May 2009
15 posts
Secret Locker Library
A girl who is now running an ‘illegal library’ from her locker because of a book ban at her private school has asked Yahoo Questions if it is moral.
The Library
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Slaughterhouse-5
Lord of the Flies
Bridge to Terabithia
Catch-22
East of Eden
The Brothers Grimm Unabridged Fairytales
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
His Dark...
WatchPencil Face
Creepy.
The California Supreme Court released just now their decision upholding Proposition 8, which re-defines the word marriage as only between a man and a
woman.
I just did a quick read through the decision (Click here for the readable version I have posted online, click here for the official PDF) and the salient bit is this:
Contrary to petitioners’ assertion, Proposition 8 does not entirely...
Music Waste Promo Videos
cameronr:
So I know I’ve posted these already and it might seem like self-promotion but I can’t get over how great these videos are. When Conor and I chatted about them in the Winter I had no idea what to expect. I made it out to a few of the shoots and progressively got more and more excited. I’m a huge fan of Vancouver’s alt-comedy scene and believe it stands up next to any other major city in...
The Vancouver Courier has an interesting feature story on the changing nature of Canadian media. Near the end is a short interview with me about being an online publisher.
Two thoughts on this: 1) When you read the story, remember that Only is a commune. It took a lot more people than just me to launch it. 2) This article was published three weeks ago – not a soul mentioned it to me. I looked...
Former US Secretary of Defense used to put bible quotes on his briefings to George W. Bush as a suck-up maneuver.
The briefing’s cover sheet generally featured triumphant, color images from the previous days’ war efforts: On this particular morning, it showed the statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down in Firdos Square, a grateful Iraqi child kissing an American soldier, and jubilant crowds...
How to sum up a life in a headline: Venetia Phair Dies at 90; as a Girl, She Named Pluto
Behold, the pizza box of the future. It seems so obvious now.
If you have ever wondered, ‘What the hell is that crown-y thing that Jughead wears?’, this article has all the answers.
Clark on the production quality of now-cancelled soap Guiding Light: ‘some of the clumsiest scripted drama this side of the Canadian network CTV (or the dialogue scenes on “Skinemax” late-night cable shows).’ Burn.
The 2006 Colbert Media Blackout
There have been a lot of people comparing US president Barack Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner performance with Stephen Colbert’s in 2006.
What I find interesting is how people forget that Colbert’s tour de force was ignored by the mainstream media or, if mentioned at all, vilified. Here’s the Washington Post review: So Not Funny Or the New York Times which doesn’t even...
