Archive for September, 2007
Review: Superbad
At this point in his career, if Seth Rogan says it’s funny, the suits at the movie studios believe it’s funny. The Knocked Up star is a co-writer and co-star of the comedy Superbad. It has plenty of laughs, only they’re not necessarily the kind that make for a memorable film, unless you’re a teenaged [...]
Read More..>>News On Demand, But Only To A Point
When I’m out and about, just living my life, it’s very gratifying to talk to 680News listeners and find out why you listen to us and what you’d like more of, less of and none of. Responses and reactions vary widely. Early this morning as I waited for my team coffee order at a Tim [...]
Read More..>>Can’t Stand The Heat
It happens to every radio announcer. They get stuck in a studio or control room with an uncooperative thermostat and have to spend an entire show freezing or frying. I vividly remember a much younger and less mature me attempting to cope with the oppressive heat in the CKSL on-air studio. I wrote long, passionate [...]
Read More..>>In The Middle Of Labour Day
So there I was, trying in vain to get around myriad street closures in Hamilton so I could gather up Little Sister and her stuff. It was Holiday Monday, Labour Day, and a very busy one at that. The Hamilton Labour Day Parade was getting underway. I found myself following a white pick-up with black [...]
Read More..>>Time To Pack It In
No one over 25 should carry a backpack to work. I’m not talking about those fancy-pants little leather numbers that are really purses which you carry by the handles. I’m talking about real backpacks, the ones with a hundred zippers that you lugged to school every day full of books and pudding cups. If you’re [...]
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