Odds & Ends

The Cast and Crew of Moonlight If you know me, or even spend five minutes talking to me you will realize I love movies. Of all the movies I saw this year none was better than Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins. I had the pleasure of seeing it at the Toronto...

Jamie Yuccas Jamie Yuccas is a double threat. I am fascinated by her for personal and professional reasons. Let me explain. On the personal side many of you who follow my blogs may recall this past summer I went out one day, with my friend Ron, on a quest to walk...

Chris Rock In my opinion Chris Rock is one of, if not the best, stand-up comedians working today. He has an amazing skill of writing and delivering timely and relevant material. There are lots of comics out there. They seem a  dime a dozen but what stands out about...

Virginie Efira   Prior to this year I had no idea who Virginie Efira was. Not a clue.  After this year I won’t soon forget her. Virginie Efira is a Belgian actress who exploded into my world with two great roles, though she has been working as an actress since...

The Cast and Crew of This is Us. I don’t watch a lot of television. I watch ‘CBS This Morning’ Monday to Friday, some news, some sports but I don’t have a lot of scripted shows I need to watch on a regular basis. I find I will start watching a show but will lose...

Chantal Kreviazuk There is something very special about Chantal Kreviazuk and I can’t put my finger on it. It could be her amazing voice. She is after all an extremely talented singer. For over 20 years she has blessed us with her gift and a soundtrack of great songs...

Prince   Prince Rogers Nelson was a genius. The same way Albert Einstein was to science, Edgar Allan Poe was to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess, Prince was a genius to music. He was a self-taught multi-instrumentalist.  He created a sound like no other...

Negan The TV show The Walking Dead (TWD) has been on since 2010. It chronicles the lives of a group of people surviving a zombie apocalypse. This group, led by Andrew Lincoln’s ‘Rick’ has, for 6 seasons, been through it all. The characters have had to see loved ones...

Adrianne Haslet-Davis It was just an ordinary day. Adrianne Haslet-Davis and her husband were out for a walk. He had returned from Afghanistan, where he was stationed, and they were on a date. They were out for a walk that would change their lives forever. During the...

The Ottawa REDBLACKS Organization What a year for the Ottawa REDBLACKS! They won the Canadian Football League’s ultimate prize, the Grey Cup, in their third year of existence. For years Ottawa did not have a professional football team to call their own and when they...