Jack O'Lantern sat in the glow of Hell's ember, carving yet one more pumpkin in replacement of the rotting moldy one currently housing the Devil's coal. Having been rejected by Heaven and ...

<img src="http://www.bustedhalo.com/pictures/homePhoto.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="picright"> <blockquote>"Coffee cups on the counter / jackets on the chair Papers on the doorstep / but you're not there Everything is everything / Everything is everything But you're missing." ---"You're Missing"</blockquote> Though the biggest fan ...

Garry Wills was shocked. After the publication of his best-selling book Papal Sin , which documents recent papal shortcomings, Wills not only received the expected letters from angry Catholics demanding he leave the Church, but ...

I once had a roommate who disapproved of me watching the X-Files. You know, because of all the murdering, and that creepy music. She would glide past the TV Sunday nights gently tsk-tsking, and recite ...

Friday night, 7 p.m., Central time. I'm sitting in my favorite chair, anxiously staring at my radio, when those familiar words come through the air: " From WBEZ Chicago?and Public Radio ...

"Anna Nicole Smith is busting out with a wild new reality sitcom. It's the place where pop culture and cleavage converge, so tune in and stay abreast of Anna Nicole's big adventures." -- Program description from ...

At the movies, do you stay until all the credits have rolled by? Everyone knows that behind-the-scenes folks in the movie industry get the short end of the stick. Directors and producers are ...

"Do not bother to adjust your (TV) set. We control the vertical. We control the horizontal." -cheesy , deep-voiced narrator on "The Outer Limits." Ever see that old show, "The Outer Limits"? Basically, it's a poor man's ...

"Waiting for Star Wars is an art project designed to capture the evolution and journey of one person's wait for a single event?" -- Jeff Tweiten and John Guth, two guys who waited four and one-half ...

Having once been a "Johnist", I've recently converted and become a "Paulist." No, not that kind of Paulist. I've always been a huge Beatles fan. So recently, when I took my son to see Paul ...

"I'll be right here." - E.T. to Elliot before blasting off for home "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." -Jesus to his disciples, before blasting off for heaven So E.T. is twenty ...

"What we do in life, echoes in eternity." A line by Russell Crowe's Maximus before going into battle in Gladiator By now you have surely heard of The Osbournes, MTV's new show all about the life of ...

On one level "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (IFC Films) as directed by Alfonso Cuaron is funny, racy, and sexy with scenes shot on some of Mexico's most beautiful beaches. The movie is a fantasy tale about ...

The edgiest character on TV these days is a sponge. He's SpongeBob Squarepants and if you've never seen or heard of him, I strongly recommend you check out this creative, cutting-edge cartoon on the ...

Bookworm friends said they couldn't put it down. More traditional Catholics excoriated it, calling it anti-Catholic. And good New York conspiracy nuts were declaring in the diner where I eat on ...

Virtual AmericaConstruct your own "virtual neighborhood" where hundreds of clones of Sam Walton, Michael Eisner, and Rupert Murdoch compete inside a gated community. Play as one of the three ...

Quilts, like all big projects, eventually become metaphors. It's no surprise; quilts, like life, are enormous undertakings that should only be started after much careful consideration and, possibly, alcohol. Certainly, I knew how much work ...

"There are two kinds of people in this world," says Graham, the ex-Episcopalian priest played by Mel Gibson in Signs, the new thriller from Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan. There ...

Kandahar captures what every U.S. radio, television and print journalist has been trying to make come to life for Americans over the past four months. If you're like me, you're a kind of numb to all ...

World Youth Day is this absolutely insane gathering of Catholic young people from all over the world, who converge on some poor unsuspecting city and basically ...