Monthly Archives: June 2020

from “Return to Note”

“I am all the things I am A lot like you, I am all the things I am And you.” –James Mireau, friend, former student, filmmaker; Klark, “Return to Note”, Task Lighting album

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The Way of Technology:

We can do it and make more bucks off it, so it’s happening, baby. Example: Telus’s fascistic fibre-optics campaign to win the war with Shaw. “It’s gonna happen whether you like, want, or need it, baby.”

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Support our very depressed,

(Imagine our best writers without markets of readers…) …………………………………. underfinanced community especially through their online offerings. Kenney, the other premiers, and Trudeau need to get their asses in gear to help foundering arts groups and bookshops. It is impossible for … Continue reading

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“Grapes of Wrath”: Of Telus and Okies

And so the big combines rolled into 1930s Oklahoma, driving out the farmers, destroying their farms and farmhouses to earn a wage. Today in E-Town, the Telus crews roll thru neighborhoods tearing up lawns (befitting of a wasteland city), putting … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan’s 39th Album

Well, isn’t this another long overdue, worthy masterpiece. Rough and Rowdy Ways, a title suggesting his continuing nonconformity and legendary social criticism streak, consists of 9 reflective, self-expressive tunes on 1 CD and his 17 minute previously-released-online classic, “Murder Most … Continue reading

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Author of “The Graduate”,

the novel, much of the dialogue from which the movie retained. Obit: Charles Webb, 81. The influence of that movie was huge when it came out in 1967, such a pivotal year in many ways–my first year at university. I … Continue reading

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American Incompetence, Stupidity, and Waste:

1 million cheques sent out to dead people. 1.4 billion buckaroos flushed down the zombie toilet. Trumpian/GOP death culture at its best.

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Gustave Dore: The Fantastic 19th Century Illustrator

Dore (1833-1883)left us with an impressive body of work, best known to literature fans today. Above: he did 42 powerful illustrations of Coleridge’s classic poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and 26 imaginative illustrations for, arguably, the most famous … Continue reading

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Assorted Good Quotes

“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” –Oscar Wilde “I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” –Henry David Thoreau “Nature always wears … Continue reading

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18 Wonder-full Years of Personal Freedom

since leaving my 30-year teaching career in 2002. I have never regretted having, using, and enjoying that massive chunk of my life away from the classroom. Too many teachers are distracted by unnecessary money obsession priorities. There is so much … Continue reading

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