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Goodbye 2017

I love me a new year. Fresh starts, a clean slate…I mean, what’s not to love? Each New Year brings hope, ambition and ideas to the forefront, but nothing is ever guaranteed except change. 2017 was no different. Before saying hello to 2018, its time to reflect on the year that was. My 2017 list ...
December 28, 2017

Gender Bender

Of all the basic human functions, a visit to the bathroom shouldn’t require a lot of thought.  Nor should it require a two page pamphlet.  Two weeks ago, en route to a pee, I found a two page pamphlet on the ‘gender neutral’ bathroom door. The pamphlet contained sex and gender definitions (including the latest ...
March 16, 2017

Moonlight – A controversial best picture

Moonlight – a controversial best picture. I wanted to like Moonlight, I really did. It was touted as the indie film of the year. It scored a tidy pre-sale figure. It was hyped by reviewers. All these things going for it and still, I left the theatre underwhelmed and worse, wondering what all the fuss ...
February 28, 2017

Writer Crushes – Bret Easton Ellis

  It’s not often, and really, perhaps never, that a book, even on multiple re-reads, makes me feel slutty. ButThe Rules of Attraction (TROA hereinafter) written by Bret Easton Ellis, is all about sex – messy, random, wanton sex – and is so visceral  it makes me want to move to New Hampshire and sleep ...
December 7, 2016

To prologue or not to prologue

  William Goldman, Academy Award winning screenwriter, famously said “Nobody knows Anything”  when he referenced Hollywood and how random success can be in the movie industry despite projects with bankable writers, A-list stars and inflated marketing budgets. In other words, it’s impossible to pinpoint a specific “it” formula that guarantees success. Part of this has to ...
August 17, 2016