by Rob Cottingham | Oct 22, 2004 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
Just got back from seeing Team America.Here’s the thing about movies when you have a young child: you don’t go out to see one in the theatre unless you’re damn sure you’re going to like it. Because if you drop the money for a babysitter, movie... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 20, 2004 | Communicating
Errol Morris, the film-maker who gave us The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line and Fast, Cheap and Out of Control — and turned Ellen Feiss into an icon for people switching to Apple — has now posted a series of campaign ads for MoveOn.If you caught Ellen or... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 20, 2004 | Media Mix
If you’re following the U.S. election blogiverse, you probably already know this. For everyone else, here’s the skinny:The past week’s online buzz has been dominated, not by the latest focus-tested-to-death charges from the Kerry and Bush campaigns,... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 16, 2004 | Politics
Ian King zings the pathologically pompous Michael Campbell here. Lovely parting shot: “Oh, and someone remind him that Hastings and Cordova Streets don’t actually intersect one another.” by Rob Cottingham | Oct 16, 2004 | Everything Else
Vancouver is holding a referendum today. On the ballot: whether to move to a ward system for electing local councillors.The case for supporting wards seems so utterly compelling to me that it’s unimaginable people would vote against it. But the existing system...