2010 Wrap-Up -- Films, Books, Music

A hectic year draws to a close, complete with a change of scenery and writing endeavors. Requisite preface of conceding I haven't seen nearly enough film this year.

And it's getting more and more difficult to even hear about great foreign flicks until after they've been through the awards. 

Still managed to entertain a few of my vices regardless. So here's the 2010 Wrap-Up -- meager as it may be.

Sh*t My Dad Says -- The Right Book Review

After a failed relationship, 29 year old Justin Halpern returns home to live with his Dad and sort out his life.

He begins to document all of his father's crazy bits of wisdom and cultivates a large social-media following with Twitter and Facebook accounts called Shit My Dad Says.

He also lands a book deal.

If that doesn't make every struggling novelist want to choke someone, nothing will.

Winter Driving -- To Suffer Fools Lightly

To negotiate winter roads in St. Catharine's -- or Ontario in general -- requires a twofold method: patience and the ability to suffer fools lightly.

And they seem to come out in spades when visibility is at a minimum.