Tyler Abbott

You may think you’ve worked hard to get where you’re at now, and you probably have worked hard, but you’re only one poor childhood, one mental illness, one serious accident away from the same plight… Read more

When you’re confronted with two creatures engaged in behavior that we so closely associate with our own humanity, it becomes difficult to draw a line between our world and theirs. And when that line begins… Read more

My daughter, who is only 3 1/2, has recently developed a nearly obsessive fear of death. She brings it up all the time. She is terrified of growing up, getting old, and dying. Sometimes she… Read more

Disney on Ice (Disney) Last night, my spouse and I took our daughter to Disney on Ice, in SLC. Cost aside, it was a good time. I found myself transfixed by the skill of the… Read more

Thoughts on Robert Siodmak’s 1944 film The Phantom Lady Franchot Tone menacingly admiring his own hands. The Phantom Lady (1944), directed by Robert Siodmak, is a minor noir classic. The first half of the film… Read more