For one night back in the West End in Dallas, I was the baddest man on the planet.  Despite my 5′ 8″, 160 pound stature and charming boyish good looks, I stared down guys twice my size only to have them balk in terror.  I walked with my chest puffed out, a swagger to my step, and a snear on my face.  I was Bruce Lee in baggy pants.  I was Super Mario with the Fire Flower.  I had Black Up. [Read Column]

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Another entry into the VS column.  Our last entry came to a close win for Drunken Master over Sho’Nuff.  Our pal the Shogun of Harlem mysteriously disappeared from the wreckage … so perhaps he lives on to prove “Who’s the Mastah?”  On to the new match-up.  Recently I wrote a column on giant robots, so in that theme we’re taking the biggest robot and matching him (it) against the biggest mech of them all.  Sound exciting? [Read Column]

I’m Catholic and damn proud.  I grew up in the buckle of the Bible Belt, surrounded on all sides by holy roller Methodists and Baptists.  I was constantly asked if I was Christian by other kids in my school days.  I’d say, “I’m Catholic!”  And they’d respond with, “But are you Christian?”

Um … are you trying to confuse me?  These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.

So for those people, let me tell you why God likes us Catholics more than everyone else. [Read Column]

St. Paul, MN (AP): Senator John McCain, Republican party presidential nominee, made headlines this weekend at the Republican National Convention by mastering the art of Jedi Lightning. Amazed spectators were blasted into oblivion when crowd noise was not to his satisfaction.

The Sith Lord was quoted as saying, “Once I’m elected Emperor McCain, I will dissolve the Senate and crush the Rebellion.”

One of the key campaign promises of the Arizona Senator was to dismiss Hurricane Gustav that he summoned with his Sith powers to destroy the southern United States.  It was part of his Republican primary platform, “Deny me and I shall bring down the hell storm.” [Read Column]