tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322608932024-03-14T01:14:54.677-07:00Anthony Damonse: A Boy and His BlogAnthony Damonse
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A Boy and His Blogadamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-66022366669355614022017-02-02T15:48:00.000-08:002017-02-02T15:48:38.579-08:00I’ve done a horrible thing to my daughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://rbma.imgix.net/summer1.85ceb5ad.jpg?auto=format&w=700" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://rbma.imgix.net/summer1.85ceb5ad.jpg?auto=format&w=700" width="320" height="251"></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">It all started with the best of intentions.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I didn’t mean to cause any harm.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">In retrospect, I blame my daughter and her oh so “innocent” questions.
“Where did you hear that song Daddy?”, she asked. Innocent indeed!</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I had made her a sandwich with the crusts cut off and she had said, “that’s the way I like it!”, to which I replied: “that’s the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh!”. If none of that made any sense to you, check with your parents. If they don’t understand, check with your grandparents.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">And then she asked the fateful question, “Where did you hear that song Daddy?” As if she wouldn’t be familiar with a forty year-old pop song.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Without thinking I went onto Youtube and introduced her to disco.</span><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not this, of course. I could do this on a strictly irregular, inconsistent basis for an indefinite period of time.<br /><br />What I can't do any longer is, well, it's a bit hard to explain.<br /><br />I love movies (yes, and tea, and cars and chocolate, can you stay on topic? It's so annoying when you go off on these asides that take us off into the swirling miasma in the outer reaches of your mind), sorry, what was I saying?<br /><br />Oh, yes, I can't watch movies or television where young children are in peril.<br /><br />
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Hmmm, perhaps that was easier to say than I originally thought.<br /><br />Of course, it doesn't take a rocket psychologist to connect the dots between my young daughter and a young child on screen.<br /><br />The issue about issue (did you see what I did there?), became an issue (okay, now I’m just messing with you) watching the movie <i>Looper</i>.<br /><br />I had looked forward to seeing the movie, I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, and, despite the claims of the Vulcan Science Directorate, I like time travel movies.<br /><br />I was okay with the movie, and would still recommend it, but my discomfort watching young Pierce Gagnon (pictured above) [see, I really do know the appropriate use of parentheses] {dammit, now I’ve contradicted my original point} as Cid, was unexpected.<br /><br />Not to give anything away, but in <i>Looper</i> Cid is a troubled child, and the question of his survival is pivotal to the plot.<br /><br />I’ve heard of dramatic changes in the nature of an artist’s output after falling in love, or having children. I blame both for Stevie Wonder’s decline after his magnum opus <i>Songs in the Key of Life</i>, and I’m pointing my finger at you <i>Isn’t She Lovely</i>. She might be lovely, but then came <i>Ebony and Ivory</i> and that set race relations back so far we now have to contend with Donald Trump.<br /><br />While doing promotion for the 2005 movie <i>War of the Worlds</i>, interviewer Thomas Chau of cinecon.com questioned Steven Spielberg, contrasting the parental responses of Tom Cruise as Ray Ferrier and Richard Dreyfuss as Roy Neary in 1977’s <i>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</i>, Spielberg explained “Today, I would never have the guy leaving his family and going on the mother ship. I would have the guy doing everything he could to protect his children, so in a sense, War of the Worlds does reflect my own maturity, in my own life, growing up and now having seven children.”<br /><br />To be fair, though, <i>War of the Worlds</i> really sucked.<br /><br />I also know a few people who are sensitive to what they view, a friend could not watch the movie <i>Saving Private Ryan</i> after hearing about the opening sequence on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion.<br /><br />Such things had never previously bothered me, but I knew, when I heard the story of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian boy who drowned off the coast of Turkey, that I could never look at the picture.<br /><br />I respect the journalist who captured the image at the editor’s decision to publish it, but I couldn’t view it.<br /><br />This was not an effect I expected of having a child. I assumed I’d gain weight, hitch up my pants and yell at people on my lawn.<br /><br />I didn’t expect the compassion I have for my child to extend in anything other than a theoretical way to any other child.<br /><br />So, after all this, what I’m trying to tell you is that I can’t watch the movie <i>The Room</i>.</span></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Related Links</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080206185633/http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0506281" target="_blank">Cinema Confidential</a> [Via Internet Archive]</span>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-40014692019773368022016-02-22T06:00:00.000-08:002016-02-22T13:12:07.953-08:00Tea complexity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like tea.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I've started drinking tea without milk or sugar, I've become particular (some might say OCD, but those people don't care what kind of warm brownish liquid they pour into their mouths, now do they) about how my cup is brewed. I used to insist it had to be steeped for at least five minutes, but now I just pour my cup as soon as the tea bag gets wet. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My late grandmother used to drink her tea black and I couldn't understand why she was so fussy about how long it was steeped.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I do.</span><br>
