Today, Sean and I watched Michael Moore’s most recent documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story”. Now, maybe I live under a rock (well, a baby I rock), but I wasn’t even aware this film existed until Sean brought it home. It’s possible that buzz about the movie was squelched a bit… but I don’t want to…
Tag: humanity
We interrupt this broadcast…
I said planned to do Laminated List Part II next, but these news stories cannot wait. They’re not exactly breaking news… though I can’t deny they’re broken. Sean and I sit here wondering: has the real world traded places with the alternate reality of The Onion? Here’s Story #1, complete with horrible pun in first…
A Little Sympathy for Ann Coulter
Poor Ann Coulter. Upon her recent visit to Canada, not everyone was polite to her. The more I’ve pondered her situation, the more I’m sure that some terrible things happened in her childhood. Before last week, all I knew about this woman was that she was an American right-winger with a tendency to say and…
BANG Book Review – A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Our latest GGG book club pick, A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, was pretty much a unanimous “not recommended”. Overall, the gals were disappointed. Before getting into that, I will say that although I didn’t love the book, I did enjoy it. I did not find it boring or hard to get through,…
Baby Bits – Lucky XIII
Today, after E awoke from his afternoon nap, we were having some quiet time in the rocking chair. (Well, secretly Mommy was hoping he might go back to sleep, but no dice.) Then he leaned forward and declared, clear as anything, “My umbrella.” I figure he was referring to the way his naps are like…
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games and Canadian Pride
I know the Olympics in Vancouver have been over for a long time. I’m gonna write about them anyway because it’s MY blog… and people are still talking about it regardless. And the Paralympics are still to come! Plus, I’ve now gone through a grand Olympic struggle to get this post up… working on it…
BANG Movie Review – Avatar
Spoiler alert – if you are planning to see Avatar and don’t want to know stuff about the movie, stop reading here. I recommend seeing it on as little information as possible, and forming your own opinions. If you’re not concerned about sullying your first impressions, please read on. I didn’t know much about Avatar…
Hats Off to my Grandmas and Grandpas
I am presently reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – a novel. I am not far along, but already I have found myself thinking of my grandparents, and all the women and men of their generation, and shaking my head in amazement. This book is set in the U.K., shortly after the…
On Being Canadian
Last night, as per my date plans, I attended a “lecture” On Being Canadian by John Ralston Saul with my hubby (after a delicious and wonderfully uninterrupted, if slightly rushed, sushi dinner). I say “lecture” because his style isn’t at all professorial, preachy, or read-y… but more on that later. It must be mentioned that…
In Honour of December 1st
I’m going to write a little blog post for this day, even though it’s not December 1st, not in real life, much less blogland. It’s the beginning of Advent. That was a really big deal that year I worked at a Catholic school – we had a liturgy that day, and every week in December….