My Bias
David GilmourLast year, David Gilmour, Canadian author and a lecturer at the University of Toronto, stirred up controversy when he proclaimed his preference for heterosexual, white, male authors. Gilmour said, "I would only teach the people......
How I Quit Smoking
I have been smoking for half my life. And it's no wonder that I took it up. I grew up with it. My mom smoked in the house, in the car, in bed. She would write a note and send me to pick up cigarettes for her at the...
My Influences.
What authors do I consider to be my influences? I've given it a lot of thought. These are the one's that grabbed me by the brain as a child, and as a young adult, and have yet to let go. They have shaped my thinking, my perception of ......
Entanglement and Connectedness
The latest researches in Quantum Theory show that the world is not quite as simple as we like to think. First of all, it appears that the so-called superposition of states doesn’t just apply to the microscopic and atomic levels, but also at the macroscopic levels we see and...
On Originality
Qedipus at ColonnusSome say originality in fiction is no longer possible. When did this happen? When did we exhaust the creative potential of humanity to tell new stories? Did originality begin and end with the ancients, and has everything ......
A metaphysical interview with Toronto city councillor Doug Ford
This afternoon I had the opportunity for a metaphysical interview with Doug Ford, Toronto city councillor and brother to the mayor, Rob Ford. You’ve probably heard of Rob Ford: his pro-taxpayer, anti-downtown-fatcat policies have been featured in news media all over the world, and Youtube is full of amateur...
Return to Ukraine
I’d hoped to make it back to Ukraine for another metaphysical interview for a while now, but with my work schedule it just hasn’t been possible. It takes time, you know, speculating about a transatlantic flight. Finally, while doing laundry this afternoon I managed to get back to Kramatorsk,...
“Thinging” vs. Humanising
While I was working on my second book a couple of days ago, I was reminded of a phenomenon that seems to be becoming more and more prevalent these days. I'm talking about the habit of treating people as things rather than as human beings. You see this especially on...
An Introduction.
This is my first blog post and it may also be my last. I am plagued with the question, "Why blog?" It seems to me a self-indulgent and also somewhat pointless endeavor. Do I really need to add my voice to the millions already shouting ......
Stephen Harper, Grade Eight
Beverley McLachlin cleared her throat. She’d been teaching junior high for thirty years, long enough that she’d started thinking of things in self-coined aphorisms. There are all sorts of troublemakers, went one of them, but the smart ones are the worst. That definitely applied here. “Stephen,” she said sharply,...