<a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2016/02/tea-complexity.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-22550520162225264522016-02-15T06:00:00.000-08:002016-02-15T16:25:01.140-08:00Scandal status: CONFIRMED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you will excuse my hiatus, but it has been absolutely necessary to take time away from this blog to conduct my extensive investigation.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">Glenn Greenwald would be proud.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Or perhaps profoundly ashamed to be mentioned in this blog. [I imagine him getting a chill as I write this with his partner becoming worried looking at his ashen face asking, “What’s the matter?” and, slowly, taking time to recover his composure Greenwald replies: “There’s been a disturbance in the Force.” {Perhaps this has amused me more than you.}]}</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My hiatus has taken me to the far reaches of the earth, from the heights of the Himalayas, to the depths of the Marianas Trench, I even mistakenly ended up at an Olive Garden.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, after exhaustively confirming and reconfirming sources, leads and Snapchat videos I can reveal the singular greatest scandal of our time.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greater than the scandal about the integrity of journalism within the gaming industry, because, let’s face it, there’s no actual scandal.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will be shocked, shocked I tell you to find out that…</span><br>
<a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2016/02/scandal-status-confirmed.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-49043133339286175652015-04-22T06:00:00.000-07:002015-04-22T20:22:09.444-07:00Apples vs Oranges<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Gregwilliamsappleandorangecartoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Gregwilliamsappleandorangecartoon.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Just so you know, even when I'm not blogging, I'm thinking of blogging.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">To wit, I had done research on the <a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.ca/2015/04/sundown.html#avo">confusing</a> expression "you can't compare apples to oranges" in the months prior to the last post.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm awesome! </span><p>
<b>Related Links</b><br />
<a href="http://improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i3/air-1-3-apples.html" target="_blank">The Annals of Improbable Research</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7276/1569" target="_blank">The British Medical Journal</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/The+Debaters/ID/2435233122/" target="_blank">CBC Radio: The Debaters (requires Flash)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.diffen.com/difference/Apples_vs_Oranges" target="_blank">Diffen </a><br />
<a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart" target="_blank">The Economist</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.studymode.com/essays/Apples-And-Oranges-a-Comparative-Essay-286886.html" target="_blank">StudyMode: Apples and Oranges - a Comparative Essay</a><br />
<a href="http://www.studymode.com/essays/Apples-Versus-Oranges-499363.html" target="_blank">StudyMode: Apples Versus Oranges</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples_and_oranges" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martian sunset: Spirit at Gusev crater</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">I’m working on a manifesto (or “vision and mission” statement, if you want something a little less militant) for this blog inspired by the <i>Jalopnik Awesomeness Manifesto</i> by Ray Wert, formerly the Editor in Chief of Jalopnik.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">At the time Wert wrote the manifesto in July 2010, I had been reading Jalopnik for about four, maybe five years, and what I had found intriguing about Jalopnik was its mix of love for quirky cars not just the fastest or flashiest cars, articles highlighting unusual aspects of car culture, and the surprisingly intelligent comments section (Reductio ad Hitlerum didn’t apply, the comments usually got better the longer they went [That statement is accurate no matter how you understand it]) which could include quotes from anything from South Park to Shakespeare within the same comment thread.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">When Wert published the manifesto the tone at Jalopnik had changed, some of their most popular writers had left, and the quality of the content had declined as they pursued a more mainstream audience (Whoo-hoo! An eight way comparison of mid-sized sedans with six cylinder engines and automatic transmissions, bring it on! [Oh, wait, that was Road & Track, and that's when I stopped reading it]).</span><p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2015/04/sundown.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-52060004692067541082015-04-05T22:00:00.000-07:002015-04-05T22:00:22.274-07:00My triumphant return to blogging<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shanidar Cave, taken during the summer of 2005</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Usually, for me, September is a time for renewal and transformation.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s not hard to imagine why, twelve years of school with a couple of relapses will do that to you.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">This Easter, however, I’m particularly moved by transformation, which I suppose is why I’m planning to come back to blogging regularly.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I had mentioned previously advice compelling bloggers not to remark on long intervals between posts, and that, to me, it seemed like good advice.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">However, like so much good advice I’ve been given, which I also thought sounded reasonable, I’ve ignored it.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Repeatedly.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2015/04/my-triumphant-return-to-blogging.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-16009599220823052982015-04-02T06:00:00.000-07:002015-04-03T13:52:21.194-07:00The Even Greater Hiatus<span style="font-size: large;">So, how have you been doing?</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Uh huh.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Have you been working out?</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Me neither.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">You look great, though.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">No, not "marvellous", just great.</span><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, me, nothing much, just working, and stuff.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I know everyone has stuff to do.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">No, I'm not using spending time with my family as an excuse for neglecting you.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Stop judging me, you're just a gaping maw that takes in everything and then asks for more.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">It's not like you ever show up with delicious cookies, ice cream and a perfectly brewed cup of tea!</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">And also, you're a figment of my imagination.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">So, there's that.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">There are changes afoot for the blog, including a change of address.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I'll be back soon, I promise.</span><p>
