I didn’t have many occasions to go to the movies when I was young. Only one theatre in town, a limited selection of blockbusters on their single screen, no money. All the right reasons. One title managed to stay in the brain, and tonight it came back.
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Woke up this morning, and you were on my mind. Whew! Not only is that one a perfect earworm for Wednesday, but it reflects how my day began.
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From now on, I’m going to be less trusting of the history I’ve been taught. There’s something about the colour of a story, once the politicians have been given a chance at the crayon box.
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The Boss wrote about it: “57 Channels (And Nothing On)”. Seinfeld et al made a series within a series about it: “Yeah, but nothing happens on the show. You see, it’s just like life.” For those who doubt the veracity, here’s my latest offering for proof that nature abhors a vacuum, even if the only opting is to fill it with yet more vacuum. Up on one of the really rarely visited cable channels, I watched an episode of Tow Biz.
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What do you remember about the place where you were born? Especially if you didn’t live there for a long time, and you haven’t been to visit for an even longer time. Does the place change shape with time?
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I finally had a look behind the curtain, into the job of clandestine ticket resellers. I much prefer my own employment, thanks anyway. It takes deep pockets (to front for your business), a willingness to answer the phone no matter what else you are scheduled to be doing, a sense of impending deadlines (the show must go on) and a slim chance of actually showing a profit. Of course, those same rules fit just about any business. A tip for those who would like to test this profession: make sure the tickets you want to sell are in your possession. It saves embarrassment.
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Even the young deserve to have their “in the final days”. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed a growing frequency of “Best of Decade” mentions. Odd, I thought. Is there something special about the calendar? And then it came to me: we’re into the nineth year of the Oh-Ohs.
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Good news bears repeating. This weekend, at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, the winner in the Traditional Singer of the Year category was Colette Cheverie. I’ve mentioned her work (several times) before; it appears that my opinion is shared.
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Blame it on the food you had for supper. Blame it on the book you were reading just before curfew. From time to time, you will wake from that precious slumber, hours before the scheduled moment, and you will lie there thinking about things that are, as my kids say, “Pas rapport!”
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One of those little pleasures; kicking back and reading a good book. Except that not every book qualifies. Sometimes, you have to work your way through from beginning to end, just to see if the original premise of the author will hold. I’ve just finished that “awaited bestseller” by Dan Brown, the Lost Symbol, and my critical sense is tingling again.
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