tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48358292468729040042024-03-05T12:51:28.631-05:00Pop CultureA humourous blog about being a modern dadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-36474664396549114972024-01-20T13:25:00.000-05:002024-01-20T13:25:42.800-05:00Spector and Spectre Podcast Pilot Script is a Top 50/Quarter Finalist!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMgXERQJqswqT-4630AhYRf6piqa2dIeclJlTrWZKlnVD4YAyBZxrgk6zrrBPmv-bZEqyy9Bw8mJ-eleLU38XfETKmdM_pYelYovWuVNhZB69T5FSlS8RDnkYRmDZz4R0MSV_fPg2_WCzG0awwo5Y1bcOgYAMrvstOsSJVykV56myGF-rscceIkth1JY/s500/Roadmap%20Writers%20QF%20Laurel%202024.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMgXERQJqswqT-4630AhYRf6piqa2dIeclJlTrWZKlnVD4YAyBZxrgk6zrrBPmv-bZEqyy9Bw8mJ-eleLU38XfETKmdM_pYelYovWuVNhZB69T5FSlS8RDnkYRmDZz4R0MSV_fPg2_WCzG0awwo5Y1bcOgYAMrvstOsSJVykV56myGF-rscceIkth1JY/s320/Roadmap%20Writers%20QF%20Laurel%202024.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Happy to report that the pilot script for <b>Spector and Spectre</b>, the scripted podcast I co-created with the lovely and talented Kimberley Ann Sparks, has been selected as a Top 50 Quarter Finalist in the <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com/blog/top-50-quarterfinalists-2023-podcasting-competition?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=W7nLWJzBQ55JD6qjwnIVhG1hiLY78MgvhdLkCi5yTP4%3D.NGhAN9" target="_blank">Roadmap Writers Podcast Competition</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">. Whoot! </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">S&S is a supernatural co-listening mystery series. It’s always fun working with Kim - and even more fun when we get some recognition. Fingers crossed that we progress to the next level!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-62089582907963281802022-04-13T16:32:00.001-04:002022-04-13T16:32:32.995-04:00<p> FEELING WEIRD NEVER FELT SO GOOD.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNAAU6GI6LneE30p6FrXZGwfQSCNEjxekAVP2P52PmdIB_FsDMqzGX3OxRfTfboiZnCWYSdzt_sjmfdgyqf3mLDKb_nt-bZh6960ANuaOLns5XSAYWzGstrkV2Fpri7oA0yZ48MnGBp64bz-JD_c97m7ErUjnHppTiews_8ON3g8T5KCOISF8s-UXo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNAAU6GI6LneE30p6FrXZGwfQSCNEjxekAVP2P52PmdIB_FsDMqzGX3OxRfTfboiZnCWYSdzt_sjmfdgyqf3mLDKb_nt-bZh6960ANuaOLns5XSAYWzGstrkV2Fpri7oA0yZ48MnGBp64bz-JD_c97m7ErUjnHppTiews_8ON3g8T5KCOISF8s-UXo" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Pleased to announce that Feeling Weird, a graphic novel that deals with youth mental health in the context of a entertaining story and great art (by Dave Shephard), is now available. This was a long hard journey but one that my co-writer, Sean Donaghey, and I are happy we persevered with. We're very proud of this book and believe it is one that youth will read because they actually want to. </p><p>You can follow the link below for purchasing information.</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.rubiconpublishing.com/product/feelingweird/</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-79848880112916330602021-08-17T12:00:00.000-04:002021-08-17T12:00:59.855-04:00Sherlock@Home, my comedy webseries about a Stay-At-Home Dad turned detective launches tonight<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MINDING YOUR NEIGHBOURS' BUSINESS IS HIS BUSINESS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18B9rfC3UBaK6WdMAhyphenhyphenfLTwx6x-Jh5z1IFKuWA37HnXBKcSQSQ8rsyYcTOSGFj0qi-kiFN-1AKTLJ5VTpbZKsp1sfCQX4sOrb1K8rvoSruMWfJUG811-IYUe0lXMgvS96TXGF6lMKGas/s1920/SHERLOCK+%2540+HOME_DUE+DATE+posters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18B9rfC3UBaK6WdMAhyphenhyphenfLTwx6x-Jh5z1IFKuWA37HnXBKcSQSQ8rsyYcTOSGFj0qi-kiFN-1AKTLJ5VTpbZKsp1sfCQX4sOrb1K8rvoSruMWfJUG811-IYUe0lXMgvS96TXGF6lMKGas/w400-h225/SHERLOCK+%2540+HOME_DUE+DATE+posters.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Excited that our comedy series is finally being unveiled. Details in poster above but you can also check out the trailer <a href="https://www.tln.ca/sherlock-home/">here</a>.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-87103981650040665702021-08-03T18:30:00.000-04:002021-08-03T18:30:14.317-04:00Thanks for the shout out, NSI Canada. Excitement for StoryGame Studios' interactive thriller, Laverna Park builds before Kickstarter launch August 4.