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adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-51070623695672553262014-01-15T06:00:00.000-08:002014-01-15T11:45:42.771-08:00Free journalism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4_c47qG8VUkHCTM1Ims59DUsL0xj8qzzohaj3aNlaZdbrZCUxvc8b2M9dEllQdVei8ZOUuzCN_qlTcWU_T46i1PmYLNOPPtZ0Z_TIiQgH81MA3k0lD2_w1oQkbGjjQbuZF0XEA/s1600/kamloopsLogo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4_c47qG8VUkHCTM1Ims59DUsL0xj8qzzohaj3aNlaZdbrZCUxvc8b2M9dEllQdVei8ZOUuzCN_qlTcWU_T46i1PmYLNOPPtZ0Z_TIiQgH81MA3k0lD2_w1oQkbGjjQbuZF0XEA/s320/kamloopsLogo.gif"></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Now that I have your attention, the closure of the The Kamloops Daily News compels me to comment, after all everyone has an opinion and I’m an asshole. (I’m not completely convinced that expression was explained to me accurately.)</span><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>In the Beginning</b></span><br>
<span style="font-size: large;">I chose to leave the car business in 2006 against some advice to study photojournalism.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">My career had stalled, I had become both bored and frustrated with my work and I couldn’t bear the thought that being my future for another thirty years.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">After prayer, contemplation and gaining some insight into who and what I am, journalism became a welcome, interesting and exciting direction to pursue.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2014/01/free-journalism.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-26638800313614338232014-01-08T06:00:00.000-08:002014-01-15T11:48:37.882-08:00The Great Hiatus<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Holmes and Moriarty fighting over the <br>Reichenbach Falls, by Sidney Paget.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><br></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I started blogging, some time slightly before the founding of the Ottoman Emipire and after the fall of the Roman Empire, (did you know Istanbul used to be called Constantinople?) I read an article on another blog which advised if you’re posting after an extended absence don’t start with an apology for not blogging, just write your article, post it and move on as if nothing happened.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve generally followed that advice when it’s been too long between posts, but this most recent absence has been a bit unreasonable.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s been over a year since my last post, and three months before the post prior to that.</span><p><a name='more'></a>
<span style="font-size: large;">My excuse for my blogging absence, which the aforementioned article suggested not going into, was working full-time (yeah!) having a second job for a few months (yeah!) and two people at home who I very much enjoy spending time with.</span><p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-great-hiatus.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-9179115593835882482012-10-05T13:48:00.000-07:002012-10-05T14:01:55.676-07:00My wife is gonna be PISSED<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You owe me one.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, I'm at home working on a proposal to fix a company's online presence (they have five Facebook pages and one Facebook group. They really need me.) when I get a phone call from 604-259-0402.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I assume (well, actually, hope with fingers crossed) that's it's someone ready to offer me a full-time job so I can pay off some of the creditors who are also calling.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">[Hire me, I'll fix your Internet presence for food. (I mean cash, I'll fix your online presence for cash. {Cash which I can use to buy food!}{I miss food.})]</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">So, I answer the phone and Bonita tells me I've been selected to receive a Disney vacation including:</span><p>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Seven days six nights Caribbean cruise</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Rental car with unlimited mileage</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Disney World</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Orlando Magic card good for discounts on attractions</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I registered for it.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-wife-is-gonna-be-pissed.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-34235060364637355902012-07-09T20:05:00.001-07:002012-07-09T22:29:55.835-07:00Celebrate the bullet<span style="font-size: large;">In a another lifetime my buddy Marc and I would rent the video (no not the DVD, the VHS video, which lets you know how long ago this was and in what galaxy this took place) <i>Bullitt</i> so we could fast forward to watch the legendary ten minute 53 second car chase.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Then we'd watch whatever other videos we'd rented.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">We never watched the rest of the movie.</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It was years before I finally watched the complete movie, and, with all due respect to Steve McQueen, that's a terrible movie.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">A really, really terrible movie.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I don't recommend it.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">So, I have good news for you!</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/07/celebrate-bullet.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-46569050623614261642012-06-30T06:00:00.000-07:002012-06-30T06:00:02.439-07:00Best. Spam. Ever. (continued - now with more crazy)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speaking of crazy...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Way, way back, shortly after the earth cooled I received an email. (Yeah, that's right, I had email before it was cool. [That's right, I had email before the earth cooled. {I know, I know, but it seemed like a better joke before I typed it, and if I had to suffer through it, then you do too; and the email I'm referring to arrived in April, this year}]).