KCCCC Day 23: the Apple Watch entry
The future is here. Lisa gave me an Apple Watch as a present. I have been lusting after one for months. So, I am writing today’s entry entirely on an…
Warren
Hot Nasties play ‘Teenage Lament’
Written by Pierre and me when we were 17 or so; reprised here, 35 years later. We had a very positive view of the future, as you can see. When…
Kinsellabration 2015 now over
I can resume my career as a beach sketchbook artist. Later.
KCCCC Day 22: Election 42, as seen from Maine
So, we got hitched down by the ocean. Nothing fancy, lots of family and friends, Hot Nasties reunion, lobster, weather was great. And I got to marry my best friend.…
Today
No KCCCC today. Getting, you know, married. That’s me and my gal before the Red Sox game this week. She makes me pretty happy. She is smart and sensitive and…
The Hot Nasties reunite after 35 years!
They play I Am A Confused Teenager! They’re not teenagers anymore! The Palma Violets sort of like this song! Four people were there to witness history!
KCCCC Day 19: bits and pieces, this and that
Deyz Nutz: The fictional presidential candidate is the only politician I’ve heard my kids talking about. They think it’s hilarious. Having helped run a fictional candidate for Calgary’s St. Bonaventure…
My good friend Glen wants to send me a wedding present
That’s Glen McGregor, up there. We are not huge fans of each other. He’s apparently poking around, at the moment, asking questions about federal aboriginal work I’m doing. I’ve done…
KCCCC Day 18: two related things I find hilarious, and one thing that isn’t
Ashley Madison leak – hilarious: Can you imagine how many politicos and mandarins have been living in terror about this? Ottawa isn’t just Hollywood for Ugly People™ – it’s Bacchanalia…
KCCCC Day 17: on loose cannons
A loose cannon: Noun – a person who cannot be controlled and who does or says things that cause problems, embarrassment, etc., for others There are a few rolling around…
I meet up with an old friend in Maine
I attracted several worried stares, but I cared not. Friendship comes first.
Butts told me I wouldn’t be green lit because I was “too controversial”
…that’s what I thought about when I heard about Justin Trudeau’s prize candidate Ala Buzreba. And then I thought: I wouldn’t want to be a candidate for a party that…
KCCCC Day 16: this week’s Hill Times column
KINGSTON – If there is anything remarkable about campaign 2015, it’s that it isn’t remarkable at all. Despite all the Sturm und Drang about Nigel Wright’s testimony, or the leaders’…
KCCCC Day 16: this week’s Hill Times column
KINGSTON – If there is anything remarkable about campaign 2015, it’s that it isn’t remarkable at all. Despite all the Sturm und Drang about Nigel Wright’s testimony, or the leaders’…
The Haida Raven ring on my finger
Soon to be replaced by another one. (Getting marriage licence this morning.)
KCCCC Day 15: a campaign about nothing
Nothing. That’s what Election 42 resembles from this distance, or from close up. Nothing. From today’s Hill Times column: Which I will post in its entirety soon enough: “If there…
KCCCC Day 14: we get letters!
I’m on a beach in Maine. Lala is asleep, as are most of our four teenage boys. I am watching people do odd yoga things or walk their dogs. The…
KCCCC Day 13: greetings from Albany!
Did you know? You can’t get anything gluten-free at Dunkin’ Donuts? Or that they call Lala “a model”? (She is more beautiful than that, if you ask me.) Anyway. Gotta…
KCCCC Day 13: see you in two weeks, Canada
I’m off (with Sons 1 and 3)! Leaving for Maine early this morn. Will be busy doing that, so quick hits: The cheapest sneer is the sneer about someone’s faith:…