Monthly Archives: April 2021

On Friday afternoons, we had a free period at the end of the day that could be used for homework and study. I dragooned a couple of classmates into staging a ‘hip’ reading of the wall scene in A Midsummer … Continue reading →

On my short list:Tightrope (Clint Eastwood and Bujold)The Iceman Cometh (American Theatre’s presentation)Insomnia (Pacino and Williams)Jesus of Montreal (satire on religion and modern culture)The Godfather seriesBleak House (BBC series)Week-end (Godard)War and Peace (Russian)selections from the BBC Shakespeare and Henrik Ibsen … Continue reading →

when I was young in the late ’50s and he was in Winnipeg still, training to go into the navy. I just noticed online that he passed away in Halifax in his 80s and had been a career navy man. … Continue reading →

think of all the greats already forgotten or who will soon be forgotten. I wonder how many of the following geniuses and greats are actually known today and/or will be forgotten by subsequent generations: AquinasAristotleBachBeethovenIngmar BergmanBlakeRachel CarsonCervantesCharlemagneChekhovConstableda VinciDanteDarwinDescartesDickensDickinsonDurerEinsteinErasmusGalileoGoetheGoyaHandelStephen HawkingHomer (not … Continue reading →

is the most honest, thorough, best ever done on this famous American writer. Although Hem had talent and some great, memorable books, he was a failure as a decent, kind, compassionate, responsible human being, drinking himself to death after numerous … Continue reading →

if you’ll have to walk 15-20 minutes to get to a bus all winter? Why use it if you are constantly at risk of being robbed and assaulted at transit centres? City Council has blown it bigtime and will only … Continue reading →

that broke the camel’s back for Nenshi and Iveson. The former had to manage the big flood and hailstorm. The latter was not prepared to fix the mess he created city-wide with the LRT expansions. Of the two, Iveson should … Continue reading →

is always more than one perspective/take on any experience, any problem, any issue. Hence, perpetual conflicts, arguments, and disagreements between any two people.

starting tonight (Mon. Apr. 5) on PBS. Should be interesting. (above: his buddy Hotchner’s legendary bio of Papa–recommended also)

(why I went into teaching) was incredibly important in saving, maintaining, and bettering the world, and still do today and in the future. If you read the draft document for K to 6 in Alberta, you’d have good reason that … Continue reading →