Beyond the Rhetoric

Even though we may share many similarities, my dad and I could not be more different when it comes to our philosophies on clutter. Myself, I feel that I am much more of a pack rat. I am very hesitant to get rid of just about anything. Digging through my garage and my shed, I [...]

I haven’t participated in a blogger meme for quite some time, but this one says that I won an award. I don’t really get to walk up to a stage to make an acceptance speech nor do I get to home with a shiny new trophy, but it’s still a nice gesture. When I learned [...]

Many people seem to think that blogs do not need to have proper grammar, so long as the core message gets across to the reader. I beg to differ. Blogs should be held up to the same kinds of standards as print media if they hope to get the same kind of respect from their [...]

By a show of virtual hands, how many of you remember the video game Renegade on the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)? This was the side-scrolling beat-em-up from Taito that preceded the now legendary Double Dragon franchise of games. It also sparked a whole generation of side-scrolling games, paving the way for titles like Battletoads [...]

My Neighbour Totoro. Spirited Away. Howl’s Moving Castle. These are all great movies from Studio Ghibli and the mind of Hayao Miyazaki. One of the latest films to get released in North America from this dynamic combination is Ponyo, a film that I reviewed almost a full five months ago. How is this possible? Well, [...]