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The Mindful Bard – Fugitive Pieces

DVD: Fugitive Pieces Theatrical release: May 2, 2008 DVD Release: October 14, 2008 Starring: Stephen Dillane, Rade Sherbedgia, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer Produced by Robert Lantos, Serendipity Point Films. Written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. Based on the novel by Anne Michaels. Instructions on Living, from the World of the Dead ?I did not witness… Read more »

Porkpie Hat – Ex Machina

Whether he met his end through mischief or dementia is anybody’s guess. I suppose we shouldn’t really have been surprised. After all, he spent so much of the time off in his own little world, anyway. It was as though he was, at any moment, on the verge of disappearing. Always staring out the window,… Read more »

On the Hill – You don’t Need to Know

It’s a funny thing about setting government policy in a democracy: most of the time, citizens expect their leaders to live up to the standards that they set. Which makes it especially interesting that a couple of recent events have hit the news so close together. The first is that the Tories are going to… Read more »

International News Desk – At Home: BC gang files action against revenue minister – In Foreign News: Moroccan authorities target McDonald’s, Wikipedia in border dispute

At Home: BC gang files action against revenue minister As the government tries to curb the growing gang violence in BC, one criminal organization has filed a court action over alleged leaks of Canada Revenue information. As the CBC reports, the United Nations gang is ?alleged to be one of the West Coast’s most powerful… Read more »

Click of the Wrist – Top Model

The word ?model? usually conjures up images of überthin men and women gliding down designer runways, but these models offer something completely different: a look at what can be created when iconic items meet hours and hours of painstaking recreation. Herod Temple Alec Garrard, a 78-year-old retired farmer, has spent an incredible 33,000 hours building… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – T@B, New Teeth on Stage

CD: T@b, New Teeth on Stage Release date: 2008 Label: Independent ?Squeezing Rhymes Through the Stencil of a Prejudiced Mind? ?Shelving words by the letter, lining up syllables better, being setter of bones of reality, the tones of the t’s and the a’s and the e?s, oh please! from ?Words? by Flinn and Nasr, New… Read more »