Film: Frank Director: Lenny Abrahamson Screenplay: Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan “What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well . . .” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince And what makes Frank’s huge papier mâché cartoon head beautiful is that it hides a beautiful human… Read more »
The Honeyrunners are a Canadian band that play rock and roll spiced up with Motown, neo-punk, soul, and rhythm and blues. Their first single, Jet Set,” was featured in a Bacardi ad campaign and their “My Garage” became part of Coca-Cola’s project 52 Songs of Happiness. they’re currently touring their new EP, titled EP II…. Read more »
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Somewhere along the way a bunch of us were sold a bill of goods. We were led to believe that as we got older, life would get easier and slow down to a more reasonable pace. There would be time for leisurely breakfasts spent poring over newspaper crossword puzzles. Mid-day coffee klatches with friends. Volunteering… Read more »
It’s no secret that people want fast results these days. Faster phones, faster food, faster everything. Science is hardly immune?even the supercomputer Watson has been enhanced to speed the pace of scientific discoveries. Sometimes, though, slowing things down can get you much further ahead. In some ways, it seems like a contradiction. Scientific research in… Read more »
In last week’s column, we looked at nouns that directly address the person or thing You’re speaking to. We learned the general rule for these nouns of direct address: set them off with a comma or pair of commas, depending on where they’re located in the sentence. The general rule is easy enough to understand… Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants than for you to always cherish your self-worth and growth potential, especially if you are a student with ADHD, a learning disability, or any other kind of disability. You are powerful role models with powerful insights on overcoming marginalization, should you ever wish to share them…. Read more »
Dear Barb: Karen and I have been good friends since grade school, but lately I find that she has changed. She began to change after she split up with her husband. She lost a lot of weight and started working out, which are all good things, but she has also had breast implants and additional… Read more »
The Honeyrunners are a Canadian band that plays rock and roll spiced up with Motown, neo-punk, soul, and rhythm-and-blues. Their first single, Jet Set,” was featured in a Bacardi ad campaign and their “My Garage” became part of Coca-Cola’s project 52 Songs of Happiness. They’re currently touring their new EP, titled EP II. Recently the… Read more »
“Wrapped in a battered sheepskin jacket and peering though Coke-bottle-thick eyeglasses, Sartre lectured up and down the East Coast and was the subject of adoring articles in New York newspapers and magazines. ?One is free to act,? he told reporters, ?but one must act to be free.? Beboppers like Dizzy Gillespie and pianist Thelonious Monk… Read more »