Archive | February, 2008
The Jim Henson Company responds to a Sexual Harassment Complaint
Date: February 14, 2008 From: human.resources@jhc.com.org To: miss.piggy@jhc.com.org Subject: No Tolerance of Sexual Harassment Dear Miss Piggy, It has come to our attention that one of your colleagues, who shall remain anonymous, has recently filed a complaint against you. It details certain behaviours that, if accurately described, would be of great concern to the company. The Jim Henson Company […]
Annals from Southern Alberta: The Medicine Man Strikes Again
It’s a Tom Waits evening. The poison in my system makes my body feel like an accordion and my head a megaphone. Whatever that means. The breeze is strong, enough to make the weeds tumble. The moon is low over the coulees and the rain has excited the sagebrush. I am a dancing king and […]
Following a cup of tea, a shortbread biscuit and a full pipe of tobacco a retired colonel picks up his fountain pen (did Ayn Rand write with a fountain pen?) and writes about “Time”
“Time” What time is it? – Time you bought a watch Time for pee pee “Time Gentlemen Please” In the nick of time Behind the times Time on my hands Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and … I yodeled in the Alps with Hammed, my St. Bernard dog, and wondered if the echo was in the past, […]
A drunken philosopher pontificates on “Time” after one pitcher and three bottles of beer, two amaretto sours, one shot of something minty, and half a pack of cigarettes
“Time” Looking to the future can be exciting and daunting. Looking to the past can give you nostalgia-laden warm fuzzies; but it can also be depressing. So then what is it to be in the present? Are we truly caught in a state of incessant reminiscing or optimistic premonition? If this is true, is there […]
Blue Shoes
It’s bad luck to put new shoes on the table Unless you are standing in them If standing in them on what happens to be a new table You should walk on your hands Or fly If you walk on your hands Remove all jewellery and empty your bowels If you fly You must also […]