“If our descendants don’t study our times closely, they will find that they have again exhausted the planet’s fossil fuels, that they have again died by the millions of influenza and the Green Death, that the sky again has again been turned yellow by the propellants for underarm deodorants, that they have elected a senileContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Repetitive History of Earth (Kurt Vonnegut)”
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS 2024 Wine: A Red Cuvée from Cox Creek Cellars: Can They Manage a Heartbreak Grape?
Pinot Noir is often referred to as the heartbreak grape due to its thin-skinned delicate nature. In my opinion Baco Noir is also a heartbreak grape perhaps not in the field but in converting its juice into a good wine. In Ontario I am mostly disappointed with Baco Noir that tricks the nose into thinkingContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Red Cuvée from Cox Creek Cellars: Can They Manage a Heartbreak Grape?”
RKS Literature: Powerless Old Poops and Young Psychopaths (Kurt Vonnegut)
“Captain O’Hare and I entered the palace between two lines of soldiers. They were an honor guard of some sort, I suppose. Each one held aloft a banner, which was embroidered with the totem of his artificial extended family – an apple, an alligator, the chemical symbol for lithium, and so on. It was suchContinue reading “RKS Literature: Powerless Old Poops and Young Psychopaths (Kurt Vonnegut)”
RKS Literature: Diplomatic Relations with the United States and China (Kurt Vonnegut)
“The miniaturization of human beings in China had progressed so far at that point, that their ambassador was only 60 centimeters tall. His farewell was polite and friendly. He said his country was severing relations simply because there was nothing going on in the United States which was of any interest to the Chinese atContinue reading “RKS Literature: Diplomatic Relations with the United States and China (Kurt Vonnegut)”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Kristos the Last Child”
In 1971 I spent 4 months in the Greek islands and then in 1972 another month. I managed to witness Greece as most will never see it. We took a fishing boat to an island I forget the name of, as there was no ferry service. We stopped for the fisherman to haul in hisContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Kristos the Last Child””
RKS Literature: Careful with Birthday Party Drinking (Kurt Vonnegut)
I must be very careful with my drinking at my birthday party, if I drank too much, I might spill the beans to everybody: That life awaits after death is infinitely more tiresome than this one.” Kurt Vonnegut, “Slapstick”, 1976.
RKS 2024 Wine: A Sicilian Grillo-Chardonnay
Think Grillo then think Sicilian power. With Sicilian Chardonnays cool climate Chardonnays are left behind. It is a 50/50 blend. Aroma: Concentrated notes of pear, apple, mango, pineapple, peaches, quince, honey and a slight briny note. Palate: Full bodied medium dry wine with a long finish. Slight floral tinge with heavier notes of pear, applesauce,Continue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Sicilian Grillo-Chardonnay”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Rest”: Charlie is the Demon More Than the Rum!
In ‘Rest”, a short, Iris has a court appearance for a DUI charge and having alcohol on one’s breath or looking raunchy could have disastrous effects. And she simply can’t get right a few lines she will say before the judge that she hasn’t had a drink in three months. She fumbles with the lineContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Rest”: Charlie is the Demon More Than the Rum!”
RKS Literature: Being Helpless and Vile Children Benefits the Staff at the Mansion
“They could be heroically Christian in their own eyes only if Eliza and I remained helpless and vile. If we became openly wise and self reliant, they would become our drab and inferior assistants. If we became capable of going out in the world, they might lose their apartments, their colour televisions, their illusions ofContinue reading “RKS Literature: Being Helpless and Vile Children Benefits the Staff at the Mansion”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Ex-files, Pals and Pocket Dials”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada) runs in 11 Canadian cities 1-31October2024 both in theatre and online. There are two possible reactions you might have when watching “Ex-files, Pals and Pocket Dials”. It is so wrapped up with Gen Y dating protocol and vocabulary it may quickly lose non-Gen Y viewers. OnContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Ex-files, Pals and Pocket Dials””
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