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Archive for April, 2004

If Dogs Run Free, Why Not We…

Friday, April 16th, 2004

If I had to tell what I’m writing, I couldn’t do it because I’m sick in bed with one of those awful sore throats (think 1000s of little razor blades, a million paper cuts, that sort of thing) which crops up as a symptom in some kinds of viral or bacterial illnesses. For those around […]

Some Canada – US differences: why privatisation is against the law (according to the Book, anyway)

Monday, April 12th, 2004

Since I can’t really describe how gorgeous it is here (this picture isn’t current), I won’t bore you with clich�s, but yesterday W. and I were walking together along Dallas Road, which is a stretch of public parkland south of Beacon Hill Park, high above ocean bluffs. It’s also the “dogs off-leash” zone, year round. […]

Wilder and wilder

Sunday, April 11th, 2004

“Nobody’s perfect!” It’s been a vacationing type of weekend around here, with both kids — but especially about to turn 13 son — quite sick with some sort of coughing, fevered bug, and lots and lots of really warm sunshine and sweet-scented air because of the weeks and weeks of blooming stuff we’ve been having, […]

Fundelupa b-day

Friday, April 9th, 2004

Happy birthday to Fundelupa (sorry, I can’t find your email link…). While you’re there, check out her Elders of Pannon link — it’s a hoot! Go, Hungary! And as usual, great photos, too.

C’mon, confess!

Tuesday, April 6th, 2004

I had a “virtual – real” overlap moment tonight while at S.I.D.E.S.‘s School Planning Council meeting. It wasn’t my idea at all, but somehow, another parent brought up the subject of “lurking” on websites, and that she lurks on my blog, too. We agreed that lurking is a fun and useful thing to do, and […]

A bit of memoir: portrait of a child with different men

Monday, April 5th, 2004

Comments in my blog entry about the “Hyenas on leashes” (Violent anachronism) made me think about my own racism — latent and overt? — which in turn made me think about my first encounter with an African. An actual encounter, that is, not a mediated one. Since we didn’t have a tv until I was […]

Nail-up, Pin-up, same difference: meet Image Boy

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004

In today’s Toronto Star, What a trend we have in Jesus by David Graham: …celebrities, including Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher and Pamela Anderson, have been spotted wearing “Jesus is My Home Boy” T-shirts and baseball hats. The shirts and caps appeal to religious and fashion types, explains Chris Hoy, a partner in Teenage […]

Tangled Up in Pink????

Friday, April 2nd, 2004

I’m stunned. Never thought this would happen. Bob Dylan is making commercials for Victoria’s Secret. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Brian Steinberg writes that Bob Dylan Gets Tangled Up in Pink: A mustachioed Mr. Dylan, 62 years old, appears in a new television ad for the sexy chain’s “Angels” line while models cavort to a […]

Violent anachronism

Thursday, April 1st, 2004

Since I just wrote something about houses and bodies and frightening transformations and medieval fairy tales and classical myths, I have to add that I found David Weinberger’s link, offered on March 29 in his posting Hyenas on Leashes, beyond bizarre. (N.B.: I’ve never gotten the hang of doing trackbacks, sorry if this one doesn’t […]

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