Apr 18 2005
Here’s a nice ad I found in this month’s Real Simple magazine. It shows a Mom driving away in her SUV for a night out. The copy reads "Leather seats impervious to spills and spit-up, which also makes it perfect for mom’s night out." The ad very clearly implies that being impervious to spills and [...]
Apr 15 2005
Every now and then I dig out the old Waterman, clean it up, and spend a few weeks remembering the pleasure of writing on paper with a nice pen. I always intend to prolong this pleasure and even make it permanent part of my daily routine, but before long I find I haven’t used it [...]
Apr 11 2005
Vancouver-based Brian Nation reminisces on his blog about a beery Montreal summer night in 1967 when he and a few friends enjoyed the company of the likes of poets Robert Lowell, George Barker, and Robert Creeley. The venue was the long-gone but well-storied Swiss Hut on Sherbrooke Street, near Ave. du Parc. I’ve seen many [...]
Apr 10 2005
It began with a simple bean salad, enough to supplement a few lunches during the week. A can of mixed beans, some chopped up red and green peppers, a bit of grated carrot, some slivers of red onion, all tossed with olive oil, lemon juice, a bit of white vinegar, and a handful of fresh [...]
Apr 06 2005
As C-3PO, Anthony Daniels is the only actor in the Star Wars series to appear in every one of the movies. As you know, the first film, which was later billed as "episode four," came out in 1977. It was followed by episodes five and six, then in 1999 the fourth film in the series [...]
