The American South stands in stark contrast to other parts of America. To a visiting Northerner or Westerner, the South can seem like a different country and culture altogether. Southern pride, as foreign to a Northerner as boiled peanuts and hush puppies, is reflected everywhere: shop windows, truck stops and front porches. Dixie devotion takes many [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Chris Parizo on Fri, Jul 2, 2010
“Come on! Let’s get some tacos!” With this line, Val Kilmer’s slithery performance in Oliver Stone’s The Doors comes to a close. No doubt that Jim Morrison was one of rock’s most intriguing front men, yet by the end of his short life, he was a tubby, poor man’s Burroughs with a penchant for whiskey, women [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Chris Parizo on Tue, Jun 1, 2010
Well, the ten months of headaches, sleepless nights and douchebaggery from kids of all shapes and sizes have come to an end. School is out for summer, as Alice Cooper once sang. One of the benefits of being underpaid, overworked and under-appreciated is two months of paid vacation time and not having to return to work [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Chris Parizo on Fri, May 14, 2010
Since its inception, photography has become one of humanity’s most persuasive artistic devices. Our history and culture is shaped and defined by photographs capturing moments that are then shared with the world. Photography has exposed the horrors of warfare, the power of humanity in times of crisis, and the wonders of life on [...]
Continue reading...Posted by Chris Parizo on Thu, May 6, 2010
For months, I have been toying with the idea of bowing out of paranormal investigation. Two years have gone by since I joined my first paranormal team — if I had known that the experience would harbor some of the most disappointing moments of my life, I would have never signed up. Through those 24 [...]
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Posted by Chris Parizo on Tue, Aug 24, 2010
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