Dept. of Design

Posted by on Dec 4, 2005 in Blog | 4 Comments

Today I finished the last supplement of the year for the Emerald, next term I’m working as news editor so this marks the end of my tenure. Technorati: Newspaper | Journalism | Blogging | Writing | Media

Bureau of Cinematique Spectacular

Posted by on Nov 28, 2005 in Blog | One Comment

I spent the last five days in glorious San Francisco, romping around the Bay Area with Yelena and my family, visiting the first H&M on the west coast and (of course) seeing a few flicks. For me and Yelena it was a case of quid pro quo: I was desperate to see “Harry Potter and […]

EXTRA: Dept. of Grandstanding

Posted by on Nov 2, 2005 in Blog | One Comment

Tuesday morning I recieved an email from the once-and-hopefully-someday-future boss Ken Sands, Online Editor of The Spokesman-Review. It read, in part: Friends: Please read this: General Excellence, large sites: The New York Times. General Excellence, medium sites: SpokesmanReview.com. General Excellence, small sites: New West . This is a big, BIG deal… (kind of like the […]

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Posted by on Oct 31, 2005 in Blog | No Comments

Watching “The American Experience: Race to the Moon” tonight on PBS about the Apollo program and more specifically Apollo 8, which was the first trip to the moon, choked me up quite a bit. The whole program was beautifully put together, but it went beyond the standard fair – this included candid photos and footage […]

Bureau of Squash reclamation

Posted by on Oct 31, 2005 in Blog | No Comments

With the air turned cool and the leaves falling I realized it is surely time for me to make use of the most glorious of autumnal vegetables, squash. And not just any squash – Cucurbita Moschata – that’s butternut squash to you and me. Though technically a fruit, the plant is starchy and was one […]