Tag: Humor

by M. Bijman January 25, 2019

What tickles your funny-bone? Rhett and Link caption The New Yorker’s cartoons

Here’s something entertaining: the appearance on The New Yorker magazine’s video channel of my favourite You-tubers, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman January 18, 2019

Authors to watch Discussion of writing style Review of historical fiction Review of new book

Mannered throwaway lines and very bad people – Undermajordomo Minor, by Patrick deWitt

It seems to me that Hollywood film producers keep rehashing the same subjects and plots, which is why I rarelyContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 5, 2018

Backstories Humor Humour Modern fiction Review of modern fiction Review of new book

This book needs no review – The Accidental Further Adventure of the Hundred-Year-old Man, by Jonas Jonasson

I have never written an easier review of a novel, than this one. Why? Because it does not need reviewingContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 3, 2018

Best of 2018 Discussion of writing style Humor Humour Review of essay collection

Why would you feed human offcuts to that turtle? Calypso, by David Sedaris

I did not, until now, understand why David Sedaris is regarded as one of the best essayist and satirists writingContinue Reading

by M. Bijman January 29, 2018

Discussion of current events Humor Humour Review of new book Review of new non-fiction Subjective non-fiction Video Web series and vlogs

Review in 50-second video – Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality

Compact Crits #3: Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality, by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal

by M. Bijman December 20, 2017

Backstories Current events Discussion of film/TV series Discussion of writing style Humor Humour Modern fiction Review of modern fiction

Just way too wordy – The Hippopotamus, by Stephen Fry

I did not think that I would get tired of reading the heavily stylized and very British English of StephenContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 7, 2017

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This is what being old is really like – The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, by…?

There is a current trend for novels with long titles about eccentric old people: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed OutContinue Reading

by M. Bijman April 8, 2016

Discussion of writing style Humor Humour Review of Autobiography Review of new book

Furiously Happy, by Jenny Lawson

I read Jenny Lawson’s first autobiography Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, with a sense of having made a happy discovery,Continue Reading

Observations on AME Roundup 2019 – Tech solutions looking for problems February 15, 2019
AME Roundup 2019 in Vancouver, BC, finished on 31 January 2019, and here is my final post about some of the events. (Previous post: 4. Innovation Hub, Additions to the Geoscience Toolbox, Jan 30, 2019) 5. Innovation Hub, The latest technologies, Jan 31, 2019 Seven tech companies presented their solutions to improving the appearance and accessibility […]

10 Women of Title Design – Part Five March 6, 2019
In March of 2015, we published our first feature article in celebration of International Women’s Day entitled 10 Women of Title Design. Every year since, we've returned with a new group of 10 women in the title design industry to celebrate. This year we are ecstatic to present part five, bringing the number of women showcased to 50!Here at Art of the Ti […]
Semi-Permanent Sydney 2018 (2018) February 11, 2019
Over a few days every year Semi-Permanent is a pixel-pumping, creativity-boosting, and future-making series of events taking place in Sydney, Australia, and beyond.The festival was founded in 2003 by Murray Bell and Andrew Johnstone. Every year since its inception a designer (or design team) has been invited to create an opening title sequence to launch the […]