How do you describe what you just did in Japanese? Maybe you just brushed your teeth, or you just bought a car. How can you describe those past activities that have just happened? Well, you’ve got two great options: ばかり and ところ. Say you want to tell someone that you just bought a car in […]
It was something of a Christmas ritual at Hunter S. Thompson’s Colorado cabin, Owl Farm. Every year, his secretary Deborah Fuller would take down the Christmas tree and leave it on the front porch rather than dispose of it entirely. That’s because Hunter, more often than not, wanted to set it on fire. In 1990, […]
As we near the end of 2025, one outfit formula emerged as the year’s reliable go-to for date nights, work functions, and holiday parties: a blazer, a dress shirt with optional tie, and a snug pair of jeans. (Or, as I like to call it, the Fran Lebowitz special.) The jacket-and-jeans combination is hard to […]
Maarten Baas believes that the function at the core of his artwork is where the magic begins. Famed for his ingenious furniture, the Dutch artist-designer has a deep understanding of design principles, but it’s his whimsical approach that has made him so influential. “Function is my starting point,” he explains; “it gives reference and it […]
BC Alliance for Arts + Culture annonce le programme pilote “Arts on Prescription” BC Alliance for Arts + Culture est dans la deuxième phase d’un projet de recherche pluriannuel. Ce projet est réalisé en collaboration avec plusieurs partenaires à travers la Colombie Britannique. Le projet vise à identifier les avantages des expériences artistiques et culturelles […]
Stranger Things’ fifth and final season is finally here! As I rewatched the show, I was struck by how profoundly it illustrates the biblical story of a spiritual battle that takes place in a realm beyond our senses and yet, right in our very midst. Netflix’s hit show begins in Hawkins, Indiana in 1980s America […]
Matt Reeves’ The Batman gave us a noir-heavy detective story that was both grounded and gory, introducing a younger, angrier Bruce Wayne who was still learning what it meant to be Gotham’s Dark Knight. Three years on, The Batman Part II is finally in development at Warner Bros. and now stands as one of the […]
Jul 21, 2025 Get free PDF of New Questions, Old Answers: Catholic Morals and Natural Family Planning Article on the marital debt The way Natural Family Planning is commonly taught does not adequately reflect the Church’s perennial teachings on the purpose of marital relations, on sexual asceticism, and the good of continence. To be sure, […]
Japanese words that even the most proficient learners of the language find the hardest to pronounce can be, ironically, the ones borrowed from their own native tongue. My wife, who’s originally from the United States and now is a fluent speaker of Japanese after living in Japan for 15 years, still struggles to pronounce one […]
You may have seen every single one of Studio Ghibli’s animated films, going well beyond the Hayao Miyazaki-directed My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Kiki’s Delivery Service to the less widely known but also charmingly crafted likes of Ocean Waves, My Neighbors the Yamadas, and The Cat Returns. Even so, the question remains: have you really […]
