In which we like Scott Pilgrim
Published at 1:48 pm on December 22nd, 2007
Filed under: Media Addict.
The latest book in Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s *Scott Pilgrim* series, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, has been out in shops for a month or so, now. And it is, as expected, an excellent book. As it says on the back-cover blurb:
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Keyword noise: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canada, comics, graphic novels, review, Scott Pilgrim, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together.
In which we post updates on a few things
Published at 8:45 pm on April 7th, 2006
Filed under: Dear Diary.
My rather cruel jibe at Fife the other day only seems to have invited a single complaint, from Greig, who pointed out that Fife was the birthplace of Sir Sandford Fleming. I’d never heard of Sir Sandford Fleming myself; but it turns out that he was rather important, particularly in Canada. He invented time zones, designed the first Canadian stamp, and surveyed the route of the first trans-Canadian railway line; more importantly, he was apparently the inventor of the in-line roller skate.
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Keyword noise: Adam Smith, Andrew Carnegie, bird flu, Canada, curvature of the spine, Fife, flu, holiday, in-line skates, kyphosis, passport, philately, roller skates, Sandford Fleming, scoliosis, Scotland, stamps.