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Saturday, February 19, 2022

1922: My father was 11

 When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.

P. J. O'Rourke



The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love.

— Nikos Kazantzakis, born in 1883


Winter Twilight by Anne Porter


On a clear winter's evening
The crescent moon

And the round squirrels' nest
In the bare oak

Are equal planets.


WarnerMedia’s statement tonight is an attempt to retaliate against me and change the media narrative in the wake of their disastrous handling of the last two weeks.”

Whenever you think things might calm down to a light simmer, the pot boils over with major media news.


One hundred years ago, in 1922, the world changed. Not the real world, of course — that had happened a few years before, with the war — but the literary world, which is always a few ticks behind (Roddy Doyle, at a recent event, when heckled by an audience member asking when he was going to get to the point, replied, “I’m a novelist, so it might take me a few months.”)

1922- Literature’s year zero One hundred years ago two literary masterpieces changed the literary world forever




An award opportunity for young tax researchers


Brigitte Alepin of the Canadian based TaxCOOP has drawn this to my attention:

CA$ 10 000 prizes will be awarded to four projects with the intent to support the establishment of an effective and fair tax system to deal with the following topics:

International Issues

*   Billionaires, a Global Issue

*   Taxation and Philanthropy: Beyond Borders

*   Tax Cooperation for the Environment

Quebec Issue

*   Public Services, Social Programs, and Tax Breaks: is the Quebec Model Sustainable in the Long term?

Application deadline is Tuesday, March 15th, 2022.

Visit https://taxcoop.org/en/carte-blanche/ for more information.

Barring the Quebec related issues any regional focus is permitted.