By Mark Special to The Dagger JULY THEME: COMEDY THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA (2001) Director: Larry Blamire With a tip of the hat to the monster movies of yore, the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra serves up the satire to the nostalgic and the apologetic. Opening with a scientist and his wife out to explore […]
Movie Reviews: We Live in Public; Young @ Heart; Lord, Save Us From Your Followers
By Mark Special to the Dagger Note on the ratings: The rating system is based on four points, or stars if you prefer. The overall rating is subdivided into four categories, acting, character, structure, and writing. Each of these categories receives a four point rating and in most cases the average will be the overall […]
The Dagger: Year One
Like most things in life, good and bad, The Dagger started off innocently enough. On September 7, 2007, the first introductory story, a two-paragraph piece aptly titled “Introductions,” was posted onto the Internet. Despite being called an introduction, the story posed more questions than it answered. Today, September 7, 2008, we hope to finally answer […]
Voyeurism and Journalism Make For Great Educational Entertainment – Mark
The Dagger marks its first anniversary this week. A year that has seen the birth of the future of news and entertainment reporting in this area. No, The Dagger is not the first site of its kind. The Huffington Post comes to mind, as well as others, but it is the first site based in Harford […]
Remembering Skip Caray – The Voice Of America’s Team
I lost a friend on Sunday night. A friend that I’ve never met. A friend I had seen only briefly over the past 20 years but a friend that I’ve heard and listened to for hours on end. That friend was Atlanta Braves announcer Skip Caray. Skip Caray, the voice of America’s Team for the […]
A Memorial To My Dad
May 2004, just a week before the WW II Memorial in Washington D.C. was to be dedicated, I took my Dad down to see it. At 85, he was a little unsure on his feet so I borrowed a wheelchair so I could push him around the Mall. My Dad was excited to be going […]
Cops and Bloggers Part II: The Dagger Double-Teams Ed Norris on WHFS
UPDATE: Did you listen in? Tell us what you thought about Cindy and Mark’s appearance on The Ed Norris Show! Back by popular demand, The Dagger will venture into the WHFS 105.7 FreeFM studios Friday, April 18 for its second appearance on the Ed Norris Show. This time around, exactly three months from our last […]
There’s a Doctor in the House: Ron Paul Visits Goucher College
Standing in line in the Rosenberg Gallery, (the Gallery makes up the lobby for the Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College) I was waiting for a friend. A friend I had made just two weeks earlier at the same venue, while listening to former General Counsel of the U.S. Navy, Alberto Mora. I was one person […]