</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Anyhoo, the this email was appropriately caught in my spam filter which I have to check periodically because there is the remote possibility someone will have offered me a job in my field of training paying well enough to pay off my training.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">(Will write words, make video or take pictures for food.) </span><p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/06/best-spam-ever-continued-now-with-more.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-46621079325550444452012-06-29T00:43:00.002-07:002012-06-29T00:43:51.847-07:00Ampersand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's only one reason I have any idea what that word means: the car magazine <i>Road & Track</i>.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I actually never had a subscription, I paid full price to buy it off the magazine rack.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I did this for years because I enjoyed it that much.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I once had a subscription to <i>Car and Driver</i>, but I became tired of the libertarian politics.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">And I think <span class="fn">P. J. O'Rourke is over-rated.</span></span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="fn">(I also never got the show Seinfeld, so I admit I may be the one with the problem.)</span></span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/06/ampersand.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-32952367306356458442012-06-25T17:06:00.001-07:002012-06-29T00:54:30.714-07:00Politics VS SportMy editorial published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, November 10, 2010.<br>
<span style="font-size: large;">I have done this myself as a political geek, and I’ve seen it done on television and heard it on the radio.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">The misdeed is referring to politics as a “sport”.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">The comparison is an obvious and easy one to make, which is why it is so common.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">But it overstates the importance of sport, while understating the importance of politics.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Well, except for hockey.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">And football.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, don’t forget soccer.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">And if you’re going to mention soccer, you may as well bring up cricket.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sports can play an important role in society with the benefits of exercise, socialization and the opportunity to test one’s resolve.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/06/politics-vs-sport.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-70006953725059643432012-06-19T00:09:00.001-07:002012-06-29T00:48:26.429-07:00Reflections on Father's Day<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bing_Crosby_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bing_Crosby_cropped.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I imagine my father as Bing Crosby.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was my first Father's Day.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Not just because this is my daughter's first Father's Day, but because this was the first Father's Day I participated in in a meaningful way.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">As has been mentioned previously, my father was not a part of my life, for reasons which are not, and likely never will be, clear to me.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I've also not had a male equivalent in my life, so there was nothing to note.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Kind of like being Jewish at Christmas, there's all this stuff going on, but it has nothing to do with you.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Like so many things about fatherhood for me, Father's Day is new ground and I have no previous frame of reference.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, there is TV, but I don't think <i>The Brady Bunch </i>should be a frame of reference for anything except hairstyle's in the 1970's.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">My first Father's Day was great, I received cards from my daughter, wife, and, surprisingly, my mother (she says I'm a cool dad [no, she doesn't]) and good wishes from many friends.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">My daughter and wife are my blessing and I'm looking forward to our life and the memories we'll create together.</span><p>
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<b>Related video</b>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_i0yZTeTZ4Q" width="420"></iframe>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-57954100016586101852012-06-15T18:04:00.000-07:002012-06-15T18:04:47.918-07:00Politics, it’s a good thing<div style="color: #073763;">My editorial ublished in the <i>Kitimat Northern Sentinel</i>, October 20, 2010</div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Politics can be an admirable occupation.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">It isn't always, but it can be.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">At its best it ensures all people are persons, all persons are free and not owned, and those free persons can be the kinds of people they would like to be.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">At its worst, wars are started based on specious theories, certain people are made scapegoats for societal ills and the state is reshaped to benefit few, rather than many.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's unlikely a municipal by-election in a small town in Northern British Columbia would address such heady topics, but politics at the local level affects people's lives on a daily basis, and can affect how they live in profound ways.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">We are fortunate in Kitimat to have six people willing to put themselves in a position to serve the public in such a way.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Municipal politics is unique in the three levels of government in Canada in that, municipal politicians serve and live amongst their constituents.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">At the senior levels politicians go away to work, and even their "local" offices may not be local for all the constituents in large ridings such as ours.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Municipal politicians are always at hand, and even more so in a small community.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Regardless of any disparaging thoughts one may have of the current and past mayors and councils, we would be much worse off if people did not think enough of Kitimat to be willing to serve the city and its people.