Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Poetry Corner: ” Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral?”

Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral? the gnawing wormsprobably reached you by nowcan you be but a pleasant memoryor are you there as I string you on my hook? Robert K. Stephen

Poetry Corner

All in a Day’s Work The surly vodka vapoured foremanhastily retreatsin a flaming pink neon shirtconfidently sucking clacking denturesand Mr. Milo racks up his totalof seven unfiltered Player’ssmoked and held in orange nicotine stained fingers in silent terror in a corner of the factory floorThank God for the small breaks in Life! Robert K. Stephen

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 30 Off to the psychiatrist for Tony Hornet

Chapter 30 Off to the psychiatrist for Tony Hornet! Who can ever believe they are to visit a psychiatrist? Well, I will admit for me it was time to pay a visit to a psychiatrist at a major downtown hospital. It was very odd getting off at the eighth floor of this hospital and walkingContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 30 Off to the psychiatrist for Tony Hornet”

Canadian COVIDpolitics: Differing Responses and Differing Moral Codes

I have said it will take decades for historians, political scientists, psychologists, psychiatrists and academics to figure what the fuck went on the societal and political front during COVID-19. Until then it is a shit show of interpretation to figure out if there is consistency in Canadian politics as far as COVIDpolitics rumbles. As “TrailerContinue reading “Canadian COVIDpolitics: Differing Responses and Differing Moral Codes”

Ontario COVIDpoltics

OK. Canada a beacon of reasonability. Supposedly Canadians are a harmonious nation which may be true in comparison to bloodbath of acrimony and lunacy in American politics that will soon come to an end as President elect Biden is finally sworn in despite the efforts of mongrel Trump to save his ego and destroy AmericanContinue reading “Ontario COVIDpoltics”

Plagueolitics

We have all heard so much about COVID-19 from all levels of government throughout the globe. Incessant chatter it would seem. In my next serialized novel “Virus #26” you’ll witness my take on politics and COVID-19. The full impact of COVID-19 on us as individuals, on society, on the medical establishment and on the politicalContinue reading “Plagueolitics”

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 29 The beginning of the end for Tony Hornet

Chapter 29 The beginning of the end for Tony Hornet A high percentage of Canadians do not reach the unofficial retirement age of 65 as they succumb to a variety of health issues or due to ageism they are terminated. I suppose 11 years at CRAP and 19 at Up Up and Away Toronto tookContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 29 The beginning of the end for Tony Hornet”

Magnesium and stroke risk

The relationship between dietary magnesium intake, stroke and its major risk factors, blood pressure and cholesterol, in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort Lucy K M Bain 1, Phyo K Myint 2, Amy Jennings 3, Marleen A H Lentjes 4, Robert N Luben 4, Kay-Tee Khaw 4, Nick J Wareham 4, Ailsa A Welch 5Affiliations expand PMID: 26082204 PMCID: PMC6284795 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.166 Free PMC article Abstract Background: Dietary magnesium could modify the major stroke risk factors, high bloodContinue reading “Magnesium and stroke risk”

Mira Lehr Exhibit Planetary Visions to end January 16th at Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery in Boca Raton Florida

Who is Mira Lehr? You can catch a virtual tour of her exhibit here https://www.rosenbaumcontemporary.com/exhibitions/108/video/ Her biography is below; About the Artist . . . Mira Lehr’s solo and group exhibitions number more than 300. She is a graduate of Vassar College (1956) with a degree in Art History, under the mentorship of Linda Nochlin,Continue reading “Mira Lehr Exhibit Planetary Visions to end January 16th at Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery in Boca Raton Florida”

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 28 Can Largecorp succeed with a charismatic leader?

Chapter 28 Can Largecorp succeed with a charismatic leader? The Senior Management Team of CRAP, Up Up and Away Toronto and New York during the thirty years I worked for them had the charm and magnetism with rank-and-file employees that amounted to that of fruit flies. They were mostly dry and soulless number crunchers onlyContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 28 Can Largecorp succeed with a charismatic leader?”