ad compositor
Ad compositors put together the advertisements you see in the newspaper. Sometimes they design the ads themselves based on a client’s needs (which can change […]
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Movie Review: Manhunter vs. Red Dragon
Director Michael Mann’s Manhunter is among my favorite movies; this 1986 release was the first film based on Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. The studio […]
CD Review: Serenade for the Dead
Serenade for the Dead is a 1994 instrumental work by industrial/darkwave one-man-band Leaetherstrip represents the fruition of Danish artist Claus Larsen‘s desire to create a […]
The Skunk Incident
During my senior year of college, a friend of mine took a mammalogy class. His professor offered the students extra credit if they would help […]
On movie reviewers
I’ve been thinking about movie reviewers today. Specifically, I’m remembering the time that my husband and some friends of ours hit the dollar theater to […]
Working as a copy editor
To get a job as a copy editor, you must have a rock-solid sense of grammar, spelling and punctuation and a keen eye for errors […]
Travel Review: The Vatican
In my whirlwind visit to Rome, my friend Carol and I took a bus tour that went to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in […]
Drunkards, deadbeats and bummers
“Drunkards, deadbeats and bummers” This was how Harvard president Charles W. Eliot described reporters as he rejected Joseph Pulitzer’s offer to endow a journalism school […]
Travel Review: Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) was the first church dedicated to The Virgin Mary and is one of Rome’s four great […]
Travel review: Sorrento
Sorrento is a small seaside city on the southwestern coast of Italy in the province of Campania. It has a population of about 15,000 people […]