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(Universities in Canada have largely lost their former humanities-based vision, respectful civility and tolerance for others’ beliefs and opinions, and free-ranging, intense intellectual activity without regard to myriad personal agendas.) The old Romantic idea of immersion in Nature is largely gone … Continue reading →

Giant shoes @ Southgate and a heap of steel balls far off the road on the Quesnell. Gives new meanings to the phrases: “Expansion of the human spirit” and “The gift of insight”.

An insufferable, smarmy, smart-assed show-off. Drew Remenda: same kind of egotistical, limited person doing the Oilers TV hockey broadcasts. I would most definitely not want to spend one second in the company of either.

In our wonderful brave new world in which high-school students learn about financial planning, political correctness, and the environment, and university courses have become politicized and no longer highlight the major names of Western civilization, I wonder how many of the … Continue reading →

“Dear sir or madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write. Won’t you take a look?” -Paul McCartney, “Paperback Writer” Happy 75th, Paul! • Confession: The “cute” Beatle, the one many girls liked best, was, initially … Continue reading →

“I know what it’s like to freeze to death.”–James Taylor, “The Frozen Man” There are replicas of the better parts of us, hidden here in an ice floe at the top of the world. You always liked walking on ice … Continue reading →

1. What is my bliss? What do I like? What am I into? What am I passionate about? What can I lose myself in/distract myself with? What is positively engaging, immersive, and distracting in my life? 2. What am I … Continue reading →

And with the arrival of new life arrives a surge of warmth, pleasure, engagement, wonder, joy, meaning and purpose such as you have not known in a very long time. And you will rediscover play and, most important of all, … Continue reading →

“The stars are in one’s brain.”–Bertrand Russell (attributed to, by R.D. Laing in The Politics of Experience) …………………………………………………………………………………………. …in that life, as experienced by the individual, is primarily and mostly a subjective affair, and that our sense of others and … Continue reading →

than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering you’re on the wrong wall.–Joseph Campbell (Also, when you’re not getting back anything resembling the great amount you’re giving, sharing, and putting out.)