2008

Jul

“I cannot look coolly upon the bloody inroads of those...”
— James Wolfe
Jul 1st

Jun

(via boyghost)
Jun 28th
This is what salvation must be like after a while.
Jun 28th
“You know the chances of me actually making it back to...”
— Jacob Martinez
Jun 28th
Hello, beautiful. We’ll be seeing you shortly, Old...
Jun 27th
Achilles had his heel, but I have a whole Achilles body.
Jun 27th

Blonde on Blonde

You say you’re sorry for telling stories that you know I believe are true. You say you got...
Jun 27th

An Oldie

Robert: But ya I've found the personification of beauty
Elliot: ?
Elliot: Claire doesn't count. She isn't mortal.
Robert: No. It's better than Claire.
Robert: This makes Claire look like a dirty substitute.
Elliot: You talking about this? http://www.nestle.ca/en/products/brands/drumstick/index
Robert: WTF NO
Jun 27th

Joshua Then and Now

by Mordecai Richler “I ran into Jane on Greene Avenue and we had a drink together in the...
Jun 27th

A Real Funny Guy

When you’re in Ottawa, you always refer to K-W as your home. To yourself. To everybody. And...
Jun 27th
“Riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings...”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jun 27th
“It’s a good relationship. I’ve known her for a long, long...”
— Leonard Cohen, on his...
Jun 27th

The Bible According to Mordecai Richler...

from Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler Esau was one fine fella, a hunter, and he used to bring...
Jun 26th

The Bible According to Mordecai Richler...

from Joshua Then and Now by Mordecai Richler His father, pulling another marker free of his Bible,...
Jun 26th

Joshua Then and Now

Zayda: You know what these days are?
Grandson: Cold.
Zayda: No no. Anybody knows that. If you're Jewish, but.
Grandson: Colder.
Zayda: Oh haha, very funny.
Jun 26th

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest HemingwayShe cuddled against me and I put my arm around her. She looked up to be kissed....
Jun 19th
Warch Watch
Groovy video for a groovy song. This also poses the question; who would you rather have as your...
Jun 19th
“You are all a lost generation.”
— Gertrude Stein
Jun 19th
I promise not to raise my son in anger.
Jun 15th
“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference....”
— Ernest Hemingway
Jun 14th
Whither thou goest,I will go.
Jun 13th

Forced Hiatus

To make a long story short…my computer will be “in shop” for the next week or so,...
Jun 13th
It’s just that I feel stuck in this American town. I...
Jun 9th
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting...”
— Atticus Finch in To Kill A...
Jun 9th
Say a prayer for the cowboy, his mare’s run away. And...
Jun 9th
“You are always new. The last of your kisses was ever the...”
— Keats
Jun 9th
Warch Watch
(via goodcleanwholesomefun) Mr. Leonard Cohen singing a solo version of his classic...
Jun 8th
(via jennyjennjen)
Jun 8th

Damn Hungry

nineplustwo: My sisters throwing a house party.There all down there singing along like a bunch of...
Jun 7th
Jun 7th

I'm Not There (Bob Dylan)

Seven Rules of going into hiding: 1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat. 2) Beware of enthusiasm and of...
Jun 7th
“I would say I write my songs for people who find themselves...”
— Leonard Cohen
Jun 6th
I just want to believe what you tell me.
Jun 6th
“Show me a hero and I will write you a...
Jun 6th
“We read five times that you were killed, in five...
Jun 6th
“The Lord prefers common-looking people: that is why he made...”
— Abraham Lincoln
Jun 4th
Jun 4th

Preacher Man

I had a really strange dream last night where everyone told the truth. I was on a stage and there...
Jun 4th
“The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who...”
— F Scott. Fitzgerald
Jun 3rd
Cohen and Mitchell: Just One of Those Things
Jun 3rd
I met a woman.  She knew your life She knew your devils and...
Jun 3rd
“Ahh… Do I detect a look of disapproval in your...
Jun 2nd
“I don’t trust a man who doesn’t tear up a little watching...”
— Bob Dylan
Jun 2nd

