Posts Tagged: Books, Mags, Newspapers, Comics
Friday Chat From Maine
Posted by on Friday, July 14, 2006 in - 25 comments
It's been a good week here on the coast. Kids have been in a day camp for the • first time. Might be the last. You spend your holiday answering to the needs and • demands of teen councillors. What is wrong with that picture? Besides, getting • them on the bus is too early. Why can't day camp …
Wee Giftie From The Flea
Posted by on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in - leave a comment
After yesterday's dreary content up until the blue bums, it appears that I seem to need need to shake things up and what better than with a bit of hot Flea-sourced content with a kilty twist, like this bit Dr. F sent by email. I am not sure if there is a pulp fiction cover generator out there but …
Celebrity Fitba
Posted by on Tuesday, July 4, 2006 in - 1 comment
An excellent observation in John Doyle's column in the Globe this morning on the relationship of the fans with the now disintegrating former World Cup playing English team: • “...for a second, I thought I was imagining things, thanks to my usual four hours sleep. I thought I saw, among the …
A Great New Conspiracy!
Posted by on Monday, July 3, 2006 in - 1 comment
Nothing like waking up a little later than ususal on a holiday in lieu. See, Canada Day was a Saturday so now something between 37% and 68% of Canadians get Monday off. What better conditions for a nutbar of an idea to be floated in the news so that we can all sit around on lawn chaise-lounges …
Update On Indecency As Pop Culture Icon
Posted by on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 in - leave a comment
Mongery noting with Ian making three excellent • observations on the idiocy of certain pop culture referencing in our time of fear.* • “*Please review here for backstory on fear. Please also note continuing and keen lack of interest in issues relating to AttendsTM-based reality.”
Wells On Ken Dryden
Posted by on Monday, June 12, 2006 in - 5 comments
Even if Paul Wells has signed Harper's sheet for permitted to access to the exercise of the (and our) now freedom-ette of the press, he is also a fine writer by times, like this encapsulation of Ken Dryden, distant relative in law, contained in a larger piece about the Liberal leadership debate on …
Mutton BBQ
Posted by on Thursday, June 1, 2006 in - 8 comments
905 miles • Amongst the texts and pamphlets cluttering up the house with tissue boxes and bottles of Buckleys is that copy of Roadfood I just picked up along with the authors' autobiography. Low and behold on pages 152 and 155 there are entries for two BBQ joints in Owensboro, on the Kentucky …
On The Run But Maybe Unnecessarily
Posted by on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 in - 18 comments
It's one of those days I try to plan to never have. Back from work after ten at night and then in the office before eight. It's not so much the in the office thing as in the office in black shoes thing. • So I am on the run. But first....why do we care about this? • “ • Americans are 42 …
Still Out Of It
Posted by on Monday, May 29, 2006 in - 14 comments
There is little joy in an extended bout of whatever. I am convinced a one day bout is a luxury to be permitted of oneself and sleep is generally the best cure. But the principle is not to be extended - meaning five days of raw lungs is just a drag. Through it does remind me that in Poland the only …
Beer and Popinjays
Posted by on Monday, April 10, 2006 in - leave a comment
I am starting a collection of passages related to beer and popinjays. I have one: • “At Schiedam in Holland before the Reformation, monks, beguines, other religious, inmates of the leper's house, and ship carpenter building ships all drank excise-free beer. The schoolteacher, a minor town …
