Yogi Bear, as we all know thanks to his constant recitation of the self-ascribed fact, is “smarter than the average bear.” But Yogi, who first made his appearance as an extra on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958, is not always as smart as he claims to be, at least Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
Easter festival #2: Easter Parade
Love has a great many homes in popular culture – chart-topping songs, poems, TV dramas and sitcoms, books of all genres; honestly, we could happily go on and on and on, so romantically omnipresent is love wherever you turn. But perhaps its most natural home, and the one in which Continue Reading
Friendship is a trip: Wine Country explores friends, wine and weekends away
SNAPSHOTIn honor of Rebecca’s (Rachel Dratch) 50th birthday, Abby (Amy Poehler) plans a scenic Napa getaway with their best, longtime friends. Workaholic Catherine (Ana Gasteyer), post-op Val (Paula Pell), homebody Jenny (Emily Spivey), and weary mom Naomi (Maya Rudolph) are equally sold on the chance to relax and reconnect. Yet Continue Reading
Are things going to get better? Oscar the Grouch and Stephen Colbert sure hope so …
SNAPSHOTStephen plays the optimist to Oscar the Grouch, author of The Pursuit of Grouchiness, in a catchy new song called “Things Are Going To Get Better (Before They Get Worse)”. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) I don’t think you’d find many people who’d disagree with you if you stood up and Continue Reading
Easter festival #1: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
You have to hand it to Linus (Stephen Shea) – in the face of all evidence to the contrary, he continues to believe, and believe with a capital “B”, even when sceptics such as Sally mock him gently, and let’s be fair, not-so-gently. For him Halloween, and the arrival of Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2019: Week 4 – Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Denmark
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Book review: The Woman at 1,000 Degrees by Hallgrímur Helgason (translated by Brian FitzGibbon)
One of the most troubling aspects of getting older must be the way you suddenly become invisible to those around you as an actual person who has had a rich and varied life, or really, any kind of life at all. You don’t have to be old yourself to watch Continue Reading
Comics review: The Avant-Guards (issues 1-3)
People love new starts. Well, the idea of them anyway; the actual execution is not as popular, coming as it does with nerves (those butterflies sure can fly some impressively-jarring formations in your stomach), hang-ups, past issues and the daunting fear that what lies ahead may not be a good Continue Reading
Movie review: mid90s
Growing up is a monumental challenge at the best of times. Throw in a less than ideal home life, like the ones alluded to in Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, mid90s, and you have the kind of near impossible situation where simply getting through the day is a feat, never mind Continue Reading
Meet the adorable twosome of Rilakkuma and Kaoru
SNAPSHOTStarring Lana Condor, Rilakkuma and Kaoru is the story of a costume bear and its roommate Kaoru, and the short but sweet time they spend together. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Netflix) Isn’t there anything more enjoyable than an adorable piece of anime with some deliciously-dark threads woven through it. Unlike Continue Reading