Yesterday, Saturday July 28th, the Dark Lord tried to rise. Fortunately, a plucky band of clever wizards set out to stop him by following a trail of clues to collect the four legendary amulets of prophecy — or did they? You see, some of those wizards were secretly on the…
Movies Foreverland (** – found interesting) Brave (**** – liked) Safety Not Guaranteed (**** – liked) Books YA/MG fiction: Monster (***** – loved) Anna Dressed in Blood (***** – loved) Adult fiction: The Angel of Darkness (***-enjoyed) The Eyre Affair (**** – liked) Moon Over Soho (***** – loved) The…
Recently, I’ve been struck by the sudden understanding that this is the only chance at life I get. I don’t mean that I was somehow unaware of the reality of my existence, or that I went from believing in life after death to skepticism. I always knew that I wouldn’t…
Movies Iron Man (**** – liked) The Avengers (*** – enjoyed) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(**** – liked) Toy Story 3 (*** – enjoyed) Kick-Ass (*** – enjoyed) Books YA/MG fiction: Divergent (**** – liked) The Throne of Fire (**** – liked) Wonderstruck (**** – liked) Shine (**** – liked)…
What the title says. (Also, happy completely unrelated Canada Day!) Why do I want to write a blog post on doing the cryptic crossword? Well, I always used to avoid cryptics whenever I saw them. They seemed like weird artifacts written by people who didn’t understand how crosswords were supposed…