As Gillian alluded to in an earlier post, we both took an extended break from writing for the blog due to a serious illness on my part, requiring a seven month hospital stay. I am happy to be recovering at home now. While initially I was in no state to read, physically or mentally, sometime around […]
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My grandfather was a ferry pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He died when I was too young to really discuss it with him, but essentially his duty involved flying new aircraft manufactured in North America over to Britain. And this was at a time when trans-atlantic fligths were no […]
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“We all know the power that a film can hold. It can inspire, enlighten, and even, at times, enrage. The ability of film to invoke strong emotions from a worldwide audience is seen time and again through successful film phenomenon: these are the kind of films that take the world by storm, grab our attention, […]
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I’m going to take a break from reading to argue with my wife on the internet. I don’t see how this could possibly go wrong. In her post “Not a Rant” on reviewing bad books, one of Gill’s key points is an early line, “I know the key to a good ‘bad’ review is constructive […]
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As a married father of three young children, there are many days when being stranded alone on Mars sounds like Eden. Throw in the fact that lead Martian Mark Watney is a mechanical engineer, and heck I’ve daydreamed this scenario several dozen times already. Why do I have such compulsion to escape the people I […]
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