With a wink and a nudge, David Lennam explores the feverishly excessive roots of Valentine’s Day — and today’s overrated orgy of commercialism.
About David Lennam
David Lennam is a Victoria-based writer and broadcaster, regularly appearing on CBC Radio and in the pages of both Douglas and YAM magazines.
David also produces and hosts Shaw TV’s weekly arts and entertainment show and teaches a class in journalism.
A previous career in newspapers was fruitful, as was inventive, award-winning work in talk radio and with television’s irreverent “Art Attack”.
A Calgarian who fled the Prairies long ago, David has been based on the West Coast, off and on, since the late 80s.
He is attempting to set a personal best in “holiday taking”.
Putting Death and Life in Perspective
“Any man’s death diminishes me,” he once intoned, quoting Donne, “because I am involved in mankind.” It made me sad enough to cry, but I didn’t. Instead, I considered how the recent death of a friend had wounded me like a splinter, one that I could not remove. The more I fussed to pull at it, the deeper it settled in my skin and the more irritated the flesh around it grew.
When It’s All Said and Done, Who Will be Left but the Cockroach?
You only have to look at some reliable documentary footage to realize that bugs are capable of growing into behemoths at whim — or at least when they sniff some radioactive fallout — and terrorizing humankind!
Ten Tips to Make the Winter Olympics More Watchable
Writer David Lennam analyzes the Winter Olympics and offers ten tips to make them much more watchable, including lessons from the Jamaican Bobsled Team.