Book list for 2011, part 1
Rather than give my Oscar predictions (in brief: Colin Firth, Natalie Portman) I thought I would talk about books. I always feel like there are way more books I’d like to […]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
The final countdown
Andrea and I were excited to be able to relax over the long weekend (it was Family Day in Ontario, President’s Day in the U.S.) and do a little window-shopping […]
Pop culture, bloodletting and miraculous cures
Well, I’m a few days late but I did want to mention the Grammys on the weekend, which were quite a spectacle – from Cee-Lo’s dancing puppets to Justin Bieber’s […]
The politics of lonely
Just an update to my article on “Loneliness, King Midas and the Social Network” which I previously linked to here: When I wrote the article I vaguely remembered that one […]
Art Church / Church Art
Something I’ve been thinking about recently is the phenomenon of art galleries popping up in churches. I don’t mean churches being converted into galleries, which is happening in some places […]
Links to explore on a snowy day
Although it wasn’t exactly the blizzard we were promised, Toronto was covered with a blanket of snow this week. This gave Andrea and I at least one day to catch […]
Best films of 2010: “Black Swan”
I may be a bit behind the wave as far as seeing new releases goes, but having finally seen “Black Swan” I can see what all the hype (and Oscar […]
