If I were still writing about politics – a hobby I gave up around the same time I stopped extracting my own teeth for sport –I might posit an audacious theory: that the hip and famously eccentric young team of Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers have made a profoundly conservative film in “Where The Wild Things Are.”
“These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.” - Dylan Thomas
Editor’s Note: At press time, my family and I were vacationing in California, where inspiration was plentiful but computer time rare. The essay below was written a year ago, upon my return from a similar trip. Some circumstances have changed, but the names – and general sentiments – remain the same.