About Me…
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I’ve been writing provocatively on-line since around 1998: about Canadian film/TV, Canadian culture & identity, as well as about comic books and graphic novels. But I also occasionally write fiction, with stories published in Strange Horizons, Daily SF, On Spec, the acclaimed Tesseracts anthology (the 19th volume), and other places over the years. I mention this because I’ve put out a few pulp story collections. And if you enjoy this blog, essays, reviews, and/or any of my websites, one way to show support would be to check out MY FICTION COLLECTIONS and, if they look interesting…buy one! It ain’t PATREON or anything, but it’s a way of showing you think what I’ve been doing is worth doing, and would help keep this blog and the websites up.
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The 33 Hottest Canadian Babes circa 2012! (part 1)
Yes! It had to happen! That crass, shameless, politically incorrect — but culturally imperative — list: The Sexiest / Most Beautiful / Hottest Canadian Babes / Women / Actresses Arrived at using the most rigorous of criterea and unimpeachable of … Continue reading
Wallander (part 2) – cultural reflections
(Continuing from last time, when I was reflecting on the fictional Swedish detective Kurt Wallander, and how I had enjoyed various film interpretations, some starring Kenneth Branagh and others starring Krister Henriksson…) As I’ve said: a recurring theme with me is about … Continue reading
Wallander (part 1) – different visions
Curiously enough, a few times over the last few months I’ve found myself drafting posts referencing Kurt Wallander — the fictional Swedish detective begat in novels by Henning Mankell but spun off onto the small screen. Some references were in … Continue reading
Settings and Storytelling (and a few examples, too!)
I like stories rooted in their time and place — not just Canadian stories. A recurring theme on this blog relates to Canadian identity and culture as it is expressed — or, as is often the case, deliberately suppressed — … Continue reading
The War of 1812 — the war everybody “won”!
Recently there has been a lot of notice commemorating the North American War of 1812. And though a historical conflict might seem an odd topic for a blog whose self-proclaimed idiom is pop culture, it’s an interesting thing to reflect … Continue reading
Recommending Ray Bradbury — sort of
It’s a funny ol’ world. I was listening to the radio the other day, when the DJ/host took a moment to comment on the passing of legendary American science fiction and fantasy/horror writer, Ray Bradbury. She mentioned that Bradbury was … Continue reading
In Praise of the Queen (or the Gifflesnorff!)
This blog is primarily about pop culture — often about Canadian movies & TV, though with the intent (only occasionally acted upon so far) of broadening out to cover other things, like radio dramas, and non-Canadian movies & TV. So … Continue reading
He Who “Makes” History…Gets to Define History
This is part of what’s turning into a kind of mini-series of posts looking at the concept of culture and cultural identity in Canadian pop culture…following on the heels of my previous post about “Canadianisms”. Stories are, in a … Continue reading
The Secret World of…Canadianisms
I’ll sometimes start drafting blog posts…that then start me down a different path…which then open up a new idea. So this post kind of arose out of a couple of pieces I’m working on, but I decided to post this … Continue reading
The “Do What I Say, Not What I Do” School of Commentary
AMUSING POST-SCRIPT DEPARTMENT (a follow-up to my previous post): Yoni Goldstein’s piece about how terrible ALL Canadian TV is did receive a few comments on the Huffington Post – Canada site — strongly disagreeing with him. This then led to … Continue reading
