Take out a piece of paper and write this list in alphabetical order:
Macdonald, Mackenzie, Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, Tupper, Laurier, Borden, Meighen, King, Bennett, St. Laurent, Diefenbaker, Pearson, Trudeau, Clark, Turner, Mulroney, Campbell, Chretien, Martin, Harper

Uh… hello? Didn’t I just ask you to put the above list in alphabetical ( Read more... )

“Blob, come, or failure!” is an anagram of “mobile labour force”, so is “oracle of bimbo lure.” The people I love and the people they love are all scattered about in all the places they think they need to be to achieve their ambitions and lead the lifestyle they like. The tragedy is that, because our ambitions are all different, we can’t be ( Read more... )

Haven't read the first 75% of Chapter 1 of Buck's Ontology?
Have it read TO YOU by the brilliant, awesome grade five student who partially inspired the character of Jeanie.

Link:
www.fileden.com/files/2006/5/18/26565/Buck-Ontology.mp3

This is a cold reading. The analysis section at the end is incrediculous! (Incrediculous is my new favourite new word

There’s a stranger lurking in my house
And lounging on my couch,
I can’t relax there.
So how’s about a tune, love?

Apple blossom, Cameron Diaz,
Deccan Chargers, able-bodied,
Bachelor of Arts distribution centre,
Common data bus architecture.

There’s a sparking circuit in my brain,
And smoke smell in my mind,
I can’t relax there.
So how’s about a ( Read more... )

A lot of people are asking what happens in “Buck’s Ontology” after the first 75% of chapter 1 included in yesterday’s entry. Here is the gist.

The Rest of Chapter 1:

Buck doesn’t give Rueben the time of day; he does his math sheet for him then gets right back to his furious writing in the coiled blue notebook. At the ten-minute mark, though, the ( Read more... )

The aesthetics of chit chat

The spiral gallery at the Guggenheim is currently featuring an exhibit called “This Progress” by constructed situation artist Tino Sehgal. Visitors are greeted at its base by a smiling, precocious child who asks, “What is progress?”and engages them in conversation about their answers. They are passed on to an adolescent, ( Read more... )

Buck Gunnery has six little laminated books looped on a metal ring, one book for every day of the schedule. They all start the same, “When I come into the classroom there will be a Puzzle of the Day written on the whiteboard. I will go to Mr. Thackeray’s desk and find my puzzle scribbler in the pile. I will gently take my chair off my desk, sit in ( Read more... )

School bus drivers who’ve been at it a while worry about weeks like this, weeks when all the mornings are cold and all the afternoons are hot. They know that afternoon book bags stuffed with sweaters and jackets are irresistible; their big bulk and light weight make them nature’s most wonderful weapon for whimsy wallops between old friends. The ( Read more... )

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Mystical experiences are among the natural birthrights of all human beings. - Stanislav Grof

The universe is saturated with divinity. When there is even a tiny crack in our ego, spiritual truth invariably seeps in. Several different hammers can make a crack: dreams, meditation, prayer, hormone imbalances, drugs, natural beauty, art, music, or ( Read more... )