After the announcement, some were in favour, some were against and some were surprised.
As an English major, a music fan, a librarian and someone who’s worked in and still involved with book publishing, I have absolutely no issue with this choice – mostly because it means I got to see a Nobel Laureate in concert! 😉
Anyhow, here’s a collection of some of Bob Dylan’s best lyrics about reading, writing and books.
We’ve had a lot of trips in the interim but we haven’t been to Mexico since 2004. But we’re about to correct that – we just booked our next winter trip!
First overall draft pick, Auston Matthews has already had a memorable debut, setting a modern day record with four goals in his first game and yet, the futile Toronto Maple Leafs still lose 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators.
And Regina isn’t the only city celebrating a new sports arena. But as another NHL season kicks off, I’m still cheering for the Flames over the Oilers in the first game in the new Edmonton stadium tonight!
It’s so funny how things go viral in our Internet age – sometimes it’s intentional, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s mean, sometimes it’s fun. And sometimes it starts mean but has redemption.
But in this case, it’s great that Ken Bone, who became an Internet sensation after asking a question at Sunday night’s Presidential debate, and who may have been the butt of the joke at a different point in time, turns out to actually be someone who’s intelligent, clever, and very clearly in on the joke as his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel shows.
[Update: And in trying to seize his 15 minutes, Bone revealed his Reddit user name for an AMA which led to people combing through his post history, finding a few controversial remarks, and making many who found him “cuddly” have to re-examine their initial impression.]
I suspect I’m not the only one…
Sasha’s making the most of being three these days. In the last few weeks, she’s…
(The scariest part is another parent once warned us: “Terrible twos and trying threes are nothing – wait until they hit the fucking fours!”) 😉
This is exponentially the craziest election I’ve ever seen.
People are observing that instead of an “October Surprise”, Donald Trump appears to have an “October Advent Calendar” with a shocking new revelation or error every single day.
Today’s video of him making crude comments about cheating on his wife, an actress he’s about to meet, and how his “star power” allows him to grab women by their genitalia makes me think (but knowing I’ve been wrong on this many times before) that nothing else crazier could happen.
I also feel obligated to note that the flip side of being a strong supporter of freedom of speech (which I am) is that you are also not immune from possible repercussions from exercising that right. And with the supporters who are withdrawing their endorsement, calling for Trump to drop out of the race, or other non-supporters dropping further bombshells, Trump is definitely facing a massive backlash for what he said.
At any rate, MetaFilter continues to be my refuge during this election so I’d encourage anyone interested in following developments to check out their latest election thread.
That moment when you realise that your blog is so old that you posted things in real time nearly a decade ago and now you’re posting them as Throwback Thursday posts!
It’s crazy how successful Donald (great of Hillary to call him this during the debate – both to reinforce he has no formal title and also not to reinforce his “Trump” brand) been up until now considering he’s running almost exactly the campaign you’d run if you wanted to flame out in the most spectacular way, ruining your reputation forever.