Articles written by Casey Mensing

What is Helium

About me - Casey Mensing

Casey Mensing was born in a town called, Breese. His family was the restless sort, so he's lived a few other places since then. Currently, he's residing in Honolulu, HI. Mr. Mensing started out as a compulsive liar but switched to writing after discovering

+ more bio information

RSS Feed

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Cloverfield: 7 of 45
Cloverfield Review: J. J. Abrams, the mastermind behind the hit shows Lost and Felicity and the new Star Trek movie brought to life his tribute to great monster movies of the past, Cloverfield, or when Godzilla and the Blair Witch had a baby. Abrams even used age old teaser techniques to create an unbelievable hype aro... More..
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes The demise of rock: What happened: 5 of 26
The Demise of Rock.How can a state of mind die? And if it can, who's to blame?The attitude of Rock and Roll is truly a fundamental part of American cultural that its death is nearly impossible. We live it, breath it, use it as a soundtrack or our lives. The essence and attitude of rock has even eclipsed its own genre, spreadi... More..
Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry Should the adult film industry set our DVD standard?: 1 of 5
There is yet again another technological format debate going on in the entertainment industry, this time it's between HD DVD and Blu-Ray. Yes, we the consumer have been through this before, most recently the music industry faced a similar format competition between SACD and DVD Audio. Some of you out there also might remembe... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Biography: Willie Mays: 1 of 3
Every dire hard baseball fan has seen The Catch. The iconic image of Willie Mays running full speed towards the center field wall of the Polo Grounds and making a magnificent over the shoulder catch to rob Vic Wertz of what could have been the game winning hit in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. William Howard "Willie" Mays ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The apocalypse: 28 of 70
Multitudes survive on brittle independence. Scars accumulate. The king of this paradise, is the darkness that shifts the landscapes. Mountains of fire. Presence of grief. His majesty devours pastures, drinks seas, excreting stagnation for others to drink. Given the world, but it isn't enough. Plagues, holocaus... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Yearning: 22 of 52
Your blue-eyes surprise keeps me dreaming. The battered self, waits for the hallucination. Too high to notice the iron fists, the ants carrying piecemeal, the smoke and ash that trail my fingers, as baby blue hangs silently like a sinner. In each bed you find a void beside, as the words hang like thick summer air... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short Stories: Loss: 14 of 31
Travis was the greatest of liars and a genius. A grease monkey, thief, stoner, drunkard, with a two pack a day habit. He was always searching for the precipice, flirting with it, getting burned, then be on the move, angry at his misfortune, like a child who curses the tree he's just fallen out of. Travis had bought a junked ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball (Other) It's baseball season again: 10 of 22
Dock Ellis, LSD, and the no-hitter.Opening day of the Major League baseball season is approaching fast and I for one am very excited because this is by far one of my favorite times of year. I've decided to do something different to celebrate the 2009 season. From now until the end of the World Series I'm going to periodically... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Unknown: 1 of 2
"So for Alonzo there was an end to Hate called Death . . . and for Nanon, an end to Hate . . . called Love." The quote above is the last title card of the silent masterpiece The Unknown. The film, released on June 4, 1927, starred Lon Chaney Sr. as Alonzo, Joan Crawford as Nanon, Norman Kerry as Malabar the Mighty, and John ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Biography: Stan Musial: 1 of 2
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today....He plays as hard when his club is away out in front of a game as he does when they're just a run or two behind. -Ty Cobb writes about Musial in a 1952 Life magazine article Stan Musial was born Stanisaw Fran... More..