Despite Disney’s best efforts toward the contrary, “Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End,” was damn good.
The movie, which I saw at midnight, put forward some excellent plot twists, good fight scenes and (finally) some superb, epic naval warfare scenes as opposed to earlier, cartoonish attempts.
The movie opens nice and strangely with a scene of [...]
I simply could have not worded it better than Nick Daniloff in regards to the Northeastern University school of journalism not renewing the contacts of two of their professors, Gladys and Lincoln McKie.
“This is unbelievably bad administrative management,” Daniloff told the News May 23. “I have to ask myself, ‘Do I want to work for [...]
Another wonderful Top 10 list has come out.
DogFriendly.com has unveiled their list of dog-friendly destinations in the United States and Canada.
1. Boston — Take a boat or whale watching cruise. Walk the Freedom Trail, visit Salem and explore history at Minute Man Park. Your leashed dog is also welcome on the subway.
2. Vancouver — Walk [...]
Special thanks to the New England Press Association for mentioning me in their current issue of their bulletin.
The bulletin reported on my recent hire at The Sun Chronicle.
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In the realm of all things absolutely screwed up, Reuters repoted the victim of a suspected Tijuana gangland murder was wrapped up in Christmas tree wrapping paper when police found him in a Mexican wasteland last week.
The unidentified victim in his 40s had his eyes taped over with two bullet bounds and signs of torture [...]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett sent MySpace a letter ordering them to “secure and maintain all information concerning MySpace profiles used by registered sex offenders” in his state.
“It is essential that MySpace preserve any information about online profiles created by registered sex offenders,” Corbett said. “We know that online predators are actively using social networking [...]
I don’t take on many product reviews myself nowadays. With my amazing staff over at Blast, I’ve been able to focus on editing and getting a good issue out each month.
But I’m a writer, and I need to write.
So when I sit down to write a product review lately, it’s either a situation where I [...]
Motorola, in a bid to improve its video services for its home and small business users, made a move to acquire Modulus Video, Inc.
Modulus, according to a press release, is a leading MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) company that specializes in putting this video over the Internet and broadcast/television systems.
Both sides seem pleased.
“As consumers demand [...]
A Tacoma woman and her son will serve time for faking a mental retardation to collect governmental benefits.
CNN reported that Rosie Costello, 46 will serve three years and pay $288,000 in restitution for coaching her son, 28-year-old Pete, to pretend he was retarded so the pair could collect money at the expense of the American [...]
Thanks go to Bruce over at the Massbackwards blog for his shout-out about my recent Boston Globe news article.
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