Category Archives: Arts & Culture

Synergy

I am watching Hawaii Five-O at the moment. Obviously, this is in advance of the “reboot” of the series, Hawaii Five-0. So I thought I’d see whether there was a more than casual connection between the two shows, and of course there was. Spike is owned by MTV Networks, which is owned by Viacom. Viacom [...]

Backpacks are uncool, with one exception

It is impossible to look cool while running with a backpack on, with one exception: Ghostbusting. YES.

From Canadian Idol contestant to terror suspect

This is why I have repeatedly called for additional screening of Avril Lavigne fans in airports. BTW, I can make the above joke because my cousin is married to an Avril Lavigne fan, and a couple of my friends are fans as well. Also, I’ve been to Canada and I really like the food there, [...]

Bryan Safi is my new favourite human

Current TV’s Bryan Safi on the advertising obsession that is ponce. I could watch his show all day.

GUYS GUYS GUYS

There is going to be a Ramona movie. And apparently, unlike Bridge To Terabithia, I hear it might actually be good. That makes me happy.

I Write Like Ray Bradbury

I played around with I Write Like today. Plugging in the first page of my blog connected me to David Foster Wallace; separate blog entries gave me Ray Bradbury (win!), Dan Brown (ew), Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and David Foster Wallace (again). Here’s how it works. UPDATE, June 22nd: I wrote a fake short story [...]

If you thought violin Mario was amazing…

An 11-year-old girl playing Rush’s YYZ.