Not that I have any particular way with images, except that I love to manipulate them. I found an astonishing picture of John and Paul ea...

This is one of those experiences that is impossible to describe. Just a manifestation of my desire to connect with a meaningful God? You dec...

Ah yes, Georges Melies. I keep encountering him, this odd little Frenchie/genius. The other night (I still have a hangover from it), Turner...

Every year, around the time of my birthday, the anticipation began to build. For some magical reason, the Mary Martin stage version of Peter...

I think it started in Grade 3, which is to say, 3 - 4 (I had, in the parlance of the day, "skipped" and was doing two grades in on...

This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. I was casting around YouTube to try to find an orchestral versio...

I'm not used to having my most cherished fantasies come true. As always, there's a story behind this-all. At some point in my Mad Me...

I lost the Turkey Song ! I posted it, but I can't seem to find it in my old posts, even though it's listed under Oct. 22. So here it...

Hermann Goering, one of the worst distortions of humanity ever to live, was once famously quoted as saying, "Every time I see the Fuhr...

Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese A little Italian let’s praise today: The Topo Gigio of pictures, let’s say. When Taxi Driver comes on TV, I...

My life would not be the same without the Stooges. Every afternoon after the rigours of school, I'd flop down with my bag of Oreo cookie...

To a young child Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care fo...

I always try to avoid opening these things. But sooner or later, I have to. I have to get the bad news, and it isn't going to be any bet...

CTV British Columbia - Randy Quaid and wife seek asylum from 'star whackers' - CTV News Hey, this guy was in one of my favorite movi...

STRANGER THAN TRUTH! World's largest rodent considered a delicacy by Venezuelans MANTECAL, Venezuela (AP) When Venezuela...

These last 2 posts represent a couple of generations: my daughter Shannon Paterson, illustrious reporter for CTV News in Vancouver; and Cait...

All right, this whole story is stupid, isn't even a story. So I'm sitting here in a ratty nightgown at 12:43 because a "little...

OK, I got carried away today. I dredged these ads up for my 7-year-old granddaughter, she of the gappy teeth and amazing mind. She loves thi...

Not long ago I was sitting at the bumpy back of a shuttle bus, when I overheard two girls talking. They must have been somewhere around the ...

Thought I'd update my profile photo. Heheheheh. No, seriously: I suddenly realize I've become an Amazonian. I order too many things...

Yes, I know that some people still call this "bath tissue" or "TP". They can't even say the name of it. But I think ...

OK, then. You gotta ask yourself, when watching this is about as appealing as eating 19 pounds of Kraft Dinner with no ketchup, why it is th...

U.S. woman cleared in husband's hunting death peels out of court, music blaring - 570News This is the kind of story that will likely ap...