This actually happened to me while waiting for a 155 bus on 6th St here in New Westminster, British Columbia. There is a notable Anglo-Saxon word beginning with ‘F’ which played a large part in the dialogue. Since this is a family blog, I’ve rendered that ancient and well-traveled word of Germanic (ig)nobility with some […]
The Love Letter
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden loved only one woman in his entire life, his wife Nellie. For more than two decades after Nellie died, he wrote a love letter to her each month on the anniversary of her death. This video of John Wooden shows a simple but profound man who found the real secret to a happy life. LOVE.
Make Sure You Come Over With an Empty Stomach!
Living in the multicultural society that we do, I am sure many of you have friends who are from India. Maybe most you already know about what I am going to explain in the next few paragraphs, but I feel it is compulsory to let those of you who don’t know that there are a […]
Do “Looney” Cartoon Characters Show Signs of Mental Illness?
It’s a hotbed of psychopathology rivaling that of any daytime soap opera. These individuals cover the entire spectrum of mental illness as outlined by the psychiatrist’s bible, the so called DSM-IV (revised).
I am referring, of course, to the stable of unstable “Retro” cartoon characters to which Warner Brothers subjects our children on a regular basis.
“What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?”
While most people were buying Anti-dandruff shampoo or Satnav kits or summer socks for a Fathers’ Day present, I was haring off to Finistere (Land’s End), in Brittany, to celebrate the Father of the Free French – Charles de Gaulle.
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part VIII: With Regret
As he writes his tenth novel in the Malazan series, Steven Erikson’s fiction comes face to face with sharp truth as one of his characters puts into words a reality Steven was not ready to face.
Who Knew Hollywood Has Architecture?
After you’ve been swept up in the glitz and glitter of Hollywood and seen the attractions, trying looking up … way up. You’ll see some beautiful architecture often forgotten amidst the bright lights and stars.
Did Epilepsy Lead to the Foundation of Christianity?
Did an epileptic seizure lay the groundwork for Christianity to spread through the Roman Empire two thousand years ago? Writer and doctor George Burden takes readers on a fascinating journey of medical discovery.
John Scofield — Scorched — Victoria International JazzFest 2010
“I started out so inspired by my elders, and I got to play with many of the guys I listened to on records, like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock , and Steve Swallow for that matter. Then you get to pass it on. That’s the way life works. In music, we really […]
Full Frontal Spain: Of Bullfights and Old Bull
On a trip to Madrid, Julia McLean takes her husband to see a bullfight and discovers a combination of bravery, splendour and old bull.
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