<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Christopher Sweeney’s interactive crime thriller, Laverna Park, puts the audience in the drivers seat </span><a href="https://nsi-canada.ca/2021/08/interactive-crime-thriller-laverna-park/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0.01em;" target="_blank">[more]</a></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImLj-MRkLdCcxZ7n3p5Gdb7VVORjp-QfwZgP7l8rZ1KhyphenhyphenI7KLNCLDbDVSY470fAWWBYEaLdsQ-xwxPjx8o0Y0EYl-LarQTQZbQDi30ApdRe-A8eGhYepNkaNweOPz5NJIEq9ZUAgJNLA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="900" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImLj-MRkLdCcxZ7n3p5Gdb7VVORjp-QfwZgP7l8rZ1KhyphenhyphenI7KLNCLDbDVSY470fAWWBYEaLdsQ-xwxPjx8o0Y0EYl-LarQTQZbQDi30ApdRe-A8eGhYepNkaNweOPz5NJIEq9ZUAgJNLA/w470-h235/image.png" width="470" /></a></div><p>Check out the<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/storygamestudios/laverna-park-an-interactive-serial-thriller-you-solve" target="_blank"> Kickstarter launch page</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-15818048167767722652021-02-05T15:25:00.026-05:002021-02-05T15:44:26.392-05:00REPOST IN HONOUR OF THE LATE GREAT CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER. RIP, CAP.<p><a href="https://popculture-superdad.blogspot.com/2012/05/male-models.html" style="color: #cc6600; display: inline; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">Male Models</a></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4594123793788567665" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4Jz487Qf6qCsytb9LsxKjGYAO3qGNps72kgcUgOVa6yiDcems67yAdn2xb8yxMhFDXzHEAN7CL8qwz8X0ZoovVf6H346_L1qtYROYB_rwHKKqpj4T9D7EB66gG6aAqi_6pMuxQkNw8E/s2048/Pop+Culture+Male+Model.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4Jz487Qf6qCsytb9LsxKjGYAO3qGNps72kgcUgOVa6yiDcems67yAdn2xb8yxMhFDXzHEAN7CL8qwz8X0ZoovVf6H346_L1qtYROYB_rwHKKqpj4T9D7EB66gG6aAqi_6pMuxQkNw8E/s320/Pop+Culture+Male+Model.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cap had it sorted.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I am often asked: “What’s it like being a cutting edge father/stay at home dad/primary caregiver to three kids?” I tell dads who are confronting solo parenting, lead parenting or just “wife has gone to Vegas for the weekend”: Do it your own way. <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">The glory of being a male caregiver is that, since there are not many role models, it’s open for us to make up what makes a good pop.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Look at Captain Von Trap in “The Sound of Music”. Remember how Maria, the problem nun, reacts with horror at how widowed Capt. Von Trap pipes in his children for inspection? Arrayed in sailor outfits and marching in time to his piping, they assemble in a disciplined row. We are expected to mirror Maria’s shock while also being amused at this rigid operation. However, as a father who has to get kids out the door for school five days a week, I admire the good Captain.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cap had his stuff <i>sorted</i>. Cool, stern but fair. His kids were well-behaved, groomed, fed and actually responded to questions when addressed by an adult. And once they did as required I bet he left them alone to live their lives as he went about his – scoring hot rich Countesses and free-thinking nuns. Many parents are <i>too</i> involved in their kids’ inner lives - that’s why I respect cool Captain von Trap. Also, he can whip out a guitar and sing a love song at the drop of a hat.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-44941598993362790282021-02-02T11:00:00.001-05:002021-02-02T11:00:19.493-05:00REMEMBERING WHISKER RUB<p> Rooting around in my old computer for some documents I came across the link <a href="http://whiskerrrub.blogspot.com/">WhiskerRub,</a> my former humour blog. While some of the posts are dated, many of them still are relevant and, I think, funny.</p><p>So have at 'er and check it out if you're looking for a laugh.</p><dl class="profile-datablock" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px 0px 4px;"><dd class="profile-data" style="color: #211104; display: inline; font-size: 11.7px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="http://whiskerrrub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong>NAME:</strong> <span style="color: #473624;">WHISKERRUB</span></a></dd></dl><p class="profile-textblock" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://whiskerrrub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WHISKERRUB: 1) The 'affectionate' act of rubbing an unshaven face against the face of another; often the child of the whiskerrubber. 