“how can a free spirit ever possibly take flight living in a place called BARRIE?” i scream this at my mother who cannot seem to understand why i am packing up my ’75 datsun b210 rustbucket and driving 2,000 miles away to take a job in alberta. my mother isn’t getting it, but my 22-year-old […]
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cutting the cord
three days and counting. on saturday, i made a phone call to my cable provider, asking them to disconnect my service. the chop comes on wednesday. why? because, to paraphrase the boss: “57 bazillion channels and there’s nothing on.” this decision did not come easily. i’m a boomer; part of a proud, gluttonous generation that […]
quote of the day
This heart, I know, To be long loved was never framed, For something in its depths doth glow Too strange, too restless, too untamed. — Matthew Arnold, A Farewell
Autographed copy
She is traveling downtown on the bus. She is reading his novel while traveling downtown on the bus. She wonders if the other passengers are aware it is an autographed copy she is reading on the bus. She is reading his novel and wants the other passengers to know it is an autographed copy that […]