The original Taken was a surprise hit, a film whose appeal is not easy to explain. Maybe it was Liam Neeson kicking ass even though he’s old enough to tell historians what the Gettysburg Address sounded like firsthand. Maybe it’s women loving a movie where daddy saves their chastity from […]
Welcome to the inaugural installment of my advice column, Ask Papa. “Where do you get the balls to write an advice column when your own life is an unmitigated disaster,” you might ask if you are my mother or an ex-girlfriend. Well, just because my existence thus far has been […]
Every so often, a bit part actor flips out, does something heinous, and defines his entire legacy by it. For those of you who have watched Sons of Anarchy, you’ll be familiar with Johnny Lewis as “Half-Sack”, a man trying to join the Sons who lost one of his testicles […]
This is a side project for the Papa’s Basement crew featuring your humble narrator and Howard. We discuss the highlights of the NFL season’s 4th week, like the Eagles beating the Giants on Sunday night, RGIII being the savior of the Redskins (even if they could barely limp past the […]
THOUGHTS FROM THE GAME RGIII is the Real Deal–For two decades, the Redskins have lacked a real quarterback. You know, that guy who, when the game hangs in the balance, takes things on his shoulders and wins the damn thing because failure is not in his vocabulary. He’s akin to […]
