http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog Notes from the Editor of OWL Magazine Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:38:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know we just finished marking a milestone a few weeks back, but I couldn’t let this one go by: we just reached 5,000 comments on the OWL blog! The famous 5,000th comment was posted to Kendra’s great review of Alice in Wonderland by (drumroll please)... blog reader Marissa! Take ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=455 Editor’s note: we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for a word from OWL’s assistant editor, Kendra Brown. (Craig will be back next week.) Enjoy! Hey, OWL readers! I don't know about you folks, but I've been counting down to this movie for months. Alice in Wonderland finally ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=456 Hey all. Just so you know, I really wrestled with the title of this blog post. I wanted to call it, “Best! Max! Finder! Panel! Ever!” I think Ramón Pérez, the illustrious illustrator of OWL’s “Max Finder Mystery” comic, knocked this one out of the park. Suspense, detail, ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=460 Whoa. I mean, I thought the Olympics would be fun — I just didn’t know they’d be so engrossing, you know? From the ceremonies to the events, and the ups and downs of winning and losing in lots of cases by mere milliseconds, I feel like I haven’t taken a ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=457 Earlier this week, we recapped the performance of Maëlle Ricker, one of the Olympic athletes we interviewed for OWL’s recent “What’s It Like...” feature. Let’s keep it going by taking a look at Canadian skeleton athlete Jon Montgomery (pictured above)! Now, if you’ve seen any skeleton at the Games, ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=453 In the “Goin’ for Gold” issue of OWL, we interviewed seven Canadian athletes about what it’s like to do what they do. Two of them have already gone on to win gold (coincidence?!), and a few are still competing. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to recap the ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=449 How many of you were reading OWL in January 2006? Anyone? If you were, you would have caught an interview with an up-and-coming Canadian speed skater named Christine Nesbitt. Why is that important now, you ask? Well, last night that one-time up-and-comer officially became an Olympic champion — she won gold ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=447 We interrupt our regular Olympic programming to bring you this very important... art! Last week, I asked everyone to send me some new stuff for Reader Art of the Week and, lo and behold, blog reader Katie(the author) sent some in right away! Check it out: Fun! I like the manga (say: ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=442 Hey all. Leading up to the Vancouver Winter Games, there was a lot of talk about Canada winning gold on home soil for the first time. The reason for that is simple: Canada had hosted the Olympics twice, and hadn’t been able to snag a gold once in either Games. So, ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=445 Whoa. Whoa. We’ve been waiting for this day for months, and now it’s finally here: the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics start tonight! I suspect everyone will be glued to the TV tonight watching the opening ceremonies, waiting to see which great Canadian will light the Olympic torch. Personally, ... http://www.owlkids.com/owlblog/?p=443