Perched prominently on the hotel desk, a tent-folded sign in large letters screamed: IN CASE OF TORNADO PLEASE READ. To make sure we understood, a black spiral cascaded down the sign, illustrating an ominous twister. This is normal in Tulsa, Oklahoma. So is a black-hatted cowboy parking your car at the...

Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace. Tonight, I finally saw it. The movie opened many moons ago, in 1999. People spent days camped outside the doors of theaters, basking in Star Wars mania. Some even wore costumes (you know who you are). Tonight, for my own premier, I decided not to wear braided buns over...