Here’s a scary and funny article from Kembrew McLeod in this week’s Chronicle of Higher Ed.
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24 Capsule Review (Spoilers)
Thumbs up: this season’s looking up for the music, and the bad guys actually getting ahead a little as opposed to just threatening Thumbs down: Kal Penn should not be a terrorist — he’s way better as a comic actor — but at least they killed his character. All I could think about was the …
More Language Politics
I was pleased to see that the French language lobby stopped the Esso Corporation’s plan to give its depanneurs an English name — “On the Go,” and I am pleased to see that people are now starting to ask questions about the English-language signs for multinationals. Since Bill 101 the Quebec language police have been …
End of a Blog
It was interesting to read the final posts over at Michael Bérubé’s website. It was one of the first blogs I read regularly, though I confess that as he got a bigger following and it became a thing-in-itself, I spent less time reading. His blogger resignation letter, such as it is, was interesting to read. …
Oh. My. God.
The first ad campaign for Montreal’s Metro. 1976, shot in the Atwater station. Check out the cool synth intro. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TV ad for a subway before.
Habs 4 Thrashers 2
Our first regular season hockey game after last year’s giant screwup. We went on a moment’s notice and it was really fun. It was easy to root for the Habs because, well, Atlanta has no business having a hockey team. But when did they decide to put a mic on the ice and amplify the …
What’s the punchline?
“Three childless couples go to see a movie about a future dystopic world where women can’t give birth, but then a woman is discovered who can . . . ” Actually, Children of Men was great in that 1970s everything’s-gone-to-hell way. Even the opening title reminds me of that genre. I was totally entertained. Still, …