I always felt safe from being brainwashed because I spend a lot more time with my nose stuck in a book that sitting in front of a TV. “Braiwashed?” I’d scoff at anyone who’d broach the subject. “Hogwash! I’m reading! OK, so I didn’t say it in those words – after all, I am not… Read More Your eyes are sleepy, veryyyyyyyy sleepy…
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” – A. J. Liebling
It’s absolutely mind-boggling what people can do with a little effort, a lot of perseverance and some good moves ;). At a Cebu provincial prison in the Philippines, a security consultant by the name of Byron Garcia decided to try something innovative. To teach the inmates how to live together rather than to just tolerate… Read More Dancing to the jailhouse rock takes on a whole new meaning…
Like most people (except maybe the bitter, cynical and deeply jaded ones), I love a good laugh. But as I get older (not old, just older), I find myself discriminating against certain types of humor. I seem to be shying away from the meaningless sort and am naturally attracted to hilarious yet thought-provoking pieces which… Read More Jeff Dunham’s Achmed the Dead Terrorist – an unexplored treasure trove of conversation topics
With the imminent return of the hockey season, I’m a little concerned about the early-onset frenzy that is already manifesting itself in Montreal. There are already cars sporting Canadiens flags and too many people wearing Habs shirts (yeah… yours truly is also guilty). If it’s already like this, what is waiting for us when the… Read More And the frenzy begins… Already?
I recently wrote a review on the upcoming Anne Hathaway movie, Rachel getting married. My curiosity having been piqued, I couldn’t help but look it up again (and again, and maybe one more time). And now, items about the movie have started dropping into my lap. Amongst others, this is what this week’s Maclean’s magazine… Read More Review: Rachel getting married (follow-up)
Unfortunately, things haven’t started changing (yet)… NEW YORK, 3 October 2008 (BWNS) — As the new academic year got under way, young Baha’is in Iran again found the door to higher education closed. Although in its public stance the Iranian government maintains that Baha’is are free to attend university, reports over the past few weeks… Read More News: Iran’s new school year again excludes Baha’is
While it might seem that the world is falling apart around us, the signs that humanity has yet given up on itself abound. Various organizations are created all the time and all seem to be working very hard on making the world a better place. Some of them seem to lean more towards the publicity… Read More Who said men can’t be nurturing?
Here are some nifty ideas, taken from the October 2008 issue of Oprah, on how to turn your cell phone greener (and no, it doesn’t involved buying a new green faceplate. That’s for St-Patrick’s Day, not for the environment). 1. Hit the Right Note: Why settle for a simple brrnnnng when your phone can chirp… Read More Some fun cell green ideas
Ah, the life of a college student. It makes it a lot easier on me to have someone with whom I can share the workload. My sister is great – she’s much more organised than me, and she helped me more than once organise myself, while I help her with memorization. Unfortunately, we can’t share… Read More Short Story: The car in the fog