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Buck Henry, 89. Fine comedy screenwriter and droll bit part actor. The Graduate owes a lot to him.

this blog remains a personal record of daily consciousness (thoughts and experiences) that would otherwise have evaporated in the process of the daily whirligig. I, personally, am glad I have ‘saved’ a lot of memories, feelings, ideas, and core beliefs … Continue reading →

This is one of the great bottom-lines of all the literature I’ve read and great movies I’ve seen as well as personal experiences I’ve had. We all get a little “soiled” in the working as Hamlet pointed out. All of … Continue reading →

(a beautiful black and white version directed by and starring the great Laurence Olivier) (a recommended resource I bought and used for my gr. 12 class in 1967; this is still the most engaging look of a student book version … Continue reading →

Jan. 17, 1991. I’ve certainly not forgotten the U.S. bombing Baghdad as the world watched on CNN, wondering if the world would still be here the next day. Wasn’t last evening much the same as CNN and MSNBC covered the … Continue reading →

Over 15,000 so far in his 3 years of presidency. Jason Kenney is starting to add more lies to his own count. He lied, of course, about a ‘”software problem” on the Rutherfords for students anxiously waiting for them.

A surprisingly faithful adaption of Dickens’ classic. Veteran Michael Caine gives an unexpected emotional performance as Scrooge that audiences can identify with. Kermit the Frog plays Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy his wife, and a host of Muppet regulars and new … Continue reading →

well-acquainted with an overall sadness about the human condition because of the numerous injustices in the world and the unnecessary ‘human errors’ and egoic choices that cause unnecessary pain, suffering, and deaths of others, especially of the innocent, unsuspecting, and … Continue reading →

The climate crisis, worse than ever, with huge wildfires in Australia. It was Rachel Carson in the 1960s who first brought the crisis to North American attention with her landmark book Silent Spring, which was about the careless widespread use … Continue reading →

The Juniors to win the Gold Medal. Didn’t look good when they lost 6-zip in the first game against the Russians. Nor in the last game as their captain screamed in pain when he was injured and as a flu … Continue reading →