First, a disclaimer: you can tell this issue matters to me because I’ve managed to get myself sufficiently interested to blog about it by remembering an episode of House that aired way back in November (“Ignorance is Bliss”, to be precise). On the other hand, I did just have a…
So often what I post on this blog is a critique of the stories I’m obsessed with, explorations of why points they bring up or moves they make drive me nuts. Most of the time, I say what I like about them, too, but some of the stories I mention…
Why am I blogging about this? To be honest, I don’t know. I guess it’s always good to identify one’s own shortcomings so as to be able to work around them or improve them. I guess, more to the point, I don’t have anything else to write about this week.
Yes, it’s that time again. The time when I’ve been reading and watching lots of things but none of them have inspired me to a rant. So I’ve written short reviews instead. In retrospect, I think this is closely related to my decision to put off watching the rest of…
Or, perhaps, a few least not-favourite female characters. See, I tend to have this love-hate relationship with female characters. I want to like them – I really, really want to like them, often because they’re one of only a handful of women or girls in their story (sometimes, seemingly, in…
Or, “You Can’t Go Holmes Again”? Let’s face it, between Sherlock and his more modern incarnations like Dr. House, there’s a lot of scope for puns when discussing the Master. Anyhow, so I saw Sherlock Holmes over the holidays. Did I like it? Yeah, overall, it was great. But wait,…
(But first, let me strongly recommend Leonard Mlodinow’s book The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. Awesome.) Before I start these rambling musings inspired by James Cameron’s new movie, Avatar, I should give you two warnings. First, this is not a review of Avatar. It’s an opinion essay that…
Happy birthday, Diana! And happy belated new year, everyone else! With 2010 fresh upon us, it seems like ’tis the season. What about you? Add yours in the comments! 1. How to tell the difference between real Game Boy Advance cartridges and counterfeit ones.
What do you do when you can’t think of a good topic with which to end the year? Read books and watch movies, of course! And then review them! Wait, that’s not what you do. That’s what I do.
Well, really the last review of the whole Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Because as the Fates would have it, The Last Olympian came in on my library hold right before I was about to leave Toronto for a couple months. So I had to go all the way…