If you have read my book “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous” you might be tempted to say I morphed in light speed from a spoiled Indo-Welsh brat into a man of intrigue. Am I happy? How can you ask that after my sweet Calabrian plum Ginevra and our unborn child were killed inContinue reading “The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Can I Save Canada? Chapter Three: I Am Not the Man I Used To Be”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
Press Release: Spoof News Services: Acting President Elon Musk Opens Trump Golden Age Plaza Hotel in Gaza City: 23February2029: Tel Aviv
Acting President Elon Musk opened The Trump Golden Age Plaza Hotel in Gaza City this evening. Acting President Musk expressed concern about the whereabouts of Vice President Nochance and President Donald J. Trump last seen at a “Golden Age” celebratory dinner at the Muskmobile Automotive plant in Languish, Michigan. Apparently the autoworkers, all volunteer GazaContinue reading “Press Release: Spoof News Services: Acting President Elon Musk Opens Trump Golden Age Plaza Hotel in Gaza City: 23February2029: Tel Aviv”
The Penniless Pensioner Returns: Can He Save Canada: Chapter Two: Some Transparency
You are no doubt swept up in the jargon of the day which includes transparency and conflicts of interest. My colleague and friend, Robert K. Stephen, will be assisting me in the writing of this treatise. No. He is not a ghost writer but a coach and an experienced author of several literary masterpieces (hisContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner Returns: Can He Save Canada: Chapter Two: Some Transparency”
Post Trumpmatic Stress Syndrome Sweeping Canada
Spoof News Services: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: 6February2025: The Minister of Well Being of Canada, Dr. Hellbert Humdinger, announced today sporadic swells of a new physiological-psychiatric disease are rapidly spreading throughout the country. Scientists at the Psychiatric Centre for Canadian Mental Health in Hamilton, Ontario have identified the affliction as romanempoerosisbactilius. The cause has been preliminarily attributedContinue reading “Post Trumpmatic Stress Syndrome Sweeping Canada”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Getting to Trust Ontario Merlot!
My past few attempts at Ontario Merlot are beginning to reverse my previous distrusting view of that grape in Ontario. Can this positivity be buttressed by a Niagara Southbrook triomphe merlot? Aroma: Blackberry, blueberry, root beer and milk chocolate. Palate: A solid bruiser with more than ample force and character. Pure and clean as SouthbrookContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Getting to Trust Ontario Merlot!”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Mongrels”: Horror, Fantasy, Reality and the Concealment of Truth
Sonny Lee (Jae-Hyun Kim) newly arrived Korean to British Columbia is hired by hunter and farmer Scott Larson to eradicate packs of feral dogs in the neighboring woods. They snarl, howl and growl as a menacing, omnipresent and quasi surreal force. His daughter Hana (Sein Jin) and adolescent son Hajoon (Da-Nu Nan) have emigrated withContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Mongrels”: Horror, Fantasy, Reality and the Concealment of Truth”
The Penniless Pensioner Returns! Can He Save Canada?
Chapter One: What to Do Next In the published recounting of my life described in “The Penniless Pensioner: Misunderstood, Maligned but Marvellous” we certainly had a ride bordering on the fantastic. We started with my childhood in Bombay with an introduction to my Welsh mother Juanita Wallenberg the almost massively famous blues singer and myContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner Returns! Can He Save Canada?”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Liquor Control Board of Ontario: Cry Me A River! Too Little Too Late
Rah! Rah! Rah! The LCBO has boldly gone where no man would go! No not to the moon but threatening to remove all wines produced in the United States from its shelves then backing off and not implementing its threat. Buy Ontario wines! Rah! Rah! Rah! Seems they suddenly, as politically directed, truly wish toContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Liquor Control Board of Ontario: Cry Me A River! Too Little Too Late”
Press Release: Vice President Jimbo Nochance Explains United States Free All Inclusive Vacation to Canadian Government Cabinet at Guantanamo Bay
Spoof News Services: 4February2025: Washington “Yesterday evening 60 United States Marine Walrus Special Forces limousines were dispatched to Ottawa, Canada with large “51st” markings on their exterior. Fittingly the vehicles entered through Kingston, Ontario and after a stop at McDonalds for wholesome American food our nation has come to love they proceeded 4 hours furtherContinue reading “Press Release: Vice President Jimbo Nochance Explains United States Free All Inclusive Vacation to Canadian Government Cabinet at Guantanamo Bay”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Gewurtz From East Dell
Both Ontario and British Columbia produce good quality and occasional superb Gewürztraminer. The best I have ever imbibed has been from Meyer Family Vineyards in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Can Ontario rise to the challenge? Let’s see how East Dell can do! Aroma: Unmistakably Gewürztraminer! Absolutely tropical! Mango, pineapple, Orri tangerine and NiagaraContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Gewurtz From East Dell”
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