

Can one silly girl bring down western civilization?

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

It’s official, I’m a square. I had to ask what “twerking” was. I had assumed it had something to do with Twitter and “tweeting.” Wrong! Turns out tweaking refers to movements of the hips and buttocks in suggestive ways. There, … Continue reading →

Posted in News commentary | 1 Comment

Review: Elysium

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

On the strength of precisely one feature-length movie, “District 9” (2009), South African writer/director Neill Blomkamp was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009, by Forbes magazine as the 21st most powerful celebrity … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Social Science & History | 1 Comment