In celebration of 40 years, Hasbro has been running an ongoing stream of episodes of the G.I. Joe series. It is a media franchise with a fascinating history. It was a show I did not watch as a kid, nor were any of the action figures part of my collections. It was not really my […]
In my latest book “Let Nothing Go To Waste”, I share some reflections and fun memories when I was a regular cinema goer in the chapter “At The Movies”. Let me summarize briefly. I’m not a fan of the theater anymore. You cannot press pause on the film. If you get up for food or […]
There is so much chaos that has been in the news the past week. Events that bring such dark clouds over humanity are supposed to be the catalyst for change. Uvalde Texas. Only a few weeks after a tragedy in Buffalo, New York. There are always similar events in America that do not get as […]
I am old enough to remember watching the televangelism boom of the 80’s and 90’s. Where charlatans and grifters begged for money from followers under the guise of religion. It is 2022, and prosperity preachers are still finding ways to prey on the vulnerable. They promise growth of personal wealth, supernatural miracles of health and […]
30 years ago today on May 19, 2022, KISS released the first album after the passing of powerhouse drummer Eric Carr. It marked a sonic directional change with a more raw sound than what was experienced in all of the records post “Creatures of The Night”. It was an interesting time for music with the […]
In March of 2020, there was much going on around us all. Through the chaos, there was some beautiful clarity to be found in the music of Gordon Lightfoot. “Solo” is an intimate experience of a master craftsman delivering inspired performances. Gordon Lightfoot remains one of my favourite artists. I cherish the records of his […]
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Note taking and note writing does not have to be a series of coherent sentences. Occasionally, I will be writing out the literal first words that come to mind. Reading back many of those sentences out loud creates hilarity. You end up stringing together a series of non sequiturs that could sound ridiculous. So far, […]
One of my earliest kid memories was of having a tabletop hockey game in the house. Classic setup of Toronto versus Montreal. As kids, we literally beat out the entire structure of this one game. It was replaced with another one in the late eighties. It would be demolished in even shorter time. I was […]
In an effort to overcome self-confidence concerns, learn to understand something about the trade and craft that people do not think. Accept the consequences with what happens. So if your first draft or first sentence works. Accept the consequences. If it needs revision, accept that it needs revision. Good writers learn to encapsulate emotion, encapsulate […]
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