2012-05-11 at NOON
My parents always made me apologize when I had wronged someone. Of course, they always included the warning, “Say it like you mean it.”
It created a conundrum for me. If I was only doing it because my parents made me, the apology was insincere and useless. And if I pretended... Read More
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2012-04-27 at 17:07
According to Carson Daly, “We lost an icon” when Dick Clark passed away of a heart attack at 82. Really? An icon? At 82?
He had a stroke in 2004, sold his ownership of Dick Clark Productions in 2007, and since then, has been generally aging gracefully. But as a kind... Read More
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2012-04-19 at 11:41
According to the critics, love is a many-splendored thing anywhere but on TV. While shows love to talk about romance and passion, they don’t seem to truly understand love.
At least, not the long term kind.
Writers excel at creating sexual tension and titillation.
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2012-04-05 at 16:55
At times like these, I’m truly relieved to be a Canadian.
While the movie, Bully, continues to create a stir in the U.S. long before it’s been released in theatres, Canucks are complacently awaiting April 2.
That’s when the much-heralded documentary about... Read More
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2012-03-29 at 14:12
At times like these, I’m truly relieved to be a Canadian.
While the movie, Bully, continues to create a stir in the U.S. long before it’s been released in theatres, Canucks are complacently awaiting April 2.
That’s when the much-heralded documentary about... Read More
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2012-03-23 at 15:03
If I say March festivities, what comes to mind? Some might say St. Patrick’s Day. With stores and commercials going green for even the most non-Irish of products, it’s certainly getting some airtime.
Ironically, I didn’t see many leprechauns in actual network programming... Read More
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2012-03-16 at 14:25
Last week, I received a link to a popular video and campaign. It’s about Joseph Kony who ran the LRA, or Lord’s Resistance Army, in Uganda by kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers who raped and killed their friends and family at his bidding.
He was indicted by the... Read More
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2012-03-09 at 11:34
Today’s media allows everyone a chance to be heard.
We can speak our minds and share our ideas throughout the world.
Unfortunately, we seem to be doing so with such joyful abandon that there is little thought given to the consequences or the responsibility that go... Read More
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2012-02-24 at 11:26
I hated my name as a kid.
At that time, there was no Fiona Apple or Princess Fiona. And being a shy and quiet kid, nobody could make out my name.
So I’d say it again, louder. They’d look confused. “Weeona? Leona?” So I’d try again, this... Read More
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2012-02-17 at 13:44
Canada has often played kid brother to the U.S.
We’re not as flashy as our sibling but we do all right.
We make friends easily because of our connection to the popular kid. And in recent years, we’ve received a few hand-me-downs – the most recent being The Bachelor... Read More
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