Even if very few of them know his name, almost everyone in the greater Halifax area knows Steve Dooks.
For most people, Steve is “that guy who plays the piano at Pete’s“–one of Pete’s better ideas, by the way. In Bedford they think of him like this:
and people downtown think of him like this:
While I’m sure [...]
Picking up from here.
There are a few hair-raising quality-of-life issues in Los Angeles, such as the fact that attitudes towards racism, instead of getting more enlightened with education and time, are rampantly degenerating—a retrogression completely supported and for all intents and purposes whipped further backwards by the torch holders of Hollywood status quo. Racism, which [...]
I noticed a couple of interesting–at least to me–stories in the news recently about some really old books.
By far the more sensational story was the one about Codex Gigas, or Devil’s Bible, being put on display in Prague.
That fact that it’s on display is perhaps less interesting than the fact that it exists at all. [...]
One thing that the article about Steve didn’t go into was how he was spending his “summer off” after ending his hockey career.
I think I can explain that in pictorial form. Here’s a picture from late summer:
and here’s a picture from early fall:
Steve’s quote: “42.5 inches, 16.5 lbs. I still want the big one.”
I wonder [...]
I am shocked to discover that the previous post was number one thousand. Damn, that’s a lot of my blather.
To celebrate my millenipost, I present some of my favourite Latin poetry. This piece is commonly referred to by the highly creative and poetic name “Catallus 5″, since it’s the fifth of surviving works of Catallus.
Vivamus, [...]
I just had a Thanksgiving conversation with my little1 brother, who is five days into his new career today. That reminds me that I need to post something about the big story that ran in our hometown paper about the end of his last career.
Normally I’m used to seeing my brother in papers in a [...]
Any system you contrive without us
will be brought down
We warned you before
and nothing that you built has stood
Hear it as you lean over your blueprint
Hear it as you roll up your sleeve
Hear it once again
Any system you contrive without us
will be brought down
You have your drugs
You have your guns
You have your Pyramids your Pentagons
With all [...]
You may recall my mention that I’m really enjoying my couple-of-pages-a-day reading of Cintra Wilson’s book. Well, here’s a quote about Los Angeles that stood out for me while reading the book, presented for your amusement:
The “Ha-ha, Satan lives in L.A.” jokes are not really funny anymore, because they’re too eerily true. There’s so many [...]
If you read this blog closely, you will have noticed a few mentions of Matt Hughes, particularly including my mention of being startled at finding out there was a Hughes chapbook forthcoming from a publisher I had previously never heard of.
Well, you can be sure I’ll be paying a lot more attention to Payseur And [...]
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