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">The situation Kitimat finds itself in is not unusual, it did not happen overnight and it will not be corrected overnight regardless of who is elected in the by-election or next municipal election.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">In choosing to run for council, the six candidates have made themselves vulnerable and exposed.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">For this, all six candidates and past candidates, whether successful or not, should be commended for their courage.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">We in the media have an integral role, not to make sure politicians get their message out, but to ensure the truth of the candidates is known.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">Citizens also have an important role to play.</span><p><span style="font-size: large;">It’s not just to vote, but to vote in an informed way, to know what we believe in and learn which politicians support our beliefs.</span>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-86613070885210961842012-06-03T01:23:00.005-07:002012-06-03T01:23:59.744-07:00Muppet addendum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Muppets_-_first_Disney_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Muppets_-_first_Disney_logo.jpg" width="320"></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, I really, really like the Muppets.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I love my daughter and my wife.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Could you give it a rest?</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">As part unusual level of extensive, broad-based and intensive research I do for each and every blog post I came across this video of the Muppets performing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, more accurately, performing a version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody because there's some pretty serious deviation from original lyrics.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">This video, released in 2009, and even the video from the previous post are new releases from the now mostly Disney-owned Muppets.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/06/muppet-addendum.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-50082418684861079402012-06-02T03:20:00.002-07:002012-06-02T11:35:26.528-07:00Okay, go<br>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Bert_and_Ernie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Bert_and_Ernie.JPG" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie on the left while Bert looks on.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm blessed to live a full, rich life.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Among the many, many things I love, The Muppets are a top ten for me.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I grew up watching them on Sesame Street and my greatest ambition at the time was to grow up to be like Ernie.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">After all, he got to eat candy and he lived with his best friend. Who wouldn't want that?</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">And no, I don't believe the rumours.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/06/okay-go.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-27741914309587263962012-04-21T10:42:00.000-07:002012-04-21T10:42:37.554-07:00Best. Spam. Ever.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Spam_ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Spam_ad.jpg" width="229"></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">And I quote via copy/paste:</span><p>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #073763;">
<i>Attn: This is to inform you that we the fbi have a warrant to arrest you if we dont hear from you immediately,this is the final warning you are going to receive from the fbi office do you get me? I hope youre understand how many times this message has been sent to you. We have warned you so many times and you have decided to ignore our e-mails we have been instructed to get you arrested immediately, and today if you fail to respond back to us with the payment then, we will close your bank account and jail you and all your properties will be confiscated by the fbi.Robert Mueller, III FB I Director</i></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">A few things to take note of in this email,</span><p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">the text above comes from the subject line of the email, not the body. There was no text in the body.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">I don't think it's being overly pedantic to suggest the actual, real Federal Bureau of Investigation would capitalize its initials.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not an American, and I don't live in America (mind you Marc Emery wouldn't have said "yes" to either of those points either.)</span></li>
</ul><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I, like most people, have to check my spam box occasionally to make sure I don't miss critical (hire me!) emails.</span><p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/04/best-spam-ever.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-21684718500028617072012-04-10T06:00:00.000-07:002012-04-10T06:00:01.436-07:00I'm on the Internet, hire me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.jeffgaulin.com/images/CommonImages/TopBanner02.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="31" src="http://www.jeffgaulin.com/images/CommonImages/TopBanner02.gif" width="320"></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm on Jeff Gaulin's Job Board.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">The board is a database of journalists looking for work and work available listed by province and media type. </span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">You can find me under the section for journalists looking for work.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I've used the board previously with good results, receiving work from Media Q and landing the job in Kitimat.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I've also had inquiries about jobs both here in the Lower Mainland and in other provinces.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">My bio from the board:</span><p>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="color: #274e13;">
Anthony was born and raised in the Lower Mainland, and is familiar with
the issues and concerns of people in the area, from housing costs in
Vancouver, to transportation South of the Fraser River and even where to
find sushi in the suburbs after 9:00 p.m.<br>
He is a professional
journalist who conducts probing and insightful interviews related to
