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U2 – Kicking The Darkness
In 2013 I did a few guest posts for my friend Bruce’s blog. It wasn’t intentional. We had been having an email conversation about England’s Greenbelt Festival and some of my experiences there. He took those emails and published them (with permission of course). I figured now, with U2 on the road in North […]
U2 – Everything You Know
In 2013 I did a few guest posts for my friend Bruce’s blog. It wasn’t intentional. We had been having an email conversation about England’s Greenbelt Festival and some of my experiences there. He took those emails and published them (with permission of course). I figured now, with U2 on the road in North America, […]
U2 – The Joshua Tree
I remember thinking when I first heard it that it was as close to perfect as a record could be. But it must be 15 years since the last time I listened to it all the way through. Irish rock band U2 are touring North America at the moment, celebrating the 30th anniversary of The […]
Thirteen Reasons Why
Parents are up in arms. Schools are banning discussion of it on the playground. So naturally I had to see for myself what all the fuss was. Thirteen Reasons Why is a Netflix television series that came out about a month ago and has now been renewed for a second season. To describe it as […]
The Friendly Skies
With a title like that, borrowing from the United Airlines slogan, I know you are expecting something about air travel. Not today. Consider the title my version of clickbait. Tuesday morning I noticed, while checking news updates, that the famed Canadian Forces Snowbirds (and their French counterpart, Patrouille de France) would be doing a flypast […]
The Accountant
I must admit, I chose this in-flight movie because I thought it wouldn’t be too demanding on my tired brain. It wasn’t. I took notes at the time, but was too tired after two weeks of travel to turn them into a review while still sitting on the plane. That is what I usually do; […]
The 2017 Juno Awards
I’m not a big fan of music awards. Inevitably the wrong artist or record wins, at least in my opinion. I even found that to be true when I was on a panel judging a national music award that shall remain nameless. I was the only judge from outside a certain geographic region – and […]
The Shack
I believe that rarely does a movie improve on the novel it is based on. The Shack is one of the few that does. I read William Paul Young’s first book shortly after it was originally published in 2007. How could I not? It was a bestseller about God that delved into the mystery of […]
ABBA The Museum – II
The ABBA museum and store don’t take cash. “For your protection.” I’m not sure how that protects me. When I travel I like to pay for everything with cash. That way I live within my means and don’t come home to any surprise credit card bills. On my recent trip to Europe, five countries in […]
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