As I write this it’s currently minus 20. Toronto has a naturally built in lockdown season; it’s called January.

Ain’t no need for vapid political machinations to shut down pop culture as an attempt to look they’re doing something. Politically something is always better than nothing, right? That’s like hitting the side of a TV to make it work.

How to open a bookstore during a pandemic: Prepare for delays and lots of cleaning.

With a heavy sigh my friend bravely shared he and his wife have agreed to divorce.

Kevin Smith…yeah, Kevin Smith: our generation’s Spalding Gray. He drops some fantastic and inspiring dimes in this video:

Anybody have any spare patience? I’ve run out of my mine…

We get together on Friday to plot, plan and to scheme.

It’s fascinating when people are on the same page, when it’s working, when we’ve all collectively and individually decided to move forward.

To recognize and give permission to move forward, to let and give others the freedom to do so as well.

Grow, not just in stature but in vision in desire and in hunger. Spark that fire deep in your bones, especially with the dawn of winter.

Choose now to not be satisfied but to long and reach for what could be quite unattainable. No more: the ol is it the destination or the journey quandary. Now it’s both!

Why not this time, with this group of people, why can’t we decide to make it both? Let’s make this road trip exciting right to the end. S’why road trip movies are so anticlimactic, once you get there, well that’s that.  Now what?  The momentum of the journey has been halted, the planing the scheming, the overcoming all and every obstacle to get here ceases almost immediately.  Like when a band stops after a long hard tour and just…goes home.

This time…let’s keep going!  Journey and Destination, we want both, let’s reach for both, we’re due.  We’re owed.  Right?  Right…

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The NBA Finals have barely concluded and yet we continue to promote this archaic notion of experience. It’s 2012. Twenty-twelve. Not only have the rules of the game changed but the game itself have changed.

Ever been to Clinton’s Tavern? It’s a vital Toronto intersection as sooner or later your creative path will draw you there. I’ve performed there a couple of times as a spoken artist. Black turtlenecks and all. (No bongo drums).

Overwhelming. That’s my life lately.

This winter is not helping, my strength just gets sapped so quickly.

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“Before you move ahead on your venture, establish some concrete goals.  Over and over, it has been proven that those who take the time to think through and write down the desired results in terms of specific steps are the people who achieve success.  Experts tell us that we can program our subconscious to help bring about something we genuinely want.