Category Archives: Mild-mannered opinion

morning reading

Usually during the toast and jam section of breakfast, after the entré — porridge or whole grain cereal — we discover who died. I am reading the comics, sometimes the editorials and letters to the editor — often directly from … Continue reading

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yer Gretzkys

Dagnabit! How many of them was they anyways? The was yer Wayne and yer Walter — but when we talk about yer Gretzkys we’re talkin’ about yer Wayne, fer sure. So, anyways, how does this here expression — that there … Continue reading

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On/Kind/Ness

This article is reprinted from The 21 1982-3 #13 March 11 — this was the Newsletter of District 21, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation; I was the editor, illustrator writer and publisher. The title above is printed with slashes indicating … Continue reading

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