Category: Crackpot Theory

  • Bad Things, Good People

    You want to know why Bad Things Happen to Good People? Because shit happens, that’s why. Because nothing is certain. Because people are animals. They are unpredictable, and are often cruel to one another. Because animals are territorial and aggressive. Because we do self-destructive things. Because our genes are just wonky. Because we’re selfish and…

  • Not my strong suit

    International politics and history. Not my strong suit. I don’t know much about history (in fact, I am in awe of people who can remember historical facts, figures, names, important events, etc.). There were plenty of people in my circle of friends who knew all kinds of things about military uprisings, civil wars, injustice, and…

  • Lit Up Canada

    I was listening to the radio yesterday, to a documentary about this fellow who’d had the privilege of reading most of the letters of John Updike, at Harvard University. By the time Updike had a firm plan for what he wanted to do with his own writing career (in his late teens!), there were several…

  • Heavy thoughts

    I was talking to my friend Sexy D yesterday (and his new ink is GORGEOUS), and we started talking about Heavy Things. We sometimes do that, him and me. He’s good to talk to because I don’t think he comes from a perspective of trying to change my mind, and I don’t try to change…

  • Since it’s April First and all

    And nobody believes a damned thing you say (sometime I’ll tell you about all the shite I used to pull on my mother on April Fool’s Day. Her staff gave me a trophy once), this is the day you should pick to, oh I dunno, go to Confession or something. The day to ‘fess up…

  • FNUC

    No, that’s not a typo. If you live in Saskatchewan (or probably, mostly anywhere in Western Canada), you’ll have heard about First Nations University of Canada (I feel I have to apologise for their HORRIBLE website – Coyote, can you please do something about that?). You’ll have heard about it, if not because it’s an…