It’s not-U, it’s me

Prince William is single after a rumored intervention by the royal family due to Kate’s ‘common-ness.’
A little research into this curious phenomenon of British class snobbery led to Nancy Mitford’s theory on “U” and “non-U”; that is, upper-class and non-upper-class language. According to a Wikipedia citation (very non-u), Mitford provided a glossary of terms used [...]

Hollywood powerhouse plays diplomat

Maybe La-la-land isn’t such a souless place.
Steven Spielberg jumped into action after Mia Farrow wrote an open letter to the Wall Street Journal comparing Spielberg’s’s involvement as artistic director of the Beijing games to that of Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Four days later Spielberg wrote a letter to the president of China and shortly [...]

Late night reading

 
It’s 2am… the reality of my deadlines is finally hitting me (two weeks late). In my deluded state I’m considering the possibility my thesis topic is divinely inspired.
From Marita Sturken’s Technological Visions:
“Spinning technology through the Fall of Man narrative casts us as the ignorant architects of our own undoing. In this narrative, we make [...]

Only in Montreal, #2

The mere suggestion of a defrost – a sunny Saturday and temps rising slightly above zero – brings droves of people to the Plateau to take a leisurely stroll while licking away on ice cream cones! St. Denis is overrun by families of ice cream eaters mixing with shirtless Tam-Tam players practicing up for their [...]

weekend fun

Chpts 1-4 in at the end of the month = reading fun.
This list would have been so useful at the beginning of last year. I heart lists.
Modern [...]