politics, human interest and the community.<br></blockquote></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/04/im-on-internet-hire-me.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-60817623279838187092012-04-05T06:00:00.000-07:002012-04-05T09:40:56.334-07:00I'll never do this again<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.straight.com/files/gallery/collections/RHOV2012/RHOV-SH026_0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://www.straight.com/files/gallery/collections/RHOV2012/RHOV-SH026_0.JPG" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i>From left, Christina Kiesel, Ronnie Seterdahl Negus, Reiko</i><br>
<i>MacKenzie, and Mary Zilba. Not pictured Jody Claman.</i><br>
<i>Photo by Stephen Hui via Georgia Straight.</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's embarrassing to admit, but I'm a sucker for the Real Housewives franchise.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't judge me. </span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I liked the original from Orange County, I watched the New York, New Jersey and Atlanta spin offs.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I can't explain why I liked it, I didn't identify with most of the people, I didn't like most of them and the lifestyles seemed vacuous.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">And yet I watched. </span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">When I heard there was going to be a <i>Real Housewives of Vancouver</i> I was inwardly pleased.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">And ashamed.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah, it's complicated to be me.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/04/ill-never-do-this-again.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-3996332201349967152012-04-01T01:32:00.000-07:002012-04-01T01:32:12.568-07:00Citation provided<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/New-Bouncywikilogo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/New-Bouncywikilogo.gif"></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm perfectly willing to admit I Google my name periodically.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Part of this is because I'm looking for work (hire me!) and so I need to know how I'm presented online.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">An the other part is, um, well, you know....</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't judge me!</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Recently I decided to use Bing, Microsoft's search engine.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I Googled with Bing.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Or, I Binged to Google myself.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Alternately, I Googled on Bing.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">There was a time, not that long ago, when those sentences wouldn't have made any sense. </span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Somewhere there people in marketing departments who read this blog regularly (I'm sure it must happen) who are horrified by how badly I've just eroded their brand's value.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/04/citation-provided.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-86612128966413175892012-03-27T06:00:00.000-07:002012-03-27T06:00:05.769-07:00You can go homeMy editorial published in the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, October 6, 2010.<br>
I wrote this just after I returned to Kitimat from my wedding in New Westminster.<br>
<span style="font-size: large;">It’s good to go home.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">They say you can’t go there, but you can it’s just an exorbitantly expensive flight.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">The thing to recognize, is that both you and your home will be different when you get there.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">I returned to my home town, New Westminster, to marry the woman I love.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">The wedding went well, as I predicted we were married by the end of the day regardless of anything else that went exactly as we planned or not.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">The thing that didn’t go well was the traffic.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">More than once, while stuck in gridlock at about 2 p.m., I remarked, “If we were in Kitimat we’d be there by now.”</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Traffic in Vancouver can be challenging, to the point that Vancouver is the first city in North America to have a radio station that only broadcasts traffic reports.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The traffic was particularly bad due the amount of construction going on on highway one and its approaches.</span></span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">It wasn’t that bad during the Olympics.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Even on my alternate routes to get from point A to point B, I could find my self sitting in an unusual amount of traffic during what should have been a quiet time of the day.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Rush hour was worse.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Besides the scenery and the people, the other thing I love about Kitimat is it’s five minutes from end to end.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Even if you’ve forgotten you’re supposed to be somewhere, as long as you can just hop in the car, you’ll be there in five minutes.</span><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/03/you-can-go-home.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32260893.post-22894703217140957942012-03-24T02:48:00.001-07:002012-03-24T02:51:51.019-07:00Why I crossed the road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<blockquote><i>"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity"</i> - Simone Weil. </blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Whether you are familiar with Christianity or not, you're likely familiar with the parable of the good Samaritan from the book of Luke.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">In it Jesus explains again in the most oblique way what it is to be a good Christian (well, Jew, I suppose since there were no "Christians" at the time.)</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">The story goes like this: a guy is beaten, robbed and left on the side of the road and all the fine, upstanding citizens of the day pass the victim leaving him to presumably die.</span><p>
<span style="font-size: large;">Except for this Samaritan guy.</span><p></p></p></p></p><a href="http://anthonydamonse.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-i-crossed-road.html#more">>> CONTINUED >></a>adamonse@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755468204581933938noreply@blogger.com0