Every year I read the write-ups on the Turner Prize, partially for the sake of keeping an eye on what’s going on the the world of Modern Art (Ecclectic, Provoking, Weird and Often Disturbing Art might be a more accurate description) and partially for a good laugh at what our society has made of itself. This…
Category: news and events
Art for Art’s Sake
Every year I read the write-ups on the Turner Prize, partially for the sake of keeping an eye on what’s going on the the world of Modern Art (Ecclectic, Provoking, Weird and Often Disturbing Art might be a more accurate description) and partially for a good laugh at what our society has made of itself. This…
Election time. Again.
I usually refrain from writing these overly serious posts because, by the time I get around to it, everything has been said anyway. Not to mention that every source of Canadian news is bombarding us with election facts, photos and posturing, much of which I disregard as repetitious and the rest of which often seems…
Oxymoronic juxtaposition
Found CBC.ca, a link describing how profoundly illiterate adult Canadians are according to a recent Stats Can survey. A scary 42% of adults in this country do not have the skill to discern the meanings in magazine articles, novels, their tax returns and even to work through basic problem solving. More alarming are the 12%…
Pumpkin time!
Katherine and Panda do a Jack O’Lantern Photos by VickyTH. Hallowe’en went pretty well. Katherine and I did the pumpkin thing, as the photo shows. She was more interested in squishing pumpkin guts between her fingers than in helping to design the face. She became a rather cute and scary Kangaroo later in the evening….
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 