The other day I happened upon this interesting article in the New York Times about the rare yet proper use of a semi-colon in a New York City Transit public service placard.
Proper punctuation, it seems, is rarely necessary in public life anymore. Nor is it alone. Grammar and handwriting, those other marks of civilized societies so [...]
Movies, like all good art forms, are a reflection of their times. From big budget studio pictures to small indy films, the kinds of movies that get made and get watched can tell you everything about a culture.
So, taking a cue from the New York Times, I thought about what this year’s five Oscar nominees [...]
Anne of Green Gables, hero to all Canadian pre-teen girls, is back in business.
She’s received a bit of a modern makeover, of course. According to the Vancouver Sun, a new website starring the spunky literary heroine allows girls to be part of an online community where they can interact with an animated Anne and chat [...]
According to TIME television blogger, James Poniewozik, the WGA strike may come to an end very soon. This will hopefully mean higher wages and more royalties for television writers who have been receiving the brunt end of the stick ever since Jack Bauer first charged his way onto DVD.
More importantly, I am hoping that a [...]
I recently came across this article by New York Times columnist Jon Pereles which is astonishingly similar to my blog post from last week.
Pereles argues that the internet age has virtually eliminated privacy and anonymity within our culture. This is particularly the case for celebrities, who now have their every move documented on a minute-by-minute [...]
I’m not sure if a proud Canadian such as myself should be following the American presidential race so closely but it’s been hard to resist with so many interesting characters and issues involved.
One of the things I’ve noticed is that some of the campaigning has been alighting on the superficial side.
Don’t get me wrong. [...]
The talented singer Amy Winehouse, who has never kept her drug and alcohol habits a secret from her fans or the tabloids, was recently captured on film smoking what was reported to be crack cocaine from a pipe.
A musician with a drug problem? Ho-hum, right? She’s definitely not the first singer whose songs have [...]
Aspiring writers usually receive advice to “write what you know.” Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, the writing team behind Superbad, reportedly based the foul-mouthed teenage boys in their movie on their own high school experience. In the movie, the characters engage in a dialogue which not only references their comprehensive (though often misguided) sexual knowledge [...]
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