Hi all,
Well, we are two days through the four official days of Carnaval, though this exuberant Brazilian festival seems to have been going on for weeks. Don’s house is only a couple of kilometres from the Sambrodrome, so if you turn the TV’s sound down, you can still hear the bands playing. TV is my participation medium of choice, as the crowds seem a bit much for me.
Corinne’s Rio Diary: Instalment Oito
There’s a Theme Here. I Just Don’t Know What It Is
“I’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don’t even do that any more”. — Dorothy Parker, Here Lies (1939), “The Little Hours”.
From Obscurity to … How Many Visits a Day Was That?
Sean, at Sean Incognito, becomes the fourth blog to add VanRamblings to his blogroll. Sean Incognito can be found listed to your right, under Canada.
Steve Martin attacks Gibson’s ‘Passion’
In a piece titled “Studio Script Notes On ‘The Passion’,” written by director, actor and comedian Steve Martin in the latest issue of The New Yorker — an article which, unfortunately, is not available online — Martin launches a biting satirical attack on Mel Gibson and his Hollywood version of the death of Jesus Christ, mocking the film as a piece of money-making show business — and suggests that he, too, regards the film as anti-Semitic.
While Gibson, who made the film with his own money, claims that his intention was to produce a profound statement of his religious beliefs, Martin — influenced, perhaps, by the film’s ticket sales of $212 million US in less than two weeks — appears to disagree.