Welsh Proverbs

If you want to be a leader, be a bridge. Speak well of your friend; of your enemy say nothing. Of...
Jun 1st
I don’t know about the rest of you, but this is what I...
Jun 1st

May

“I’m going away, baby. I won’t be back...
May 30th

A Late Night Game of 'Would You Rather'

Elliot: Would you rather be Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen?
Jess: Cohen.
Elliot: Cohen for sure.
Jess: Okay, here's one. Would you rather be Simon or Garfunkel?
Elliot: That's easy!
Jess: Yeah you're right.
Elliot: ........CLEARLY GARFUNKEL!
May 30th
    “I don’t mind a reasonable amount of...
May 29th
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the...”
— Euripides
May 29th
lifeasart: Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker, wherever...
May 29th
“How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the...”
— J.D. Salinger (via lifeasart)
May 29th
The Favourite Game, German Edition (cover #3)
May 28th
The Favourite Game (cover #2)
May 28th
The Favourite Game (cover #1)
May 28th

Humbled By Love

by Leonard CohenAnd look, dear heart, at the virgin,look how she welcomes him into her gown. And...
May 28th
An Elephant…with Bob Dylan.
May 27th
“Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues...”
— Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
May 27th
“Birds chirp. The sun shines with renewed vigor. Girls with...”
— Curtis Harris on Summertime ...
May 27th
“If crime showed on a man’s face, there...
May 26th
“I thought I had a good life here… but your...
May 26th
Leonard enjoying (what may be) a coke.
May 25th

Oh What A World

Jess and I are currently trying to decide where we should go on our summer trip. At first we thought...
May 25th
(via lifeasart)
May 25th
“How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person on...”
— J.D. Salinger (Raise High the...
May 24th
                    “We can’t all be lion...
May 24th
Seeing Jacob’s videos at the revamped Sex is Communism...
May 24th
“I don’t even know what street Canada is on.”
— Al Capone
May 23rd
“My anxieties have anxieties.”
May 23rd
“Tell me, how many of these, eh,...
May 22nd

Circa 2003

Well maybe it is just the time of year,or maybe its the time of man, I don’t know who l...
May 22nd
“You know what the trouble with me is? I can never get...
May 22nd
“I’m going to miss you when you go.”
May 21st
“It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those...”
— W. Somerset Maugham
May 21st
            And I’m sick of pretending.           ...
May 20th
“It is not enough that I succeed — everyone else must...
May 20th
“A fool-saint is somebody who seems to be full of holiness...”
— Robertson Davies (Fifth...
May 20th
                    In streams of light I clearly saw       ...
May 19th
“I hate myself for not going over to talk to her. Well,...”
— Charlie Brown, on failing to...
May 19th
I opened up the gate for you. I shined your shoes and took...
May 18th
The Artist Herself and Leonard Cohen, painted by Joni...
May 18th
Uh oh…who da biggest artist? Danger round. My...
May 18th
“I see you the way you are, even your imperfections....”
— In Treatment (TV)
May 17th
“This fall I think you’re riding for —...
May 17th
“Nothing is worse than a kid playing parent to his mother and...”
— In Treatment (TV)
May 17th
           “I’m very hard to talk to. I realize...
May 17th
Listen Listen
Listen to this.Bob Dylan - I’m Not There“So long, Jesus saken,blind fate with a tell,It...
May 16th
“Joni and I go back a long ways. Not all the way back, but...”
— Bob Dylan about Joni...
May 16th
“You brought me here now you’re trying to run me...
May 15th

The Dance Goes On

My good friend Alicia just sent me this message on facebook. I probably shouldn’t share...
May 15th
“Men must endure their going hence, even as their coming...”
— Edgar from King Lear
May 15th
“Hold out for cover. Hold out your hand to me.”
May 15th
“I waited half my life for you, you know. I never...
May 14th
nevver: An Illustrated History of Vice #7
May 14th
Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen - ‘67
May 14th
“In great crisis, it is the lot of women to soften our...”
— Napoleon 
May 13th

