Monthly Archives: June 2015

A new birth changes everything. Learning to walk, feed oneself, and go to the bathroom by oneself changes everything. Gaining new siblings changes everything. Having a new pet changes everything. Moving to a new family house/location changes everything. Parental divorce changes … Continue reading →

“Pootie”–3-year-old term for computer. Watch what you whisper in a low voice. The words will be repeated back to you by 3-year-olds. They are always listening to adults in a room even when they appear to be playing or focused … Continue reading →

In glorious black and white playing a go-between character with Orson Welles as a 40ish, somewhat slimmed-down money-backer of pool hustlers and Paul Newman as Fast Eddie revisited. Newman claimed to me he was ready for the big game/con, suggesting … Continue reading →

All living things have time limits and are essentially, transitory with expiry dates. For them, nothing is permanent. The term ‘permanent’ is better applied to such elements as water, land, and space. And to man-made structures such as the Great … Continue reading →

is now perfectly acceptable in society if I say it’s so. If I’m green and I want to be purple, then there’s nothing wrong, crazy, irrational, or absurd about that because I am just being me, what I feel and … Continue reading →

1. One cannot be honest and speak the truth anymore without being pilloried by political correctionists and personal/political agendaists. 2.There seems to be a total lack of perspective in areas of life where political correctionists and personal/political agendaists have ‘staked … Continue reading →

The hacker group Anonymous takes down the Canadian government. “How beauteous mankind is! O brave new e-world that has such people in’t!” (Shakespeare, The Tempest)

And so you who knew him long ago in the past, you who remember him as wild, free-souled, and somewhat careless in matters of the heart. Would you have guessed he would leave the 1960s glory that was Winnipeg? Would … Continue reading →

is playing with a three-year-old.

One test for senility or to check whether you’ve ‘lost it’ is to check and see if you’re wearing your briefs or panties inside out or not, and recognizing the difference.