Arts & Style

Mar 102010
A better way of eating

In this week’s Time magazine, there is an essay from an American writer in Paris that talked about the school lunches that her child was having at his school. She marveled how high quality the food was:
“The food is very good, Madame. The meat is 100% French,” the official said, picking up a brochure from [...]

Feb 122010
825 hours of television for the 2010 Winter Games ... maybe

For these Winter Games, the broadcaster of note here in the United States, NBC, is promising 825 hours of coverage which is for that network unprecedented for a Winter Games. That is about an average 48 hours of coverage each day over the main NBC network and its affiliated channels (Universal, CNBC, MSNBC,USA).
That [...]

Dec 072009
Gout under control and my future with it

A few weeks back, I went to a specialist to address my ongoing battle with gout. For months, the situation was that I was hobbled by gout of varying severity that it was preventing me from doing the things I like doing especially my photography. Nearly everywhere I went, I had to take [...]

Jul 122009
Short Takes on Summer Movies

A quick run down of the films that I have seen to date.

May 012009
2009 Summer movie list

A look at the upcoming summer movie season with my must see picks.

Apr 232009
Looking Back at the 80's - Rough Trade

A look at one of the harder rocking bands to come out of Canada, Rough Trade.

Apr 172009
Checking out Last.fm

One of my best sources of free music is now history and replaced by a Facebook like site for music called Last.fm. Here’s my take on the website.

Apr 152009
Looking back at the 80's - We Run by Strange Advance

A look at the video We Run from the Canadian band Strange Advance. Part of the video retrospective of New Wave bands from Canada in the 80’s.