Monthly Archives: November 2014

Indubitably, Ottawa-born Bruce Cockburn (1945-), of course. Bruce’s still-active half-century performing career, travels abroad, 31 albums, recent 9-disc boxset, 12 Junos, 8 honorary degrees have long merited attention. He has also won the Office of the Order of Canada, the … Continue reading →

Arguably, Joni Mitchell’s most mature, poetic album, period, and my personal favourite. In 10 great songs, she explores her ’50s prairie childhood and teen years, child sexual abuse, youthful idealism and freedom, ‘dirty work’ women workers of the world finding romance and freedom … Continue reading →

A really nice, smart, U.K. ’70s ‘art film’ which defies conventionality. About a successful European novelist’s (Michael Caine) relationship with his spirited sexy wife (Glenda Jackson) and a mysterious young man rival (Helmut Berger) who is both a gigolo and thief. … Continue reading →

A classic comedy-mystery-romance set in Paris starring the very funny, charming Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, with strong support cast-acting by Walter Matthau, James Coburn, and George Kennedy. The Peter Stone script is quite entertaining without the usual sex and coarseness of … Continue reading →

Halloween dark Data Integrity Analyst-daughter as Crayola crayon IT blog guy/Systems Consultant as mad professor

with panda pal (Halloween)

Every day, I read about at least 3-5 major changes going on in the country, Edmonton, and in biz. Today, for instance, My female barber is moving to new digs and parting company with her biz partner. The Filipino boy-cashier … Continue reading →

One thing about teaching is that you meet a lot of young people, know them briefly for several months to varying degrees, and then they’re generally gone. I remember being on a Penticton beach during summer break enjoying a sunny … Continue reading →

Flash to the future and a screen-kid from today, retired, being loaded onto a wheelchair, (as a result of a sedentary screen lifestyle) for a retirement home bus heading out to the mall for a day trip, recalling his/her rich fulfilling … Continue reading →

Regardless of one’s own knowledge and imagination about myriad human possibilities, there is little one can do for others who are hopelessly self-mired, self-limited and mindlessly limiting of others, let alone their own possibilities. It is hard to live a … Continue reading →