January 1 2008 I'm a bit under the weather right now (a virus cold not  a hangover), so I have no brilliant thoughts to share with you today.  Instead, I'll pass along a couple of... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-01 12:33:25
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January 2 2008 About twenty years ago, I saw a TV documentary titled The Triumph Of The West .  I remember that show after all of this time for two reasons.  First, it had a... Read More
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January 6 2008 When someone learns that I write as a hobby, almost without exception that person will tell me that he or she has always wanted to write, if only there were enough time. ... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-06 13:10:38
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January 7 2008 I don't watch as much TV as some people I know, but there are still things about television that really puzzle me.  Perhaps somebody who reads this blog can explain them to... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-07 14:22:53
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January 8 2008 Every great movie director has a unique style that makes his or her pictures distinctive.  I thought it would be interesting to give the same story to three famous... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-08 14:24:06
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January 9 2008 Sometimes, when I watch old movies on TV, a line of dialogue will be so unexpected that it surprises me enough to actually pay attention.  Here are some examples from... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-09 11:10:20
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January 11 2008 I've watched some of the American medical dramas and they don't seem to be very realistic.  For one thing, when do you ever see anyone actually paying for all of that... Read More
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January 12 2008 If you watch any daytime TV at all, you'll soon realize that the most popular shows on the air are the serials or, as they are affectionately known, "the... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-12 12:39:00
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January 14 2008 With so many "reality shows" on television, you might think that just about every variation of the concept has been explored already.  I disagree. ... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-14 11:07:56
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January 16 2008 As with all forms of writing, movie scripts get edited and rewritten many times before they are used in production. The dialogue that you hear the actors say on screen may be a... Read More
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January 19 2008 Some years ago, I happened to see a television documentary titled Western Civilization And The Jews . The program left me with two lasting impressions. The first thing I... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-19 14:04:18
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January 21 2008 Back when I still worked for Scotiabank, we had a fellow named Larry who was leaving our department to take a job with another financial institution.  We wanted to have a... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-21 13:06:29
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January 23 2008 Like most Canadians, I take an interest in the elections held by our neighbors to the south and I've been watching the current presidential primaries.  To us Canucks, the... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-23 13:40:20
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January 25 2008 Europeans and North Americans live as part of democracies whose principles are modeled loosely after the government structure of ancient Athens.  The word... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-25 13:51:06
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January 27 2008 As the American political primaries grind onward, there is much speculation in the US media about whether the United States is ready for either a black president or a female... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-27 12:52:12
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January 29 2008 There is quite a bit of violence in traditional children's fairy tales, so many of them could easily be recast as detective stories.  An example is: The Snow White... Read More
Posted by: gjcondon on 2008-01-29 13:21:00
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January 31 2008 A couple of days ago, I massacred the fairytale Snow White by turning it into a hard boiled detective story.  I'll indulge myself just once more by continuing the... Read More
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