English 101 for Native Speakers by Mark Edward Manning, Nov. 18
Learn it, know it, commit it to memory: Mark Edward Manning reviews common mistakes people make when writing in their mother tongue. If everyone could get that apostrophe S thing under control, the world would be a better place.
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MUSIC: Connie Phillip's picks of the week
Robert Lashley's essay, Many Thousand Gangstas Gone, published Nov. 13, is an interesting and thought provoking look at mainstream hip-hop music and the violence contained within. Robert includes his personal memories associated with specific events making this piece all the more powerful.
On Nov. 16, with Review: Sandra Boynton - Dog Train, Zombyboy gives a critical yet interesting look at the children's book and CD combination. The review is a comprehensive and detailed look at the package as well as the individual pieces.
Also on Nov. 16, Modern Pea Pod gave us yet another top notch review with CD Review: The Grabs - Sex, Fashion, and Money. This detailed and descriptive review looks at both the sides of the coin; the good and the bad.
Robert Burke gave a complex review of the product, the music, and the other amenities with DualDisc Review: The Other Side: London, New York and Paris on Nov. 18. Complete with links to clips, well constructed thoughts, history, and balanced ideas, it is well worth your time to check it out.
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TV/FILM: Joan Hunt's picks of the week
(Asst. Editor Alisha Karabinus the former LegendaryMonkey fills in this week.)
TV Review: Everyday Italian by Don Baiocchi Nov. 17
What if Don Baiocchi ran into Giada De Laurentiis on the street? He'd get arrested, that's what! Don reveals his crush on the chef, disses all the other chefs in the world, reminds us that "bosoms" is an outdated word, and sometimes even talks about food in his review of this Food Network show.
Movie Review: Walk the Line by Jon Sobel, Nov. 17
Jon Sobel offers a balanced look at the new biopic Walk the Line and lets us in on the real deal along the way — Johnny and June were fascinating because they weren't all that different from us, after all.
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BOOKS: Pat Cummings' picks of the week
(None were chosen this week).
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***(See here for our selection guidelines.)
Article comments
1 - Temple Stark
I may have missed something in transfering between many mailboxes and getting used to my new non-Bc editor's office.
Let me know 'K?
Thank you.
2 - LegendaryMonkey
One did get missed... e-mailed! :)
3 - GoHah
For the record: I understand that my Editor's Pick Picks comments needed to be edited--I'm longwinded and cuss like longshoreman--but without the needed context, the "emotional bloodbath" makes little sense, connoting much childhood wailing and gnashing of teeth where there was none. Which would be no big deal, except that Mom just called, cussing like a longshoreman . . .
4 - zombyboy
Thank you. Thankyouverymuch.
5 - Temple Stark
GoHah, not worried about the cussing and I'll see what I can do to add back in the context no one else would have noticed was missing :-)
Give me a few.
And yeah, it was its own post :-)
6 - GoHah
Temple--thank you for reacting to my overreacting, and for the fine-tuning.
7 - Don Baiocchi
Thank you! I'm honored. I knew my obsession with the Food Network would get me far, I just didn't know it would get me this far.
8 - Pat Cummings
Apologies are owed to the writers who should have been selected for Editor's Picks in Books this week! I'll be making my amends with a double-dose of picks for next week.
I promise.
9 - Temple Stark
Only do that Pat, if there are enough that meet high quality from Nov 19 to the 25.
10 - Pat Cummings
I wouldn't promise unless I thought I could make good on it.
11 - pogblog
I'm very grateful for the vivid notice.
It's always interesting "to see oursels as ithers see us." I wish the Far Future could see us as a kinder species. We could make a quantum leap to committed construction from benighted destruction. It would make my transcribings of info from Y3000 a lot less embarrassing. "Yes, well, yes we did torture people. Yes, we did spend money on weapons instead of education. Yes, we didn't have health care for all our people." It's the look of faint disgust (They are very polite) and incredulity on their faces that so crawls the skin.
Again, so many thanks.
12 - Megan
Thanks for picking my review Connie!!!
I'm honored that you enjoyed it.
-Megan of the Modern Pea Pod