Photo of someones art: Daniel C. O'Boogie
Thank-you, thank-you, to those who have shared links and articles with me today. Keep them coming.
Sidenote: How many people actually read this banter? Hands up my pretties. Speak to me. While I'm not much of a talker, as I've mentioned, I love to listen. Oh, how I write it all down.
Right, well said for a Saturday:
i - Sex education. Why school children want more of it. Come on parents. Less disease, less pregnancy - healthy confident kids making informed decisions. Thanks for sharing this one Josh. This is the funniest, and strangely, most political piece I have read in a while. What a read!
ii - Thomas Jefferson - what a guy. No, seriously. What a f*&%$n' guy. He was walking pals with the Marquis de Lafayette. I think Napoleon would be my walking pal if I had a choice. No wait. Winston Churchill. No, John Lennon. Hands down. Nahh, Dostoevsky. Final.
iii - Winds of change in Northern Ireland? Not quite sure yet.
iv - Canada/U.S. relations. Oh, the times the are a changin'.
Thoughts and insight from my head: Watched Neil Young perform at Glastonbury on the television last night. Unreal, what a legend. Although his encore was a little drawn out, including a fantastic rendition of 'A day in the life', it was great to see a man in his 60s be the loudest guitar player on the day. He broke all the strings on his famous spray-pained guitar, threw it on the stage, and then started hitting it with a mic stand. Watch the video. Although he is pretty un-kept, and perhaps a bit out of touch, Young can still rock it. Unreal.
Watching Crosby, Stills and Nash now, and hoping Young will make an encore appearance, but I doubt it. The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, is on tonight. Can't wait, gonna stay in tonight and be a geek, because I'm tired of the clouds.
Watched Andy Murray absolutely demolish Viktor Troicki on the Internet from Wimbledon today. Troicki was actually screaming out loud in frustration as Murray kept changing his style to trick him. Unreal. I love tennis in the summer.
As Stampede approaches in Cowtown, I have to say that I am over the moon to be thousands of miles away. I know it's great for the city, and the whole song and dance, and people love it and all, but I can't stand that 10 days. It honestly makes me sick. July.Abroad.Forever. I think Darryl Sutter should have given up Phaneuf for Bouwmeester. Brutal.
No shortage of 'Jacko' stories this weekend. Actually, I hate when he is called that. MJ. No shortage of MJ stories today. Save the industry, roll the presses! Tweet, tweet, tweet. I was trying to think yesterday of the last time was that a globe-spanning headline like this stole the day. I took a picture of all the newspapers lines up on the shelf with Jackson's face on the front cover.
Other than September 11th, and the falling of the Berlin Wall, I'm not sure if I can think of another time when essentially every daily newspaper in the world would have one cover story. Thoughts? People wise, there hasn't been something like this since December 9, 1980.
Working in a newsroom when something like this comes across the wire. What a scramble. Fun, tragic, and a day in the life all at the same time. Considering I've taken today at a considerably slow pace - doing not much other than spending a few hours at the art gallery writing in my journal while listening to Mozart - I think it's high time I went for a walk. I'll see what I can't find will looking around. A troubled geek. Goodnight!
- Daniel C.
"The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit yourself even to think while you walk; but divert yourself by the objects surrounding you. WALKING IS THE BEST POSSIBLE EXERCISE..." -some important dude from long ago.
6 comments:
Brilliant writting Daniel; killer stuff. I can only imagine your thoughts as you toured the Ranger facility...don't drink the water!
Keep it up mate. The photography on this blog is amazing, both yours and Jenna's. Hi Jenna.
Let me guess...those are Celtic green stripes you're wearing.
Love,
John
Hi Lindsay, and hey Matt I know you are reading!
My dear Daniel, I always comment so I don't think that 'shout out' was to me. :(
also, sometimes you get good stuff in weird places... I liked this article, it had a good vibe to it.
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/comment/article/252089---rights-vs-rites-wrong
forgot, I too detest stampede and yet if I keep really busy and work the whole thing it seems to fly by.
and, I believe when Lady Diana died she made the cover of every major newspaper in the world. That would have been what? 1997? I thought Heath Ledger was the last celebrity to capture a ton of attention, but not the world over.
Ahh...you're so right. I had forgotten about Lady Di. Yeah, 1997. I remember riding my bike to the shops to pick a newspaper for my mom, but no place in town had any left.
Thanks for sharing the article, and commenting as always Meghan.
All.The.Best
On Canada-US relations: well said, and unfortunately the deflating truth
Depressing that despite our most valiant lobbying efforts, Canada’s ability to influence US trade policy continues to diminish at a rather disturbing rate. Frustrating that the post-9/11 security paradigm taints almost all US trade-related policy and that the collective paranoia of the American public (with respect to national security) makes the prospect of deepening NAFTA extremely bleak.
Eastward diversification sounds like a good – albeit daunting – plan. And think we’ve been hit hard? I can only imagine this commentary written from the perspective of America’s southern neighbor…
I enjoy all of these topics and comments.....and yes walking is the best. I'm at it every morning a 5:30 with Nellie!!A great start to the DAY!! Have a great week of new adventures!
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