2)What one says when rubbing an unshaven face against the face of another. 3) An action which tickles and yet kind of hurts. 4) A satirical 'blog</a></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-44357437404022661042020-10-09T17:23:00.001-04:002020-10-09T17:25:21.892-04:00Thanks for the props, Canadian Dad Influencers!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MHTpn53quwEG30Zz7m_QcI0QTgf9otyYQEYvOM7vyZhul6yFlSfCue36-jba9aCegpw1zlAHcgprjdV0J5WgOJAqN1JC1rpXXYNczSxUvuXb-RIKry2r2yWP6bBH_efvQvG6F88LSjU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MHTpn53quwEG30Zz7m_QcI0QTgf9otyYQEYvOM7vyZhul6yFlSfCue36-jba9aCegpw1zlAHcgprjdV0J5WgOJAqN1JC1rpXXYNczSxUvuXb-RIKry2r2yWP6bBH_efvQvG6F88LSjU/" width="297" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Imagine my surprise when I was notified that <a href="https://popculture-superdad.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-monologue-syndrome.html">Pop Culture</a> and me were named as <a href="https://caseypalmer.com/canadian-dad-influencers/">top Canadian Dad Influencers by Casey Palmer</a> in his recent post. Aw, go on!</p><p><br /></p><p>I won't look too closely into how influential I really am - I can barely get my kids to pick their laundry up off the bedroom floor but it's always nice to be noticed. Flattery is very misunderstood.</p><p><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohzdNlsQJDA9jGS7S/giphy.gif">https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohzdNlsQJDA9jGS7S/giphy.gif</a></p><p>So, thanks for that, Casey. Gave me a lift to see that this morning. Glad to know someone is reading the blog and enjoying it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-60599716741293274462020-08-06T18:27:00.000-04:002020-08-06T18:27:43.286-04:00Here's hoping that Netflix callsLike every other screenwriter or other creative in Canada, I've pitched something to Netflix for their open call: a half hour comedy, Unqualified Success, about a barista appointed to becoming a Justice of the Peace (inspired by my time working in the Provincial Court system) and this one, Split Second, an animated comedy about a 'bad' kid who while undergoing a scientific procedure to remove all his 'badness' ends up getting an evil double instead. Odds of a call are approximately 2/1,000,000 but a guy can dream.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iJJgTRN69tuTgPewu8x1VUqhuOrwor9DaUBx5IivcZTnnUmem6yQBpYofECCol9pcFzQsULt7XB2yZK_Z1hGC3bhPUWzDX3I8xrkgONsve5VZIeeYlMUhQ0JFPbnx5HueCW_e9wMq4s/s2048/Split+Second+Splash+Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1256" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iJJgTRN69tuTgPewu8x1VUqhuOrwor9DaUBx5IivcZTnnUmem6yQBpYofECCol9pcFzQsULt7XB2yZK_Z1hGC3bhPUWzDX3I8xrkgONsve5VZIeeYlMUhQ0JFPbnx5HueCW_e9wMq4s/s640/Split+Second+Splash+Page.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-32162213833813529542020-07-12T14:55:00.000-04:002020-07-12T14:55:41.093-04:00Check out my true crime episode "Go Forth and Murder", part of the Investigation Discovery series "If I Should Die"<img alt="IF I SHOULD DIE | Season 1 Episode 6 | Go Forth and Murder ..." height="358" 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This true crime series is all about crimes being solved using the victim's own words from "beyond the grave" i.e. diaries, blogs and letters.<br />
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Here's the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ljQxrgV-AE" target="_blank">trailer</a>.<br />
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The show is now available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/if-i-should-die-season-1/id1503042678?ign-mpt=uo%3D2" target="_blank">iTunes</a> as well.<br />
