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Bella Baxter As a Victorian Man From Mars
seanessay.com Having already seen the show in London, I just had to gleefully stride into the lobby of Calgary’s arthouse cinema, The Plaza, and proclaim at the counter, “One adult for Bella Baxter!” They knew I meant the controversial movie Poor Things, which several female journalists at a certain British well known progressive newspaper had […]
An Alumni’s Awesome University Cogitation
seanessay.com Actually these “thoughts” do not include the stuff that affectionate alumni or Human Resources guys might say. Never mind. A famous blog I follow is that of Penelope Trunk (her pen name) for her advice on career and Life In The World. She’s also famous among home schoolers, as I know from a local […]
American Fiction Without Sex or Violence Perspective
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When Mentors are Merry and Gone
seanessay.com Strange how a person can significantly influence your life—and then that person is gone. For a buddy in the reserves, training in a mountain monsoon rainforest with members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, his mentor was a paratrooper who guided him through the worst. He told me they even had to sleep on sloping […]
A Reasoned Prediction by a Canadian on Trump being Elected
seanessay.com Here’s my reasoned Trump prediction, but first: I’ve been publicly wrong before, as regarding, for example, something as important as Russia versus Ukraine. I realize there’s a different law for rich and poor: No way could anybody I know get as many criminal court delays as Trump is getting. I realize, from the essays […]