Dan Liebke's Astonishing Tales

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information on [...]

Picked up my new car yesterday and took it for a quick spin. After I’d had my fill of spinning, I took it for a drive. Almost immediately, I was ushered to the side of the road by an elderly man. He coughed pitifully, and urged me to lean closer in to hear his tale. [...]

I guess I liked Anchorman. I mean, I enjoyed the antics of Ron Burgundy and his sidekicks. I just… I dunno… when I watch a Superman movie, I’m happy for a bit of Clark Kent, but I also want to see plenty of the Man of Steel. And when I watch a Batman flick, then [...]

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information on [...]

There aren’t many songs about puppeteers. And there are even fewer about puppeteers who construct puppets out of leftover items of clothing they may have stored in the back of their closets. Why such an inventive and thrifty artform is so rarely celebrated in the form of popular music, I could not tell you. But [...]

William’s first training run… Where to begin…

I rocked up 15 minutes early or so, full of vim, vigour and alcohol. Bilbo and I started kicking the ball around and acquainting ourselves with the feel of the ground and so forth. Bilbo was providing a running commentary throughout the entire experience.

Five minutes or so later, the [...]

Watched Rocky Balboa the other night. I must admit that, after Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV (especially – take that Ivan Drago, you steroid-using commie hater of democracy! Yes!!) and Rocky V, I found this final (?) instalment a profound disappointment. If only Sly had shown sufficient foresight back in the ’70s [...]

I reckon an awesome job would be as one of the tour guides in the Tour De France. Sure, the pay’s not that great. And sure, you only get six weeks of work a year. And sure, you have to ride backwards, one hand on the microphone, one hand pointing out beautiful landscapes while you [...]