And I Still Think So
Blog URL http://mrwriteon.wordpress.com/
Located Comox, British Columbia Canada
Tags Humor, Politics, Popular culture, Addiction and Recovery, Journalism
An eclectic, general interest blog on a wide array of topics, presented with humor and candor usually, but sometimes very serious.
Latest Blog Posts
- I wanted to be a beatnik but my parents wouldn’t let me 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 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 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 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? 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 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...
- Baking whoopie! on Nov 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
The fragrance of fresh bread baking is almost as alluring as Chanel #5 in the cleavage of a lover and the anticipated delights to follow nearly as enticing. No, not completely so. I’m not that elderly yet. But, I love baking bread. I have a loaf on...
