Film: The Lobster Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou “Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.” – Saul Bellow Have you ever known someone who’s always responding to jokes by saying, “That’s funny,” but never laughs? doesn’t even smile? Lobster… Read more »
It’s time students wrote intros that entertained. Not just a quote, an anecdote, or a shocking stat of an A performance by Bieber. If you open a speech like that, don’t act the ham. No-one may laugh. (Cough.) Instead, sport a straight-face. Or better yet, learn 101 Ways to Open a Speech by Brad Philips…. Read more »
Band: The Temperance Movement Album: White Bear British heavy blues-rockers, The Temperance Movement, is back with their second studio album White Bear, which was released at the end of January this year. Fans of bands like Monster Truck and Wolfmother will appreciate the heavier rock guitars and pounding drums, whereas fans of Pearl Jam, The… Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to sag your skin with makeup O.D.?s. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even the… Read more »
With about three and a half months left until the end of the year I’m on track to reach my goal of reading sixty books in 2016. I’m at forty-eight. What has helped immeasurably has been the audio books I’ve counted towards the total. Whether they’ve been mine or borrowed from the library, they’ve made… Read more »
Dear Barb: I come from an estranged family and until recently we hadn’t seen each other for years. For the past three years I have tried to organize a family reunion at a nearby park, but it has not worked out well. When everybody attends, they usually stay within their own family group, so I… Read more »
The four-piece, Halifax-based band, Walrus, started out as a two-man home recording project for brothers Justin and Jordan Murphy. Their music is best described as psychedelic pop, their sound inspired by a tradition rooted in the mind-expanding experiments of the sixties. Their name was inspired by the Beatles, whom they cite as a major influence…. Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to shush that argumentative essay. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even the embarrassing ones… Read more »
I’m writing this week’s column from a huge house on a Sherwood Park acreage where I’m taking a shift babysitting Kade. I arrived about 9:30 Sunday morning to relieve his other grandmother and will leave early Tuesday morning to attend a 9 AM meeting about an hour away. Kade, who is now about twenty-two months… Read more »
Dear Barb: I have been home from university for the summer and I can’t wait to get out of here. My mother is driving me nuts, I didn’t realize how annoying she was until I was away and then came back. We fought and argued for most of the summer. She is so self absorbed!… Read more »