Monthly Archives: March 2020

Quite the treat on a comfort food level these days. Highly recommended: Kraft Only Peanuts Smooth All Natural–no sugar, no salt. Requires storage upside down and stirring before use. But, man, if you ever want to taste The Real Thing, … Continue reading →

Title of a Guess Who song. The extent of indoctrination cannot be undertold. Guns: an acceptable, conventional part of growing up male in America. This illustration from an American comic, 1964. A lot of the Classics Ilustrated series with its … Continue reading →

His classic plague short story: “The Masque of the Red Death”, which I had the distinct pleasure to anthologize twice for Canadian grade 12 English students. Who could have guessed how truly timeless and prophetic this tale would turn out … Continue reading →

along with consumption of more snack food as people laze about watching phones and tv not moving. There will, undoubtedly, be a major mass decline in North Americans’ health in the coming months unless they are getting fresh air, moving … Continue reading →

First year u, Arts, University of Winnipeg

and you die a horrible, needless death. Like that poor schnook who died after consuming the fishtank tab, thinking it contained what T endorsed. He should be sued for misleading the public: over 16,000 false claims in his first three … Continue reading →

“Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray And though she feels as if she’s in a play She is anyway In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer We … Continue reading →

2 days ago. I had to cancel a May trip planned. There are many nice things to do in Victoria (afternoon tea at the Empress, a horse carriage ride through the back streets, the Bateman and BC museums, the shops … Continue reading →

On YouTube: “Murder Most Foul” An outstanding American cultural/pop allegory. Right up there with Phil Och’s “The Crucifixion” classic.

“Journey of the Magi”, a rare 4 page hand-sewn paperback, written by T.S. Eliot, published by Faber and Gwyer in 1927. 5000 copies were printed, but in 2020 you can’t find a copy for sale except ones of the 350 … Continue reading →