Reviews
The unfortunate election of a certain dementogogue to the US presidency has made my typical reading patterns go all to hell. Here’s my short reading list for 2020.
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If you’re already feeling in any way depressed (or otherwise experiencing fragile mental health) from the effects of COVID-induced social isolation, do yourself a big favour and don’t watch Jeff Gibbs’s Planet of the Humans. This might be the worst cinematic experience I’ve ever had, and I’ve seen *two* of Adam Sandler’s films.
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Free Trip to Egypt is a documentary film project dreamed up by Egyptian-Canadian-Swiss software entrepreneur, Tarek Mounib.
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Recent dining adventures in Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC
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As 2017 ends and the next year begins, a a brief summary of books read in the past year. It’s a shorter list than usual.
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Another year, another stack of #95books, or as near to it as I get.
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I spent another year tweeting my books using the #95books hashtag. I shall herewith provide the summary for 2015.
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Here, book lovers, is my 2014 reading list. I hope that, as I have had my literary world broadened through my exposure to other readers, some of you may also discover new writers through my list.
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The idea of Burgoo is appealing to me because, generally speaking, stew is a highly desirable comfort food that in normal circumstances would make me feel better. I’d forgotten, though, that Burgoo’s stews seem decidedly unspectacular and disappointing, at least in relation to my stew expectations.
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Reflections on a visit to the Vancouver Museum’s taxidermy exhibit.
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