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(Yes, I’ve been delinquent on the beer-blogging front. There are excuses: a broken wrist impeding typing, overwhelming amounts of real work, a prolonged winter-induced bout of SAD, a… well, there are no forgivable excuses. But I’ve been regularly attending class, and keeping copious notes, so not too much will be lost here. I’ll just apologize […]

(Yes, I’ve been delinquent on the beer-blogging front. There are excuses: a broken wrist impeding typing, overwhelming amounts of real work, a prolonged winter-induced bout of SAD, a… well, there are no excuses. But I’ve been regularly attending class, and keeping copious notes, so not too much will be lost here. I’ll just apologize and […]

This semester, Kings College is offering a course titled “Brewing Science: The History, Culture and Science of Beer,” taught by professor Gordon Mcouat, an instructor in King’s History of Science and Technology program. I managed to get myself enrolled in the class, and so will be posting regular updates on its progress. I suppose it […]

Based on last night’s DalTheatre performance of Carol Sinclair’s Firefly, I predict a boatload of success for the graduating students of the Class of 2009. The play itself—a musical set in the early 1900s on PEI–was an ideal vehicle for showcasing the students’ considerable talents. It’s difficult to single out performances from such a strong […]

That poor statue has been eclipsed by the movie of the same name (which as of Feb. 4th, has brought in $119,261,323, landing Ellen Page’s cute mug on the covers of Entertainment Weekly and Vanity Fair.) But this post is about the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awards. Jill Barber, Joel Plaskett, Wintersleep, […]

By the end of Super Tuesday, I’d gotten so swept up in the US presidential race that I dug out my Yankee passport (I rock the duel thing, thanks to an American/Canadian dad/mom combo) and started poking around to figure out how I get signed up to vote. First stop, the Overseas Vote Foundation. At […]

This semester, Kings College is offering a course titled “Brewing Science: The History, Culture and Science of Beer,” taught by professor Gordon Mcouat, an instructor in King’s History of Science and Technology program. I managed to get myself enrolled in the class, and so will be posting regular updates on its progress. Okay, I’ve been […]

This semester, Kings College is offering a course titled “Brewing Science: The History, Culture and Science of Beer,” taught by professor Gordon Mcouat, an instructor in King’s History of Science and Technology program. I managed to get myself enrolled in the class, and so will be posting regular updates on its progress. This week, Dr. […]

This semester, Kings College is offering a course titled “Brewing Science: The History, Culture and Science of Beer,” taught by professor Gordon Mcouat, an instructor in King’s History of Science and Technology program. I managed to get myself enrolled in the class, and so will be posting regular (or irregular, as this first late post […]

On the same day we learned of actor Heath Ledger’s death, a video of Amy Winehouse smoking crack appeared on various websites. It reminded me of a theory from one of my best friends who works in the music industry. She thinks that the reason why you have so many Amy’s, Brittany’s, etc., running around […]

Let’s hear it for Ellen Page. Her film, Juno, is all over the list of nominees (http://www.oscar.com/nominees/) for the 2008 Academy Awards announced this morning. It’s a list that is being reported on everywhere with an asterisk: the ceremony on February 24 will go on, damn the Hollywood writers’ strike, but because of many of […]

I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of days between Christmas and New Years in Toronto and sucked up all the End of Year lists I could find, especially in the competing weeklies, Eye and Now Magazines. Today Julien Schnabel’s The Diving Bell & The Butterfly opened in Halifax, one of the films that […]