25 Apr
Most Impressive Features: The tundra, Northern Ontario/The Laurentians in spring, the Ontario accent, second best variety of chocolate, Niagara Falls (winter version)
Loser Features: The low low speed limit on the virtually empty Transcanda Highway through the eastern and praire provinces (thank you Alberta for raising them to a sensible limit!)
Best Gastronomic Delight: Used to be [...]
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23 Apr
2008
Science Fiction
Action/Mystery
Drama/Other
Thriller
Comedy
****Ironman
****Martian Child
***Indian Jones & the crystal skull
Scoop
***Premonition Medium (Season 3)
**Sweeney Todd
*****Eastern Promises
Sex and the city
**License to wed
**27 Dresses
*Because I said so
*** Good luck Chuck
***No Reservations
2007
Fiction
Action/Mystery
Drama/Other
Thriller
Comedy
****Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
***Narnia
*******Battlestar Galactica (Season 1, 2, 3)
****Medium Season 1 & 2 (TV series)
*****Polergeist
***Krrish (Indian)
Lakshya
****Six Feet Under
*****Cousins
*****Snow Cake
*****North Country
**The Last Kiss
***Kaho Naa… Pyaar [...]
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23 Apr
2008
Science Fiction
Mystery
Murder
Thriller
Drama/Comedy/Other
Gridlinked (Neal Asher)
The Skinners (Neal Asher)
Hilldiggers (Neal Asher)
****Fleet of Worlds (Larry Niven)
***Saturn’s Race (Larry Niven & Steven Barnes)
***Twilight Watch (Sergei Lukyanenko)
***Next (Michael Crichton)
*****Firstborn (Arthur C Clark & Stephen Baxter)
****Kennedy’s Brain (Henning Mankell)
***Friend of the Devil (Peter Robinson)
****Alibi Man (Tami Hoag)
The Truth about Canada (Mel Hurtig) (NF)
Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 years (Singer and Avery) [...]
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23 Apr
Most Impressive Feature: Swimming in a fenced off bit of ocean with sharks coming through the holes
Loser Feature: Swimming in a fenced off bit of ocean with sharks coming through the holes
Time spent there: I reckon it was in the vein of a few months at a time – I went to school there…
Comments: My [...]
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23 Apr
Most Impressive Feature: Merida (I amaze myself – I thought of a good feature!)
Loser Feature: Everything (Yes, I was profoundly underwhelmed by this country. The Carribean curse no doubt…)
Best Gastronomic Delight: The fruit juice drinks (Another good thing!! I am excelling here…)
The people: If I had to think of a word to summarise the Venezuelans, [...]
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