I’m writing down my thoughts on one of the major plot developments of the second season of The Good Wife because it was so damn awesome, and if you haven’t watched it or can’t deal with it or think you don’t care, then don’t click the “Read More –>” SPOILERS…
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…
This is in response to my friend Steve’s post over at his blog, to which he has kindly allowed me to reply in the interests of opening friendly discussion (and also in the interests of giving both of us fodder for future blog entries. Win-win!). I actually meant to write…
But first and most importantly: happy Father’s Day, Dad! You’re the best! So I’m not exactly a poetry buff. Certainly I’m not a poet; although I have one Hilroy containing a couple angsty verses dating back to my thirteenth or fourteenth year, even that is mostly semi-humourous garbage. I can’t…
Without question, the most complicated character in my personal fictional jerkwads hall-of-fame is Peter Pan.
I spent at least an hour one Thursday last year trying to find a good cover of The Rolling Stones’s “Sympathy for the Devil” by a female vocalist. What is slightly more disturbing is why I did this.