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All Things End

The past couple of weeks have been interesting as several pop-culture phenomenon have concluded all at the same time. We have seen the end of stories about a fantasy world, political satire, superheroes, and some nerds who eat together, that have captured the collective hearts and imaginations of millions of people around the world in… […]

Weird words we use everyday

To tell you the truth I think all words are weird. Language in general is a very peculiar thing. It is just grunts and sounds arranged in a particular pattern or sequence that we have all collectively agreed has some sort of meaning. English in particular is complex and hard to learn as in it’s… […]

MET Gala 2019

I know this is a little late but I had to do a post about this year’s MET Gala. Every year the beautiful and the rich get together in an extravagant display of excess and wealth for…some reason. They choose a theme, people prepare, they make a scene, and stop for lots and lots of […]

Some Stuff

As you know, I stopped posting for over a year and started again just recently. But during that time it wasn’t that I was not writing, I just didn’t complete anything that I wrote. Currently I have 18 draft posts just sitting there waiting to be re-examined and maybe posted. Well this is one of […]

Bad Trek

The last post I wrote for this blog before I went on a ridiculously long break was about Star Trek Discovery. The show had just started, airing the first 2 episodes which created and destroyed the world I thought this story was to take place in. I had enjoyed the episodes but because I hadn’t… […]

Product placement

I still have friends that complain about product placement in movies. It used to be something that got to me as well but many years ago I kinda just got over it. Why? Because it properly reflects a realistic version of the world we live in. Look down at your clothes, look at your desk, […]

Until

Music is a strange thing. It is a series of strung together sounds that are pleasing to the listener. Unless of course you are an old crotchety man waving his stick at the damned youth of today. But music has a way of instilling emotions, making you move fast, or slowing you down for just… […]

Get untethered

I don’t like horror movies. As a young child I was afflicted with night terrors and that combined with an over active imagination did not bode well for an evening’s slumber. As I grew older the terrors waned but my dislike for horror persisted. But every once in a while a horror movie catches my… […]

If you liked the Manga…

Every once in a while I have the audacity to let someone else pick the movie I am going to watch. That is just crazy! But the other day my friend begged me to go see Alita: Battle Angel. Despite my reservations and due to him offering to pay, I said yes. This was a movie I… […]

Stop Living in the Past

Nostalgianoun a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal association something done or presented in order to evoke feelings of nostalgia I get why nostalgia sells. For the most part it just makes people feel good. It is a familiarity taking you back to a […]

They’ve still got it

I love action movies. The running, jumping, car chases, explosions, the villain, the hero, the incredibly epic (or epically bad) banter between the two regularly makes for good entertainment. Even though many people drop the action genre to the side calling it nonsense and mindless I think it is an art. A good action film… […]

Gobble Gobble

Sorry i haven’t written all week. Monday was Thanksgiving and I woke up with a runny nose, sore throat, and every muscle in my body ached. Turkey day in our house was canceled sadly. I wasn’t in the mood or physically able to cook, clean, and then entertain. The usual tryptophan induced sleep was replaced… […]

Much ado about Nothing

Well it’s been a while since my last post and I’ve been wondering what to write about. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about the question is how to go about these things. At first I thought about doing a movie review (“Let Me In” – thumbs up) then I thought… …more

Freedom of the press

Last night was the launch of Descants “Writers in Prison” issue and I was invited to be there. I have never been to a launch for anything; EVER, and was very much looking forward to it a few weeks in advance… …more

It’s not obscene IT’S ART!

Was it art or just wondering around in the dark? A blow by blow account. This weekend in our fine city Toronto was the art festival –Nuit Blanche. The evening started off with an easy ride from the burbs to the downtown core where it suddenly went to hell with road closures and blockades… …more

White Night

It is very rare that I write a post on the weekend but this is for a special reason. Last night/this morning was the 5th annual Nuit Blanche. It is, as it says on the booklet “For one sleepless night experience Toronto transformed by artists.” It runs from sunset to sunrise and is… …more

Web of Fear

Arachnophobia: An abnormal fear of spiders. I’m not sure if I would classify myself as having arachnophobia even though spiders do give me the willies. Let’s just say that I have a healthy respect for them and want them at their distance, if they get to close I don’t run away but I always… …more

Seasons of our lives

Well I guess as one season ends so another begins – It’s official, summer is over and autumn has started. I can’t believe how fast the leaves start to change colour, it’s only been a week and the once lush green leaves are now turning to rustic reds, oranges and yellows. The once balmy temperatures… […]

That seemed kind of hard actually

It has begun. I wake up at 6:30 am to make it to work on time. It is early but since I started working in the summer it wasn’t too bad. The new day always greeted me with the sun streaming through my windows energizing me for what lay ahead. Today I awoke in… …more

Up for the challenge

I proposed this little challenge to my cohorts a few weeks back and have yet to hear back so I’m throwing it out there for anyone who may want an interesting yet fun challenge, or perhaps it will be easier for you than for me. The challenge: Create a soundtrack for your life… …more