I'm Not There

On A Certain Female’s Certain Ignorance Of Love.by John Wilmot To love a girl’s a waste of time...
May 13th
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the...”
— W.B. Yeats
May 13th
“I don’t feel I have to wipe everybody out. Just...
May 13th

Extra Extra

Jess: DID YOU SEE JACOB REBLOGED ME?!
May 12th
“Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he...”
— Bob Dylan - Man In The Long...
May 12th
“I think I’d miss you even if we never met.”
—  Nick - “The Wedding Date” ...
May 12th
“I come into a region where there is nothing that can...
May 12th
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids...
May 11th
“I told my mother, “Mother I must leave you. Preserve my...”
— Leonard Cohen - The Traitor
May 11th
“…mark, what I thought was fire was only the spark.”
May 11th
“The woman we love is ever the prettiest of her sex.”
— Napoleon 
May 10th

Peanuts

“I love you,” she said, and together they laughed. Then one day she said, “I hate...
May 10th
“As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods - they...
May 9th
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great...”
— King Lear (Shakespeare)
May 9th
“Me, I go from one extreme to another.”
May 9th
“But I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment. I kissed her...
May 8th
“Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an...”
— Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Prime...
May 6th
“When your girl has left you out on the pavement and your...
May 6th

Welcome Home

Being a student and moving into a new place, I have very few possessions. My girlfriend was kind...
May 6th

In Line At IKEA

Jess: Do you have anything breakable?
Elliot: Only my heart.
Jess: Shut up.
May 4th

Stuck in Marchand with the Blues Again

I am in the process of moving, and therefore may be without internet for a couple days.Jacob,...
May 1st
lifeasart: Joan of Arc  Her legs are long/Her thighs are...
May 1st
“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her…but...”
— W. Somerset Maugham
May 1st

Apr

“When I said I needed you, well, I really needed...
Apr 30th
“I think it would be fair to let you take care of your...
Apr 30th
“The moment when you reload your rifle.”
— Bob Dylan, defining peace.
Apr 30th
           Yeah. He’s rich. Got himself a big car.
Apr 30th
“O send out the raven ahead of the dove.”
Apr 29th
burningfencepost: Who needs religion when you’ve got women.
Apr 29th
“It’s awful not to be loved. It’s the worst thing...”
— East of Eden
Apr 29th
“Yes, I’ve had many meetings with...
Apr 28th
“nullahnullahnlnlnlnl”
— Van Morrison, Moondance
Apr 28th
“All we do our whole lives is go from one little piece of...”
— J.D. Salinger
Apr 27th
                   “I am blind but you can...
Apr 27th
“Just move, everything will be roses and...
Apr 26th

Got To Go Back

Got my ticket at the airport.Well I guess I’ve been marking time.I’ve been living in...
Apr 26th
“She took his tavern parliament, his cap, his cocky...
Apr 25th
“I don’t consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of...”
— Leonard Cohen
Apr 25th
“How many nights I prayed for this…”
Apr 25th
“Don’t get up gentlemen, I’m only passing...
Apr 24th

Waiting For Godot

Vladimir: Do you remember the Gospels?
Estragon: I remember the maps of the Holy Land. Coloured they were. Very pretty. The Dead Sea was a pale blue. The very look of it made me thirsty. That's where we'll go, I used to say, that's where we'll go on our honeymoon. We'll swim. We'll be happy.
Vladimir: You should have been a poet.
Estragon: I was. (Gesture towards his rags.) Isn't that obvious?
Apr 24th
    “No. We can care for you, but we can’t cure...
Apr 24th
“Courage, my friends; ‘tis not too late to build a...”
— Tommy Douglas
Apr 23rd
nevver: Einstein on the Beach
Apr 23rd
“And she let me touch the source of life, as I was so...
Apr 23rd
“Old men, they alone have my charity, mumbling hapless and...”
— Irving Layton, who later in...