"Uncompromising. Meticulous. Control freak. Reclusive. These were all words that were attached to Stanley Kubrick throughout his life." - taken from Edward Champion's eulogy of Stanley Kubrick ( Read more... )

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Not a whole lot“Not a whole lot” is a polite way of shrugging off polite greetings. It’s a way of telling someone else as little as possible while remaining sociable, lest you diminish in their regard. Sad but true: for appearance’s sake, or to retain some form or semblance of anonymity, we frequently resort to total inanity - regurgitating the ( Read more... )

The dawn of a new year is only a few hours away. Tick tick tock, the clock drags its hands closer and closer, expectantly, if not ominously...


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Merry Christmas, everyone! What a great time of the year! It makes me want to sing tunes at the top of my lungs and revisit the fan-tastic year that we've all shared. It's my gift to you, on this fine Christmas Day.

Here goes:

"On the first day of Christmas ( Read more... )

Some people love clowns. Some hate them. Others find them scary. But, really, what's behind those eyes?


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"We were naturally disappointed in the language that weakened and watered down the agreement." - Canada's Environment 'Minister' John Baird, with regards to the outcome of talks in Bali ( Read more... )

"Canada's current plan is not only irresponsible and dangerous, future generations may well find it criminal." - Elizabeth May, Leader of Canada's Green Party,last Friday.


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For tonight's blog, I had an idea, a concept that I would have liked to develop: I wanted to argue against the whole climate change debate, taking the side of climate-change deniers and those who diminish its various causes and impacts ( Read more... )

“… the impacts of global warming are such that I have no hesitation in describing it as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’”. - Sir John Houghton, former chief executive of the UK Meteorological Office and co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Guardian, 28 July 2003.


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