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- I wanted to be a beatnik but my parents wouldn’t let me by And I Still Think So on Nov 20, 2009 in Uncategorized
At some point in my teens I decided that I wanted to read Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. That was the book, published in 1957, of which Truman Capote said: “That’s not writing; that’s typing.” For me, understanding little of ‘hip’ or its p...
- Standing on the PO steps watching all the girls go by by And I Still Think So on Nov 19, 2009 in Uncategorized
Courtenay Post Office after the 1946 earthquake We tend to forget the way it was and it’s a human failing to not fully appreciate or even understand the mammoth changes society has undergone in a matter of a couple of decades. We are so immersed in...
- Excuse us for wondering when Iggy’s gonna pop by And I Still Think So on Nov 17, 2009 in Uncategorized
I was struck by a comment offered on a recent blog of mine by erudite and always interesting blogger friend, French Fancy, in which she wondered about the Canadian political fortunes of Michael Ignatieff. What I will do here is quote her query direct...
- I’m still a clean-cut boy but I want to paint nekkid women by And I Still Think So on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized
As many of you already know, I paint a little. I mean here the artistry sort of painting, not bathroom or kitchen walls, though I’m a reasonably dab-hand at that sort of painting, too. But, I’ve knocked off a few items over the years that are ess...
- Hey, schools, here’s a plan: Why not actually prepare kids for a better life? by And I Still Think So on Nov 15, 2009 in Uncategorized
Yesterday I conducted an interview for an article I’ve been commissioned to write concerning the philosophy behind one of the neatest damn stores in the community. It’s a small grocery store that purveys as much as possible local organic produce,...
- Better an ‘ambivert’ than some other kinds of ‘verts’ I can think of by And I Still Think So on Nov 12, 2009 in Uncategorized
For years I have wondered what I was – I mean aside from being a rivetingly handsome, dashing and charming late middle-aged dude – because there are aspects of my being that seem contradictory. As for the aforementioned personal affirmations abou...
