On the 10th day of Christmas … I listened to Idina Menzel’s Holiday Wishes

  There’s no doubting the sheer awe-inspiring talent of the voice of Frozen, Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran Idina Menzel. She has a voice straight from the gods, one that combines fearsome power and delicate beauty, the sort of stage presence money cannot buy, and the kind of vibrant personality that has Continue Reading

“What does it all mean?” The trailer for Sundance documentary The Visit

  SNAPSHOT An alien encounter. A hypothetical visitor arrives from Outer Space. The authorities are immediately alerted – the military, defence and communication advisors, and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. How to deal with this unprecedented event? How to reassure Earth’s inhabitants, who are prone to panic, Continue Reading

On the 9th day of Christmas … I read Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book

  If there is one thing I learnt very early on in life, it’s that Little Golden Books have a lot to teach a person. It doesn’t matter what the circumstance may be, the simple life lessons of these gloriously-drawn, perfectly-worded books provide all the instructions you need to make Continue Reading

On the 8th Day of Christmas … I watched the movie A Merry Friggin’ Christmas

  We love our families. We hate our families. It’s a war of competing, diametrically-opposed emotions for most families each Christmas who, though they long for tree-decorating, eggnog-sipping harmony, usually end up with the festive version of War of the Roses. Perhaps that it is a little extreme, but the Continue Reading