20 Seconds of Courage (over and over again)

April 9, 2013April 11, 20135 Comments

Thanks to Cameron Crowe, we have a new parenting philosophy around our house. Recently, as a family, we watched We Bought a Zoo, where Matt Damon’s character, Benjamin Mee, invokes 20 seconds of courage as a lifestyle mantra. We don’t learn about it until late in the movie when Mee’s mopey son has something to … Continue reading 20 Seconds of Courage (over and over again)

Things I learned from Footloose…(in honor of banned books)

October 1, 2012September 24, 2014Leave a comment

There is a scene in Footloose (the real Footloose, not the fake-let’s-please-pretend-it-was-never-remade-Footloose) when the straight as a line Reverend Shaw Moore is called down to the library to deal with a group of creepy book burners. Earlier in the movie our fiery, Men at Work blasting hero, Ren, has already made the mistake of telling … Continue reading Things I learned from Footloose…(in honor of banned books)