Monthly Archives: June 2016

Why be a goddamned fake to curry favor with indifferent or hostile others who could care less whether you live or die or just to make money?

Well, everyone needs a holiday because of this context. Below, just some of the things going on via media check-ins the past two weeks. A 94-year-old Nazi convicted of helping to send 170,000 concentration camp prisoners to their deaths gets … Continue reading →

On my morning bike ride, spotted a big pile of toxic cigarette butts on the street. I guess the smoker figured Mom would pick them up, or kids, or pets.

Read Robert Fulford’s insightful “Is the future going out of print?” in National Post, June 6, 2016. (Just Google the title to get to it.)

We walk the battlements like Othello and Iago after the last invasion of armed tourists. We peer through the interstices where cannons once protruded, the wake of a yacht cutting across the deep blue. The waves break on the rocks … Continue reading →

(Place de Dublin, 2016, beyond Caillebotte) City of Light the famous corner, park across the street stone fountain gushing absurdly in the rain. A 20ish waif in pale short coat, blonde hair wound onto her back, bare legs reaching up … Continue reading →

Front page of Edm. Sun this a.m.: Green Drop ad proclaiming– “Your Lawn at It’s Best” (spelling/punctuation: another one bites the dust)

‘Cato’ in the Pink Panther movies/Burt Kwok. 85.

The unnecessary zoo gorilla death story. One can’t assume that all those who have kids are not ignorant, mega-irresponsible, careless, and a danger to their own kids and others, including animals. I have seen myriad cases and stories of this kind over … Continue reading →

King Tut’s dagger included meteorite matter. Hundreds of Roman tablets unearthed in London. No doubt more revelations and info to follow.