“I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy. Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!”9:09 am · 6 Nov 2021·Twitter Web App44.7K Retweets16.7K QuoteContinue reading “Big Bird’s Tweet; Unethical and Manipulative?”
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“My Life As A Golf Marshall” : Some Final Reflections Before Closure of the Season
This Sunday I will have my last shift as a Marshall. The course will close at 4:45 and I will help round up the power carts, park them in a locked facility and then perhaps take a last look at the darkened golf course I have spent seven months of my life at and breatheContinue reading ““My Life As A Golf Marshall” : Some Final Reflections Before Closure of the Season”
RKS Films: Canadian 2021 European Union Film Festival: “Inventory”: Kafka Meets Hitchcock
The Slovenian film “Inventory” invokes memories of Hitchcock and Kafka. It is an interesting mix of dark comedy, a thriller and a man in the dark about who his enemies might be until it drives him just about mad. Boris Robič is man just past middle age who is a technical assistant at a businessContinue reading “RKS Films: Canadian 2021 European Union Film Festival: “Inventory”: Kafka Meets Hitchcock”
RKS Wine: California Cabernet Sauvignon: Is This the Real Thing?
One might look at a bottle of California Cabernet Sauvignon and see the winery is located in Sonoma or Napa home to some high-end Cabernet Sauvignon. But look at the label closely and it may not refer to a specific American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California but state “California Cabernet Sauvignon” which means by lawContinue reading “RKS Wine: California Cabernet Sauvignon: Is This the Real Thing?”
The 2021 Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)
starts tomorrow! 2021 TRAILER Montreal, Tuesday, November 9, 2021 – The 24th edition of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) starts tomorrow, Wednesday, November 10. The festival will be held in theatres until November 21, and online from November 14 to 25 on the festival’s platform enligne.ridm.ca, accessible everywhere in Canada. Opening night The festival will open with the screening of Futura by PietroContinue reading “The 2021 Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)“
RKS Wine : Meyer Family Vineyards 2020 Tribute Series Chardonnay – Terry Threlfall
For the past few years Meyer Family Vineyards (MFV) in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley has released a tribute Chardonnay. This time it is a tribute to the late Terry Threlfall a Vancouver born sommelier operating at the time of his death in London. He was 43 when he passed in 2020. The 2020 Chardonnay vintageContinue reading “RKS Wine : Meyer Family Vineyards 2020 Tribute Series Chardonnay – Terry Threlfall”
“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Stories from the Edge : He Died with Two Birdies and a Smile
I ran into a golfer today who related a semi-sweet story. Several years ago he was golfing with his ageing father at Scarlett Woods Golf Course in Toronto. On the 17th hole Dad smacked a decent drive that hit a sprinkler head from the irrigation system. It took an aggressive forward trajectory resulting in aContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Stories from the Edge : He Died with Two Birdies and a Smile”
Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back: Why Do (some) Humans Hate Us Dogs?
In Egypt I was cursed, kicked, spat on and shot at. In human eyes I am a simple beast. Why was I thrown out in the street like an old rag? Why did animal control try to shoot and poison me? I can say you are mean fucking bastards. You are lowlife scum and yesContinue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back: Why Do (some) Humans Hate Us Dogs?”
“My Life as a Golf Marshall” :The Beginning of The End
The beginning of the golf season may be riddled with April frost delays but that is the beginning and the golf hormones are raging. The frost delays creep back in late October and early November. Yes it is like the end of a life of a spawning salmon. Tee-Off times can be delayed anywhere fromContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” :The Beginning of The End”
RKS Film: Looking for a New Christmas Classic? “See You Next Christmas”
I am sure you have a favourite Christmas classic. Is it National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation”? “Home Alone”? “A Christmas Carol”? “White Christmas”? “It’s a Wonderful Life”? Looking for something new? Might you find it in “See You Next Christmas”? Annie (Christine Weatherup) and Tom Clark (Vin Vescio) hold their annual Christmas party “Clarkmas” in theContinue reading “RKS Film: Looking for a New Christmas Classic? “See You Next Christmas””
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