Happy New Year, everyone! No matter what your religion, ethnicity, or creed, I think we can all agree that, according to the Gregorian calendar used by the majority of the world, the arbitrary time at which one year segues into another is rapidly approaching. So enjoy it! Because this is…
To those who celebrate Christmas: merry Christmas! To those who celebrate another holiday: hope you get whatever you want to get out of your observance! To those who celebrate nothing: want to come to the movies with me? So what is fanfiction, anyway?
Don’t Jeff Lindsay’s “Dexter” titles remind you of those adult-movie-style titles like “Debbie Does Dallas”? No? Anyhow, I finally got my hands on a copy of the third book in the Dexter series, Dexter in the Dark. I read it all in one afternoon; coincidentally, I had my very first…
That is the title of the Paul Zim cassette tape my family plays every Chanukah. If you are not Jewish (or if you are Jewish but aren’t a dork), you are probably wondering who the heck Paul Zim is. That is what Google is for. The thing about Chanukah is…
Forget the movie. Go see the North American touring production of Sweeney Todd. It’s on at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto for eight more days – until December 9th. As Mrs. Lovett’s unsuspecting customers would say, “God, that’s good!”
So some news first. My short story “A Dybbuk Story” is being published in the Winter 2007 issue of The First Line, and it has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Writing it out like that makes me seem so matter-of-a-fact about it, but, truth is, I’m still slightly in…
Because I just can’t let it die. (Yes, it’s Harry Potter again. Shut up.) But first – apparently I have a separated-at-birth Internet twin from Urbana, IL. Dude! Okay, so Slytherin.
Let it be known that I am a sucker for films that both children and adults can watch and have entirely different – but enjoyable – experiences. So, clearly, the only thing to do was write a top ten list of my favourite such movies. (Thanks for the info, IMDB.)…
If I’ve made one thing clear to the recent readers of this blog, I hope it’s this: I am spending all my grocery money on theatre tickets. Somebody stop me. No, really. This afternoon, I saw another Canstage production, The Elephant Man, starring Brent Carver and a whole bunch of…