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The 168 Turnaround: Jan. 22-28, 2012 When this year’s Academy Award Nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, the overwhelming response was disappointment and surprise. As a big movie lover, I tend to enjoy awards season, especially the Oscars. Three hours long or not, I almost always watch the Oscars from start to finish. This year, … Continue reading
VLOG & VIDEO It’s January and it’s raining, which makes for a rather lousy day. Still, things could be worse (as people are fond of saying). Worse or not, though, I could do with a pick-me-up … or just a distraction. And so today’s video picks are here to remedy the soggy winter blues. We … Continue reading
The 168 Turnaround: Jan. 15–21, 2012 In the world of douchebaggery, some say that actor Mark Wahlberg now reigns supreme. I’m sure you know the guy—he starred in such films as The Fighter, The Other Guys, Boogie Nights (my favourite), and most recently Contraband. As actors go, he’s a pretty talented fellow, though he has … Continue reading
The 168 Turnaround: Jan. 8 – 14, 2012 Music matters, and it affects people all over the world in various and sometimes conflicting ways. As one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so too is one man’s musical guilty pleasure another man’s defining rhythm and melody. I know—I’m that guy who listens and loves a … Continue reading
VLOG & VIDEO Distractions—I need them. Life has a way of losing its colour, shucking off its shades until it is a dull grey. And so, as you can guess, distractions come in handy. Consider this week’s “Best Of” videos as my top picks for worthy distractions from your day-to-day obligations. They are profane, insightful, … Continue reading
The 168 Turnaround: Jan. 1 – 7, 2012 It’s easy to hate, and it can be fun, too. But it takes work to be a Hater, to be (in other words) so vigilant in your denunciation of all things that do not meet your own personal standards of excellence. Even when an offence is slight, … Continue reading
**Breaking for the holidays; new posts begin January 3rd, 2012 It’s Christmas time! That’s right—while it’s not too often that I use an exclamation mark, I think this holiday season warrants such grammatical excesses. After all, Christmas is one of the best times of year. Okay, I know—we all hate the shopping, the crowds, and … Continue reading
THIS WEEK: December 11 – 17, 2011 The invention of the internet changed everything, and continues to do so. In the past, you needed to be aligned with a major corporation, studio, or publishing house to have your voice heard and listened to. But that isn’t the case anymore. Just ask American stand-up comic Louis … Continue reading
THIS WEEK: December 4 – 10, 2011 The Week At Large Last week, I took umbrage with the filmmakers who are brining Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi classic Ender’s Game to the big screen. But now I’m starting to second guess myself, what with some of their rather inspired casting choices. Just this week it was … Continue reading
Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Have you even started? Yeah, me too. Try as I might, I always seem to leave all the holiday shopping until the last minute. Don’t me wrong: I don’t do any gift buying on Christmas Eve or even the day before that. Still, I tend to put off my … Continue reading
THIS WEEK: Nov. 27 – Dec. 3, 2011 The Week At Large I enjoy singing. I’m not saying that I’m especially good at it, but I do get a kick out of doing it. And I’ll go one further—I also enjoy being sung to. And so I’m tickled to learn that Western Union is planning … Continue reading
THIS WEEK: November 20 – 26, 2011 The Week At Large The movie industry is a serious business where real men and women make real sacrifices of time, money, and even life. And no one knows that more than the filmmakers behind G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation. A crewmember died this past Tuesday while taking down … Continue reading
As we fall faster and faster toward the winter season, I can’t help but need a reprieve from the day-to-day grind that is “adult life.” And so it’s time again for me to share with you some of my favourite videos from around the web. I try to keep things varied and interesting, sometimes even … Continue reading
THIS WEEK: November 13 – 19, 2011 The Week At Large So you still can’t trust your daughters with Justin Bieber. Rumours of him having fathered a fan’s baby died down after the young mother dropped her paternity suit last week. Apparently, however, the pop sensation will still be taking a DNA test to determine … Continue reading
**The 168 Turnaround will return to its regular format next Saturday** Life is hard. The older I become, the truer to me that sentiment seems. And yet during life’s hardest moments, such an expression seems grossly understated. Written so simply and with such ease, those three words do little more than grope for a rough … Continue reading
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