As far back as I can remember, I used to complain incessantly about my wimpish, ditzy, sometimes even full-blown crybaby-passive, drama queen stepmom; Nope, she's not exactly like the antagonistic type of Cinderella lore…

For the life of me, being Asian, straight and male can be... well, akin to something along the lines of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, with a heavy dosage of James Clavell, but as of late, I was made full aware of someth…

*In homage to Sergio Leone's "fairy tale trilogy"... Having been a recent convert fan to spaghetti westerns, especially with the work of Sergio Leone, I've been ever-educated by the maturing themes found in his post…