Posted in Blogs, Communication, General, Internet, Web, Work on September 9th, 2006 1 Comment »
I have not posted anything on any of my blogs in the last few days and I’ve been wondering why. The answer kept coming back: I had nothing to post about. I started mulling that over.
First, I wondered why I had nothing to post. The answer was that I actually had much I could have [...]
Posted in General, Music, Writing on August 28th, 2006 1 Comment »
I would be a happy man. And I’d probably be a poet. I might not make millions, but I don’t think I’d care.
If an open wound had a voice it would be Bettye LaVette’s. This disc I’ve been listening to is all about the voice and the voice is all about how it feels to [...]
Posted in Blogs, General on July 8th, 2006 No Comments »
Yes, I went and added Talkr to this blog. (See the icon and link at the bottom of each post.) And because there is a Wordpress plug-in available, it wasn’t that difficult.
I did it mainly as an experiment. I wanted to hear what it would sound like. My first reaction is this: it works best [...]
Posted in General, Movies, Screenwriting on July 4th, 2006 1 Comment »
First, in a world where most movie comedies lack the essential element (humour!), The Matador is a wonderful movie. Dry and stupid, slapstick and witty. Compare to Failure to Launch or The Break-Up and weep. Note to directors: after script, casting is everything.
That I could watch and enjoy a film under these intemperate conditions (33C [...]
Posted in Blogs, General on July 2nd, 2006 No Comments »
It’s sunny. It’s warm. It’s summer and it’s Sunday. And it’s a long weekend so I am untroubled by thoughts of work tomorrow.
I am sitting on my balcony taking advantage of my wireless connection. Below me, an industrious fellow is mowing the lawn. I live in a condo so collectively we pay some poor chump [...]
Posted in Books, General, Reading on June 3rd, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve started a number of posts today and didn’t complete any of them. I think I’m dealing with the residual effects of last week.
But I may have embarked on a new project. If I’m ambitious, I’ll weave it in to another little project I’m planning. If I’m not ambitious (and this is the more likely [...]
Posted in Books, Business, General on April 17th, 2006 No Comments »
On the right you can see where I stick that Amazon ad. Every so often I change it up. They’re books I’ve read or am reading that I think are worthwhile. I’m working on the assumption that the few ads I place on here aren’t too annoying. Of course, over the time I’ve had them [...]
Posted in Business, General on March 20th, 2006 No Comments »
I came across Thank heavens for billionaires today on globeandmail.com (the business section). In part, it says:
According to Citigroup Smith Barney’s head of global equity strategy, Ajay Kapur, the “scary†global imbalances that have investors worried can be managed by understanding the growing gulf between the rich and middle-to-lower classes in the United States and [...]
Posted in Blogs, General, Marketing on March 11th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve no idea how I came across the following links … Well, actually I do. I was looking for a post on Scobleizer (the one about ugly design). I found it, and also a follow up to it which led me to Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace which in turn [...]
Posted in General, Writing on February 20th, 2006 No Comments »
I bought a book the other day – The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry. It’s a book about writing poetry. No, really.
Now, I think I know enough about language and particularly English that I don’t need a book about how to write a poem. So why pick this up? The answer is simple [...]
