Justice in those days cared little about clearness and precision in the proceedings against a criminal. Provided only that the accused was hung, that was all that was necessary. Victor Hugo, “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”
Tag Archives: Robert K. Stephen
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): CLEARING A PEE PATH
CLEARING A PEE PATH No, I am not mistakenly referring to the rock n roll song “Shaking All Over” But after 60 cms of snow with drifts to enormous I have to wade waist deep out my front door It is shovel MORE MORE Poor doggie Dylan’s back door and occasional pee path is blockedContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): CLEARING A PEE PATH”
RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):MY LIFE AS A HOOKER AND ELECTION TIME IN CANADA
MY LIFE AS A HOOKER AND ELECTION TIME IN CANADA Playing golf this year I am hooking the ball to the left I query out loud why am I hooking? Drawing guffaws from my fellow hookers And has caused me to think about the upcoming Canadian federal election A cause of a plethora of mediaContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds):MY LIFE AS A HOOKER AND ELECTION TIME IN CANADA”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: TIME TO SAY AU REVOIR AND ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
TIME TO SAY AU REVOIR AND ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Bob and Fay are just a bit worried about me after a few weeks back in Toronto thinking I am moping about and lacking enthusiasm for the activities and interests I had before my abduction. Let’s face it with the excitement andContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: TIME TO SAY AU REVOIR AND ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WHO EXACTLY IS RAFFLES?
WHO EXACTLY IS RAFFLES? We adopted Raffles, a West Highland Terrier…I think. He may be a mixie but he is mostly Westie in look and attitude. I first met him in Singapore at the Singapore Westie of the Year contest. He should have won that contest, but Bobby Fong Jr. had given me a “competitiveContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WHO EXACTLY IS RAFFLES?”
RKS French Literature: The Archdeacon Reveals His Mad Passion for Esmeralda the Beautiful Gypsy (Victor Hugo)
Oh! to love a woman – to be a priest – to be hated – to love her with all the fury of your soul – to feel that you would give for the least of her smiles your blood, your vitals, your reputation, your salvation, immortality and eternity and the other – to regretContinue reading “RKS French Literature: The Archdeacon Reveals His Mad Passion for Esmeralda the Beautiful Gypsy (Victor Hugo)”
RKS French Literature: The Pillory to the Tavern then the Gallows (Victor Hugo)
‘Jehan, you are on a very slippery, downward path; know wither you are going?’ ‘To the tavern,’ said Jehan. ‘The tavern leads to the pillory.’ ‘Tis a lantern like any other, and ‘twas perhaps the one with which Diogenes found his man.’ ‘The gallows is a balance which has a man at one end andContinue reading “RKS French Literature: The Pillory to the Tavern then the Gallows (Victor Hugo)”
RKS French Literature: Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers: Of Noble Birth but of Vulgar Tastes (Victor Hugo)
…the prospect of an approaching marriage grew less attractive to him each day. Besides, he was of fickle disposition, and if the truth must be told, rather vulgar in his tastes. Although of noble birth, he had contracted, under his officer’s accoutrements, more than one of the habits of the common soldier. He delighted inContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers: Of Noble Birth but of Vulgar Tastes (Victor Hugo)”
I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO: I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO
I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO We had a brief en route stop at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. The senior commanding officer gave a “rousing speech” about “the incredible bravery of Rory Dylan Stephen” as so said the Kingston Whig Standard. Photo ops and being patted (how archaic) on the headContinue reading “I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO: I AM FINALLY BACK HOME IN TORONTO”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN
DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN Being somewhat sick and tired of limousines all of us took Ottawa Transit to the Prime Minister’s residence. Bedraggled and besieged Prime Minster of Canada Thomas Bankboy battling the aggression and hot tornadic air of President Orville Grump of the United States. Annexation. Tariffs.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN”
