Monthly Archives: April 2024

(A play adaptation by Arthur Miller I used to teach grade 12s back in 1972-78. Ibsen’s play contained many teachable conflicts and themes. I used to cast members of the class to read aloud the play and make it come … Continue reading →

She doesn’t care that neonatal intensive care units are at capacity in Edmonton, does nothing to address this crisis, talks of expanding Calgary’s units (!), and is quite prepared to fly Edmonton infants without local facilities to Calgary or out … Continue reading →

Uh, how about “Sleepy Don’? At least twice in two days at his first criminal trial. He shall continue to be ‘ground down’ by the many days of the endless trial/s to come. This will, no doubt, cause him to … Continue reading →

about sending sick Edmonton babies to Calgary or other provinces since they’re Edmonton babies and the local neonatal emergency facilities don’t, therefore, matter. Everything the UCP does is in in revenge against the liberal feds or Albertans of the opposite … Continue reading →

Old Furniture I know not how it may be with others Who sit amid relics of householdry That date from the days of their mothers’ mothers. But well I know how it is with me Continually. I see the hands … Continue reading →

there will be some jealous, stupid, bigoted troll out there who will dump on your parade. One huge diff from the good old days when this kind of nasty rudeness was generally kept more in check in a more civilized, … Continue reading →

A poor man’s version of a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, status-wise.

(Looking much like the above pic. Single long-line formation punctuated by hoo-ooo sounds.)

Director of the documentary behind-the-scenes of her husband Francis Ford’s epic war classic about Vietnam Apocalypse Now.

the people of Alberta. Each of their crazy and stupid choices is against Albertans, not for them. And never do they improve the health care crisis or stop their war on doctors and nurses. For the former, it’s all about … Continue reading →