Tag Archives: Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: Pornography for the Proles (George Orwell)

“There was a whole chain of separate departments dealing with proletarian literature, music, drama and entertainment generally. Here were produced rubbishy newspapers containing almost nothing but sport, crime, astrology, sensational five cent novelettes, films oozing with sex, and sentimental songs which were composed entirely by mechanical means on a special kind of kaleidoscope known asContinue reading “RKS Literature: Pornography for the Proles (George Orwell)”

RKS CANADIAN WINE: Akimbo but Not Forgotten Viewpointe 2012 Ontario Cabernet Franc

I am uncertain if this Viewpointe Estate Winery 2012 Cabernet Franc from Ontario’s Lake Erie North Shore was a sample provided by the winery or I purchased it at a hurried trip to the winery some years ago. It was at the low far bottom rack of the wine cellar and was “discovered” in aContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN WINE: Akimbo but Not Forgotten Viewpointe 2012 Ontario Cabernet Franc”

RKS Literature: Evil Children Burning a Woman Wrapping Up Sausages in a Poster of Big Brother

‘Did I ever tell you old boy,’ he said, chuckling round the stem of his pipe,’ about the time those two nippers of mine set fire to the old market woman’s skirt because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of B.B.? Sneaked up behind her and set fire to it with aContinue reading “RKS Literature: Evil Children Burning a Woman Wrapping Up Sausages in a Poster of Big Brother”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY GRAPPLES WITH THE CONCEPT OF A LOST PUPPYDOM

RORY GRAPPLES WITH THE CONCEPT OF A LOST PUPPYDOM I don’t wish to split hairs here but to be lost don’t you require to have been from somewhere? As a puppy I am in essence from nowhere? Or is the concept of lost apply to a puppy who has such a minimal foundation in lifeContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY GRAPPLES WITH THE CONCEPT OF A LOST PUPPYDOM”

RKS Literature: Control of Society Through Falsification/Rectification (George Orwell)

“This process of continuous alteration was applied not only to newspapers, but to books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, leaflets, films, sound-tracks, cartoons, photographs-to every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance. Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this wayContinue reading “RKS Literature: Control of Society Through Falsification/Rectification (George Orwell)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY AS A FRESH OFF THE BOAT FIREFIGHTER

RORY AS A FRESH OFF THE BOAT FIREFIGHTER Bob and Fay’s daughter A and their grandchild J arrived at our house so J could be dropped off. Fay and J are going to the nutcracker tomorrow. Why anyone would go out to see nuts cracked is beyond me. J loves the fireplace, so Bob litContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY AS A FRESH OFF THE BOAT FIREFIGHTER”

RKS Literature: Children as Ungovernable Savages (George Orwell)

“With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another two years, and they would be watching her day and night for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies there were systematically turnedContinue reading “RKS Literature: Children as Ungovernable Savages (George Orwell)”

RKS Literature: The Clean Mindedness of the Junior Anti-Sex League (Orwell)

“She was a bold looking girl of about 27 with thick dark hair, a freckled face and swift, athletic movements. A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League, was wound several times round the waist of her overalls, just tightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips. Winston had disliked herContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Clean Mindedness of the Junior Anti-Sex League (Orwell)”

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Stag’s Hollow 2022 Renaissance Chardonnay from British Columbia’s Similkameen Valley

Hand picked and hand sorted grapes destemmed and pressed into stainless steel to settle for 24 hours then racked into a combination of French oak (24% new) and stainless steel for 9 months before bottling. 215 6 pack cases produced. Aroma: Mango, apricot, peach, Matsu apples and toffee. The oak is well integrated into theContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Stag’s Hollow 2022 Renaissance Chardonnay from British Columbia’s Similkameen Valley”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT

POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT Not to make an overarching analogy to Jim Mackay’s phrase for ABC’s Wide World of Sports “The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat” but I would have to apply that phrase to my potty training. When I do my “business” outside everyoneContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: POTTY TRAINING: THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT”