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HUGE spoilers ahead – but this storyline has been around for like, 4 decades in various versions – 2 tv series and middle school book series, anyways… Think Harry Potter without (most of the) boys. Author Jill Murphy began writing … Continue reading →

“Dad, they’re gonna make fun of me.” “Son, they can’t make fun of you if you’re making the shot.” – Exchange between ’60s pro basketball player Rick Barry and his dad. Rick Barry goes on to be one of the … Continue reading →

In Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell (who btw is a proud U of Toronto alumni) explores how we make mistakes all the time, some of them jarring or risky ones, about the people we meet face to face – regardless what we … Continue reading →

For my late father and all parents. Around us at the time when I first got my driver’s license were youth who were… shall we say rather casual, about road safety: “I j-ust dropped my housekeys (while driving). When I … Continue reading →

When life gives you lemons, read Lemony Snicket… OMG was that terrible? Ok let’s try that again: “At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All … Continue reading →

“If the idea of illness can become illness, what else about our reality is actually a disorder?”  The comic book superhero character of Legion albeit obscure is not new, he’s the sometime mutant son of Professor Charles Xavier of the X-Men. … Continue reading →

Have assignment, will brb… ————————————————————————————— Cont’d from Part 1… Mark Baum and his little hedge fund team of nerds are on an investigative trip to decide whether there is a Housing Market bubble and they should take on that massive short position … Continue reading →

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble, it’s what you know that isn’t so.”  – Mark Twain, but also a bunch of other humorists.  Incredibly apt opening for the movie. I feel the need to step … Continue reading →

Ok time for more play… Inspired by the renewed interest in various weaponry floating around Rockstar now, from medieval European armour to the more exotic Asian stuff, that trend of fairly harmless (if you consider fidget spinners also fairly harmless) replicas … Continue reading →

Some writings are praised, others are read…. It occurred to me that historically there is a disproportionate number of impoverished writers and artists out there, who only get famous, their productions selling for big bucks, posthumously. The plebes who create for screen … Continue reading →