Archive for April, 2006

Television Has Destroyed My Brain

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Greetings all, Steve here. Well, I’ve just spent 5 days with the flu and I did almost nothing except watch t.v. I watched a lot of t.v. An enormous amount of t.v. Far Too much t.v. Innitially I was kind of thinking of it like an enforced vacation: As long as I was off work, […]

Irony In Reverse

Monday, April 10th, 2006

My grade 10 English teacher once set us looking for Irony In Reverse. I’m not sure that he really knew what he was talking about and I’ve always held the opinion ever since that there was no such thing as Irony In Reverse. Having just seen this column about how gossip columnist Jared Paul Stern […]

Some People Can’t Be Cured

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Henry here. I worked in a county correction centre as a chaplain and certification officer for two years. Despite my genuine affection for many of the people, staff and inmates, it was such a hard place, suspicious, nervous, angry, fearful, resentful, and manipulative, in many ways just plain nasty. To get my windowless office I […]

Always Happy?

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Just a short post from Steve today. I’m feeling under the weather and earlier was feeling a bit sorry for myself as a result. I had to call in sick to work, I’m missing nice weather outside, blah, blah, etc. It seems that most of the times I’ve been feeling low since I got to […]

The Pope’s Personality

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Henry speaking to you today. Sunday was the anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul 11. There have been tremendous crowds in St. Peter’s Square, and special services celebrating this occasion.

He was a remarkable person and made a considerable mark on the modern world. There have been endless articles written about him during […]