‘On that train of graphite and glitter Undersea by rail Ninety minutes from New York to Paris Well by ’76, we’ll be a-ok What a beautiful world this will be…’ -Donald Fagen, I.G.Y Even though it was a rare, sunny late afternoon outside, I went into a dark but comfortable movie theatre to see the […]
I’m getting too lean… Living so clean… Fresh air and carrots are making me mean… I’m acting too damn nice…. I need a vice…. David Wilcox I Need A Vice We all have had our bad habits or things we’ve loved but we know weren’t good for you and, sooner or later, you had […]
A few years ago I attended a 25 year reunion of my high school grad class in PIckering, Ontario. During one of the events, I was getting caught up with someone who I not only knew in high school, but went to grade school with. We had many chats over that weekend about how we […]
I can imagine what you’re thinking while you’re looking at this picture… Rather than think that, look at my face. I can tell you exactly what I was thinking at that moment….this was one of the greatest moments of my life. He was the man who showed me how cool it was to make people […]
For many people of my generation, Remembrance Day is not lost on us. We are the sons and daughters of men and women who either fought, served or lost their lives in war, but also many of our parents had lived under occupation in Europe. Both my mother and father were teenagers in the Netherlands […]
As I’m writing this, the BC Lions are getting their helmets kicked in the Eastern Division Semi-Final…not the way you want to end a season. Certainly not the way you want a career to end to, especially when you’re the most iconic coach in the CFL. Wally Buono deserved a better final game. When he […]