This afternoon I find myself wondering what we mean when we say the word peace. - Saint Eros

Well worth the read.

- Peace

I just finished taking the last of the christmas decorations off the front of the house and I took the first bike ride of the season. So it must be spring. Snow is in the forecast for later this week. Ah Calgary.

-Peace

Accroding to Bene Diction Rick Mercer is apologizing americans, and it's in classic Mercer style, but it's not Mercer it's Collen Mockery, as you can see in this video clip. Snopes.com exposes this not quite hoax.

I do think Mercer would have delivered it better. To get a feel for Mercer's style check out this collection of Rick Mercer video clips.

-Peace

This post over at The Living Room shows how a tool like Who links Who can be abused. It looks like 'Gary' used some tool, like WLW, to find people who link to The Living Room and harass them.

Any tool can be used for evil, but it's the first time I've suspected that something I've created may have been abused. Not a happy thought. Yeah it's a fallen world.

-Peace

A letter to a friend in Iraq
by Andrew Mandell

-Peace

The Monster Under My Bed

The Monster Under My Bed - a kids book by Kevin Frank.

With Sarah growing up I miss out on reading kids books. We were big fans of Franklin the Turtle and got each new books as it came out for years. Last year while visiting friends in Guelph, we went to the local hip book store and I spent the entire time in the kids section with their two year old son. Yup I've got a soft spot for kids books.

-Peace

Xaiver+ has a post on Saint Jean de Brebeuf author of 'Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime or as I've always know it The Huron Carol. I didn't know it dated back to the 1600s, it's such a brilliant piece of cultural adaptation that I assumed it was recent. That's what modern arrogance will do to ya.

Bruce Cockburn sings the Huron Carol on his album Christmas, the original huron version no less. The Cockburn Project has a detailed entry comparing the original carol to the more common anglicised translation. I also learned that The Huron Carol is considered Canada's first Christmas song.

Now I'm in the mood for Christmas music in March :)

- Peace

Lord willing we're headed to the Cornerstone music festival this summer. Course calling Cornerstone a music festival is a bit of an understatement. For instance there's the writing workshops being put on by Prairie School of Writing. The session on the blues as truth telling looks great..

Ain't Nothin' But the Blues: Poetry and the Art of Transcendence
Amaud Jamaul
2 pm - 2:50 pm, Wed-Sat
In this workshop we will examine how poetry can be used as a vehicle for inner exploration and spiritual growth. Looking at the Blues tradition, we will discuss the function of "truth telling," and how creative work can help uncover deeper understandings of our identity.
bio for program: Amaud Jamaul teaches creative writing and composition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has won scholarships and fellowships from several foundations, writers' conferences and colonies, and he is currently a member of the Cave Canem Workshop.

Fellow blogger Kevin Rains will be spreading the word on blogs:

Blog On!
Kevin Rains
11 am-11:50 am, Thurs - Sat.
You want to write, but feel stymied by the publishing world. Web-logging (blogging) gives you the tools to get your work "out there." Blogs are simple web pages that require no computer programming experience but allow you to publish your ideas and develop as a writer. Kevin will tell you how to set up a site and how to write on-line. If you have a minute, you can blog.

Anyone else headed to C-Stone this year?

-Peace

OK that's odd, some one was searching for "Wendy Cooper" hair. I'm guessing it's on her head not google.

-Peace