Welcome to VanRamblings.com, Vancouver’s newest Weblog
According to a note on the The Tyee.ca‘s blog information page, “bloggers are public diarists, interactive pamphleteers, do it yourself digital commentators.” VanRamblings will do all it can to achieve those ends.
Bloggers get their name from Web logs, a relatively new form of publication on the Internet. A blog has been called “a cross between an online diary and a cybermagazine, aggressively updated to draw readers back”.
Just a few years ago, blogs were relatively rare. Now there are millions (our own weblog list, right, will grow each week), devoted to every topic imaginable. But those who have had the most impact write about politics, popular culture, and emergent new media. Thus the links you see around the site, and the already published stories available at VanRamblings.
Read the Site Introduction, top left, for reference to the direction VanRamblings.com will take in the coming weeks, months and years.
On a concluding, upbeat note, Editor David Beers, and fellow travellers, at The Tyee listed VanRamblings as a linkable site, effective Sunday.
And, late last evening, friend, colleague and Galiano Island bon vivant Jay Currie provided his own warm welcome to VanRamblings.
If you’ve just found your way here, welcome. Exciting days are ahead.
Stay tuned.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Triumphs in UK Film Awards
 Scarlett Johansson |
British Film Awards With the Oscar ceremony less than two weeks away, the question is being asked, “Are the British film industry awards a precursor to what will occur in Hollywood come Academy Awards night?”
Lord of the Rings was the big winner at the annual BAFTA awards, picking up five statuettes: Best Picture, Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay and Special Effects, as well as film of the year as voted by the British public.
The BAFTA Best Actress award went to 19-year-old Scarlett Johansson (pictured above) for Lost in Translation, while co-star Bill Murray surprised, winning the award for Best Actor, besting competition including Sean Penn.
For the rest of the awards info click on the British Film Awards link above.
Way of the World in Turbulent Times
“There are countless horrible things happening all over the country, and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible” — Auberon Waugh
Corinne’s Rio Diary: Instalment Dois
Tiny tight skirts, and palace sightseeing
Hi all,
What is most foreign to me in Rio? Not the language, not the food, not the temperature – but the people themselves. 40% of Brasilians are under the age of 20. In Rio, 20 – 30% of the women seem to be pregnant. This is not anything like Nova Scotia.
And, the people are gorgeous! Both the men and the women. Skin colours range from deepest black to pale-skinned redheads. It’s so hot that the men walk around – except in the downtown where they wear suits, or at least dress shirts – without shirts, just shorts and sandals or shoes.
Continue reading Corinne’s Rio Diary: Instalment Dois
Tiny tight skirts, and palace sightseeing