Ottawa: October 22, 2014
Living in Canada means something very different today than it did before yesterday morning. Not only do I live in Canada, but I live in Ottawa, where yesterday – on … Continue reading
My old man and Hank
Charles Bukowski’s empathy showed often enough in his writing, just at the right places, remarkably, that it continually renewed your faith in what he wrote, though I never got the … Continue reading
Monster Chiller Horror Greenhouse Theatre
The first 25 seconds of this video are just hilariously creepy/funny. Former serial-killer Vitali now grows peppers in his vast, bright white greenhouse, and demonstrates just how he does it … Continue reading
A Snippet Of Dialogue On DSK
A group of moderately successful fiction writers sit around and muse on the circumstances that Dominique Strauss-Kahn allowed to happen that led to his downfall. This fragment of an imaginary script … Continue reading
“Hi hansomm, I wwant your loove”.
According to my inbox today, size matters and I should care. Despite everything, “Natasha” is in love with me and wants me to click on her link to experience her insane desire. … Continue reading
Harper’s
I am reading the “Story” sections in my Harper’s now. I’ve been avoiding them for 2 years, because I was afraid they were too good, or too fictional, or both. … Continue reading
India
Got back the day before yesterday. With a 9-hour overnight layover in the Dubai airport, the return home will take a while to overcome, but going to India will stay … Continue reading
The Knight of Nyet
Even more fascinating as a study in delusion than Vladimir Putin’s quest to recreate the power and glory of the Soviet Union, is his Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, the “Knight … Continue reading
Forgiveness and the ‘feng shui’ lady
The feng shui lady told me that I am carrying too much anger, and that people who rub me the wrong way are actually showing me something I don’t like … Continue reading
A Musing On Beauty
It occurred to me as I was watching the Argentina-Switzerland World Cup match that our ability to see colour is not an accident. I wonder if it’s possible to determine … Continue reading
Flowers from Kiev (reconsidered)
There is unnerving power in these photographs. These photographs by Anastasia Taylor-Lind were published in June in the New York Times. They are simple portraits of some of the protesters from February who participated in … Continue reading
“This product is crap !”
I went on the Internet to see what others were saying about a camera that I was interested in buying. The first site I visited was, of course, Amazon.com. I … Continue reading
Molly and the Moorish Wall (and Abstract Expressionism — no, really)
Digging deep into my bag of ideas from before I had the idea of having a blog, who do I find but James Joyce! At the age of 26, I … Continue reading
Why Art
You are nominated three times for an Academy Award and win on the fourth nomination. You appear in 50 films and are considered one of the most profound actors of … Continue reading
Brothers, Sisters, Mothers, Fathers …
Dear M, Your brother’s email to you was awful; tactless and crude. As I’m a bit older than you, though not necessarily smarter, I’ll be bold and offer here some … Continue reading
Vladimir, Part 2
Not Your Grandfather’s Smart Phone How is the game different today? I would submit that America and Europe have been better at what seems to be squarely within the blind … Continue reading
Oscar
I have a real problem with Oscar Pistorius. This is the fellow of 27 who claims that he accidentally shot his girlfriend when he believed he was actually shooting at … Continue reading
The Times we live in (no pun intended)
There’s a lot to say in a first post. It’s not possible to get it all in, of course, especially at this time of night. But the world, for someone … Continue reading
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