[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC2tmFVNNE&feature=relmfu Honestly, what exactly can one say about the end of an era? I didn’t grow up with Harry Potter, so I don’t feel it as keenly as others do, but the last movie certainly marks an ending, and does it quite well. Of the movie itself? Read on. [I’ve tried to avoid spoilers, but…
I don’t remember much from Psych 101, but I do remember Sternberg’s Triangle of Love. Sternberg sees Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment as the three corners of love. Pick any one or two components and you have various kinds of relationships; combine all three, and you have what he calls the Consummate Love. Which is sort…
For almost a month, Canada Post has been on strike, off and on, and we’ve had no mail nationally for the last ten days of the strike. But last Wednesday, the government forced them back to work. And you know what? I didn’t really miss it. I pay my bills online. I view my bank…
I love tartare sauce. Actually, half the reason I get fish & chips is for the tartare sauce. But I’ve grown sick of the disgusting green stuff that you get in jars. Luckily, one of the things I learned to make in New Zealand was tartare sauce from scratch, The basics, I was told, is…
Last night, I saw Aretha Franklin live (the reason for the late post). Okay, more like semi-live, because she was in a tent in Metro Square, and I was looking at a screen on King Street. My hopes were up. Aretha Franklin – come on. She was opening the Toronto Jazz Festival for free. For…
Well, I finally did it. I’ve heard about it for years, and I’ve seen it online for lots of money. I’ve read jealously about people who just happen to come across it for ten cents at book sales, and how it’s one of the best pirate romances ever, if not among the best romances period. …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bk_nqUQ0fc In a nutshell: Angry Birds. I’ve never been tempted by the game, although I’ve certainly heard about it. The compulsion to play. The cross-generational appeal and competition-driver, like for this New York Times father. And the fact that it’s the #1 selling app of all time, not to mention plush toys, merchandise, blah blah blah….
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAlnM7RUDcA I never really noticed how big Lady Gaga had become until now. It just happened so quickly, so astronomically, so (insert choice of superlative)-ly, that I’m not sure I have any concept of it. There is one benchmark, though: Everywhere I turn, I hear “Bad Romance.” Radio, orchestral, university a cappella, brass band – you…
They’re like bad relatives. You can’t avoid sleazy Uncle Bob or foul-mouthed Cousin Betty, because Uncle Bob married to Aunt Emily (the loveliest auntie in the world), and Cousin Betty is sister to Cousin Mark (who’s like a brother). But you’d really, really prefer not to have to see them. Ever. Give a romance detractor…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-eIgFJg4w Ah, spring. It’s been late coming to Toronto, but we’ve had some indisputably springy days in T-Dot. And when the sun’s shining bright and birds are chirping, the first song that comes to mind is this song by Tom Lehrer. Don’t know what that says about my advocacy on behalf of pigeons, but I…
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