seanessay.com Infamous long haired radio “shock jock” Howard Stern put an a suit for the first time since his daughter’s wedding to interview the president of the United States. I thought both men were sincere. They took about an hour. I am holding back my scheduled post, one that my peers at the C-space building […]
A Senior’s Perspective on Innocent Student Protests
seanessay.com I remember, years after we graduated university, a friend being as surprised as I had been when I told her a person can be an atheist and Jew simultaneously. This week a famous blogger, Penelope Trunk, has an atheist Jewish son involved in a protest on campus. I am one of 28 commenters. I […]
Old Cowboy Carries His Own Booze
seanessay.com A major mistake happened when I went to see an early matinee. How strange to see a mother coming into the lobby carrying a toddler under each arm. But no stranger than me with a big bottle of soda under one arm and a bottle of Scots whiskey under the other. Glenlivet, if it […]
Stupid Housing, Shrinkflation and Mad Magazine
seanessay.com Being a senior citizen means being amused when young punks in parliament think issues are new. Well, new to them, maybe. I see where both the UK and the US heads of state, Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden, have angrily exposed “shrinkflation,” while across the land politicians speak of the twin perils of “the […]
That Was Good, And You Need to Know
seanessay.com Someone wrote to me, immediately after our zoom meeting: Thanks for the skills session today, it was great! I replied: Thank you for saying so, that’s nice to hear. I am reminded of the semester I took with theatre majors taking Creative Movement. We presented our movement studies both solo and in pairs. In […]
Bella Baxter As a Victorian Man From Mars
seanessay.com Having already seen the show in London, I just had to gleefully stride into the lobby of Calgary’s arthouse cinema, The Plaza, and proclaim at the counter, “One adult for Bella Baxter!” They knew I meant the controversial movie Poor Things, which several female journalists at a certain British well known progressive newspaper had […]