about better bee-haviour
Yet another poem inspired by online conversations featuring great divides, political and otherwise. I speak the poem as a narration on the video. The words may be read below….
robin williams on what it would be like if shakespearian actors did p**n movies
I stumbled across this 1991 clip of Johnny Carson “interviewing” Robin Williams. The comedic genius’s performance covered everything from Castro, to what it would be like if Shakespearian actors…
10 thought-provoking brené brown quotes from braving the wilderness
Social scientist Brené Brown is a qualitative grounded theory researcher, and the author of of four #1 New York Times Bestsellers. In Braving the Wilderness, which is all about belonging,…
note to self: do not argue with people whose purpose is to argue
I wrote this poem, and posted it on LinkedIn. Then a man who seems to enjoy responding to my posts with passive aggressive comments designed to provoke me did so, and I…
home sweet Homs no longer
Drones are sometimes used for bombing. They’re also used for taking pictures and videos.
wreck the halls and fa la la la la for a world gone mad
I’m really tired. We’re all really tired. “We” being the vast majority of people worldwide who are fed up with the violence, torture and killing a small crazy…
beware the charming king of swords and his evil pair of queens
a nurse her re rhyme ©2015 by punkie the king is in the parlour, pissed off at his sister the queens are in the pantry finding ways to…
What do Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US NSA whistleblower Edward Snowdon have in common?
Something fundamentally world changing it would seem. Justin Trudeau is the newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, sworn into office Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Eric Snowden is the…
48 pictures of the wall between Israel and Palestine
I visited Ramallah in Occupied Palestine’s West Bank in spring 2011 to attend a TEDx conference. Getting there overland was onerous and I spent six hours at the border crossing where…
Let’s talk about Israel and Palestine. Or not. Again.
Wow. We can’t even talk about the Middle East amongst friends. A Facebook acquaintance commented to me that supporting Occupied Palestine and criticizing Israel’s actions was “Jew bashing.” I responded thus: I…