Alvin

So, my Mom would have called it a “tempest in a teapot”. Since my last blog and the coincidental appearance on the Charles Adler radio show heard across Canada, it seems I stirred the pot, which was absolutely my intention. What I did not intend was any offence, although a couple of replies to my […]

School is back…let the bullying B.S. begin again. Look, any bullying is too much and as a victim of it, I am not insensitive to the issue but I can’t keep this too myself because I firmly believe the public is being blatantly misinformed and some balance is desperately required. I have written about this […]

Lady Gaga has my attention today. If you don’t know who she is, look her up as I can’t explain her. One description is she is the “New Madonna”. I will say this about her…I am not a fan. That isn’t to say I dislike her, but I don’t have her on my iPod, okay? […]

Before a week ago, nobody knew who Brigette DePape was until one seemingly innocent protest message changed that forever. If you missed it, on the opening day of the newest session of Canada’s Federal Parliament, a parliamentary page decided her moment had come. For your information, just in case you didn’t know, “Parliamentary Pages” are […]

So just when I thought I’d seen almost every conceivable injustice to the speaking business, a news item appeared that I literally had to wonder if there was a surprise tag line…April Fools! But no, after reading this piece in the Calgary Herald…twice ’cause I couldn’t believe it, here’s what was written:  “A U.S. University […]

Darlene and I had the pleasure of attending a very special event at Mount Royal University here in Calgary.  Quite fitting as the place that provided my post-secondary evolution in the late 70’s (it was a small community college back then) has grown substantially to where they now sponsor a speaker series called “Ideas”  The people […]

I hope you’re ready for a full-tilt rant because a headline news item on CBS”s morning newsmagzine television show announced that signs of the recession may be ending have been indicated by the sharp incline in elective plastic surgery across the United States.  The totally creepy part came next; the female anchor was elated at […]

So on the heels of my last entry and my reference to what happened to books, what’s happening to music?  The decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to censor the Dire Straits song, “Money For Nothing” by removing the word “faggot” is about as disturbing as it gets.  I am not hesitant at all […]

It didn’t take long for me to lose my New Year’s spirit which I’m sure most of us promise to ourselves to not do all year, right?  You know the “resolution” thing.  One of mine was to be more tolerant and less judgemental of all sorts of things including and probably most important, people, especially […]

Let me begin by telling you how much I believe in people’s beliefs and even more important, how I don’t want this entry to become too negative; it is Christmas time, after all.  Yes, it is CHRISTMAS amongst other events that coincide, but is CHRISTMAS!  Did you see that…it’s CHRISTMAS!!! Let’s also get something else […]