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Music Review – Bonnie Raitt

Musician: Bonnie Raitt Album: Dig in Deep I am always amazed when a musician can spend an entire life creating music and still come up with something new and surprising. For more than 40 years, Bonnie Raitt has shown the world her amazing ability to create fresh music that is full vigour and sass. Since… Read more »

The Study Dude – How Nerds Built Theory, Part III

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to win a Nobel for proving that the theory of everything is missing something. 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… Read more »

The Writer’s Toolbox – The Splice is Right

The comma splice?the mysterious writing error That’s easy to make but hard to recognize in your writing. Harder still? Deciding when It’s okay to break this rule. This week we’ll explain the error, discuss how to fix it, and cover some instances where comma splices can be quite effective. Just don’t tell your eighth-grade English… Read more »

From Where I Sit – The Cure

Six months later I’m still trying to get rid of my foot and heel pain. Losing one’s ability to freely move pain-free has huge lifestyle implications. It could impair my ability to work. It’s already impairing my ability to play. It’s forcing me to avoid walking any real distance outside or on the treadmill. By… Read more »

In Conversation with Fable Cry

Fable Cry bills itself as a “theatrical scamp rock quintet,” but that doesn’t say the half of it. With a weirdly spooky aesthetic and a devotion to all things bizarre, bandmembers share a deeply rooted fascination with the things of the imagination and express it superlatively on stage and in the studio with a gypsy-punk-cabaret… Read more »

Dear Barb – Compare and Contrast

Dear Barb: My husband and I recently separated because he “discovered” he’s gay. We have shared custody of our two little boys age three and five. Everything was fine for the first while, as my ex kept his lifestyle away from the boys, but recently he has met a partner and they are planning on… Read more »

The Writer’s Toolbox – Trailing Away, Part II

In last week’s installment we looked at how ellipses and em dashes are used in dialogue to show faltering speech and interrupted or broken off speech, respectively. In this follow-up column, we’ll explore how writers can use punctuation to convey two more types of dialogue: staccato speech and stuttering speech. Staccato Speech Staccato speech is… Read more »

Course Exam – English 373–Film and Literature

AU’s English 373 ? Film and Literature was written by Monique Tschofen. Marie Well had a chance to talk to one of the courses? tutors, Dr. Vivian Zenari, about the course. What is the name of the course you teach? Vivian: English 373 Film and Literature What is the course about? Vivian: It’s a comparative… Read more »

Music Review – Collective Soul

Band: Collective Soul Album: See What You Started By Continuing When I was growing up I loved listening to the local radio station, eagerly waiting for one of my favourite songs to play, no matter how long I had to wait. And when a song I loved finally played, I experienced a few precious minutes… Read more »