November 26, 2009
by Andrew Bates
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The Twilight series is a strange beast. People take it so seriously that they stich together felt representations of Bella’s womb from the third book (it’s on craft site Etsy, seriously), but when you go to see it in theatres, scenes that were meant to be dramatic and suspenseful are met with not just a little laughter from around the room. Has New Moon turned the Twilight series into a parody of itself? Continue reading
November 16, 2009
by Andrew Bates
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Earlier this month, the Toronto Star sent out a memo from Publisher John Cruickshank to internal staff disclosing their intention to lay off in-house union jobs. Someone who purportedly works for the Star relayed this red-inked version of that memo … Continue reading
November 14, 2009
by Andrew Bates
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It’s caffeine Friday! See, in order to get to work on Friday morning, I have to get up at 5:30, which means so much coffee. And then I do things that are silly. Like ask a question of the day! … Continue reading
November 13, 2009
by Andrew Bates
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I wrote a piece for the Phoenix and the Canadian University Press about the death of Geocities and Web 1.0, but I went one step further; I laid out my article in the form of a terrible website. Here it … Continue reading