dan from UIC
Leonard Cohen said one of the best things I ever heard a dying man say. “I hope it isn’t too painful”. That’s about right. Dan died, Dan who’s surname as […]
Bob Wiseman
dentist fills
I met an older guy on the subway platform last fall, I thought he looked like a professor I heard of at York. I asked him but he wasn’t. We […]
as you start to walk out of the way, the way appears
One of the earliest books I obtained that deeply “worked” was the Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu. There are other titles for it and other names for the author, […]
only a flesh wound
Once upon a time, Amnesty International had a songwriting contest, I sent in a song with a metaphor about pirates, I lost to Bryan Adams. A few years ago Dan […]
george
Watched music videos of artists I never saw as young people which led to viewing Lowell George who I never got into, which led to discovering he played on Harry […]
voices in the head
It is warming up. Only so many weeks before there will be out of control grape vine growth, now is the annual time to wonder if I can get it […]
drawer boy
The Drawer Boy won last night at the Canadian Film Fest and I scored it. Fun to revise my CV this morning and add 2018 Best Feature Film. Best part […]
ai weiwei
I didn’t understand the piece where he is smashing an ancient vase. Felt offended until I saw what the cultural revolution destroyed in the name of being modern, plus the […]
the 10th victim
There is a movie I like so much, seen it 5 times. Made in the mid 60s called La Decima Vittima. About us, in the 21rst century, and the state […]
The scholarship list
Student showed up earlier than everyone else this morning, before I asked he volunteered, “I didn’t sleep last night so I just came here.” This is the same student who […]