Tag Archives: Kate Middleton

down the slippery slope of the golan

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Dave

Well, he was supposed to be the savior of Canada. They, the liberal party dragged him out of Harvard and basically said it would be cake-walk to 24 Sussex Drive, a formality, get inside to Ignatieff’s ego and off they … Continue reading →

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antiques and fashion roadshow

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Art

She is called the “middle-class” princess. Whatever elasticity we apply to it, her recent trip to Canada has only served to reinforce the notion that she is a marketing icon to the rich, wealthy and affluent respectable that is flip … Continue reading →

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white men and black cats: fraternal disorder

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Art

the cult of the black cat…… Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This is a small shopping bag (the sort of thing to put a few nails in) from Copeland Lumber – a local northwest hardware/lumber store. I believe they’re still in business, … Continue reading →

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royal flush: dallying while bidding for waity katy

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Dave

Who will be the lamb and who will be the knife? Prince William, when and if he becomes king, will be the first Stuart king since James I, son of Mary Queen of Scots, in over 400 years. Secret potions, … Continue reading →

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king for a day: take a pass on the cake

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Dave

All the king’s men and women. Indeterminancy and inevitability, fortuity and fate.Sacred geometry and secret recipes. The chance of being king. Or is it chance? The chance of being king is charged with multiple and contradictory associations among of which … Continue reading →

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the golden bough: keeping the show on the road

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Dave

Its the Antiques Roadshow up on Cripple Creek.The Golden Bough, the first king, sexless in suburbia and watch out for those in-laws.The comparison of today’s Royal family with Elizabeth I and James I are not that far-fetched as the current … Continue reading →

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what is and what it seems may be: manufacturing contentment?

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Dave

Was he really the connoisseur who by accident sleepwalked into history? William James, the nineteenth-century psychologist wrote that “the greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.” In … Continue reading →