After my post about scaling the Geoblock to catch the first two episodes of Richard Armitage's new project, Berlin Station, I tried to find the rest through other channels. By 'other channels' I mean the back channels used to make Game of Thrones the most pirated show in the world. Serv over at Me + … Continue reading Breakfast With Porter
Before Winnipeg's Walk for Human Rights on Saturday, a group of people gathered for a rally in front of 201 Portage. The gathering, dubbed 'No Ban, No Wall! Solidarity With Migrants', was put on by No One Is Illegal. Why 201 Portage Avenue, one of the large office towers at the corner of Portage and … Continue reading Music Monday: One Day by Matisyahu featuring Akon
Lazarus Story: Greg Rucka Art: Michael Lark (Cover by Owen Freeman) Publisher: Image Comics More Information: Image Comics Website It started with an article in Salon out of out all places. Dated January 6th, the headline read: The comic book “Lazarus” is a frightening vision of where America could be headed The … Continue reading Book Talk: Lazarus The First Collection By Greg Rucka & Michael Lark
In today's episode of the upside down, I found myself saying words of encouragement to a Delta Airlines customer service rep who can't believe her president has done in the space of a week. "You guys have always found yourselves in a tough spot," I said "You'll find a way. You survived Nixon." I found … Continue reading Music Monday: Fight Song by Rachel Platten
I wanted to do more than just 'Like' this post. I went back again and again, especially after writing about disappointment. This part rang true in my life: Sticking one’s neck out can go against individual and generational prohibitions against risk and visibility.
How bad, how good does it need to get? How many losses how much regret? What chain reaction What cause and effect Makes you turn around Makes you try to explain Makes you forgive and forget Makes you change -Tracy Chapman 'Change' The Youtube video featured the best performance of the song, I had to … Continue reading Music Monday: Change By Tracy Chapman
Winters mean moving indoors, on my couch, my nose in a book. (There's only so much Netflix to binge at this point.) It's no different from summer with me laid out on my new reclining chair, outdoors, letting out the occasional laugh then checking to see if my neighbours heard it. Between audiobooks, e-books, and traditional … Continue reading Reading Binges and Busts
Why would a Canadian woman post something about an American holiday? Let me tell you a story. In another life, as a teacher, I taught To Kill a Mockingbird both as a student teacher and as a substitute. One of the many things I remember while looking at student essays, especially one about comparing and contrasting … Continue reading Music Monday: Two for Martin Luther King, Jr Day
This Gordon Lightfoot remake originally appeared on Sarah's earlier album Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff Vol. 1, a CD played nearly to death in my twenties. It's not the first Sarah track featured on the blog but appropriate for the time of year. January is not an easy month. Little by little, the days get … Continue reading Music Monday: Song For A Winter’s Night by Sarah McLachlan
Like blowing snow around Winnipeg, the internet has articles about New Year's resolutions flying around. I remember typing out mine, back in the days of my beloved Brother AX-15 typewriter. They did not seem impossible, more like a set of goals but I did have 'lose weight' quite often, and I did try to exercise. That … Continue reading I Resolve To Not Make New Year’s Resolutions
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