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While we're still waiting on a release date for our fun series about a stay-at-home dad detective, the broadcaster has made available this <a href="https://vimeo.com/389766535" target="_blank">trailer</a>. Have a look, laugh and look forward to more:<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/389766535" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/389766535</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-23565365212567732082019-11-26T15:44:00.000-05:002019-11-26T15:44:23.460-05:00La Junta - Our sketch comedy TV/web- series about a hapless parent council is now airing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Based on our original show, 'Parental Advisory', this sketch comedy series is a Spanish language version airing only in Colombia but some sketches will be available worldwide on Facebook and Instagram. Produced by LuloFilms and Canal Capital. </div>
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As your children grow into young adults there are numerous
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One oft-overlooked developmental stage is when your kids
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<b>DENIAL<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i>Hmm. Where are <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>those new shorts I bought? They were here in my
drawer. Still with the tags on. No. He couldn’t. He wouldn’t dare take something I haven't even worn yet. (*dissolve into bitter laughter at
self-deception)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I manfully stride into his room where he is lounging on bed wearing
the shorts. I stare at him balefully. He looks up, innocent, wounded,
misunderstood:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>What? I didn’t have any shorts I could wear. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I look at the heaps of dirty and clean laundry mounded on
his floor, crawling out of his stuffed, half-closed drawers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<img alt="Image result for anger" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ18U5Yz6f5-N_4FTTBqcRqvvUvJ3l_gkjPgljR4Xi3VsZ161ZDOw&s" /></div>
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<b>ANGER<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i>Remove them. Now. Carefully.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I go on a bit of a rant about not going into my stuff and
taking it without asking first. This is ultimately more of an exercise in talking
to myself as he rolls his eyes exaggeratedly, slowly gets up, carefully starts to remove the shorts. He
stops, gestures for me to give him privacy. I leave and when I return I find
the shorts in my room. On the floor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This reminds me of my usual piece of advice to expectant
fathers. They climb remote mountains to find me on my precipice, “Tell me oh wise (or, at least, wizened) one. What can I expect when I become a new father?” I
tell them: Two Things. 1) Nothing you own is yours anymore. 2) Everything you
own will be broken. I recommend they put their favourite things into storage
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<b>BARGAINING<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This is not the first or last time this casual theft has happened. I
regularly go prospecting in my son’s room to find items of mine. I know the
insistence on not ‘borrowing’ my stuff will fall on deaf ears so I move to the
next stage: bargaining.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I bring home a new shirt. My son’s eyes slide over from his
device to gaze at it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Nice shirt.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>A really nice shirt.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Thanks. Wait. No. No! I get to wear it three times before
you even can think of wearing it.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>OK. Sure.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>DEPRESSION<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The next stage is perhaps the most difficult. When you see
your teen in your clothes and you realize, heart-broken, that they look way
better than you in them. <i>Sigh.</i> What? You thought I was going to say something touching
about how they’re so big now etc.? No. Just extreme bitterness that even the
best, coolest, most up to date clothes can’t make you look 18. Or 25. Or even…
never-mind.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>ACCEPTANCE<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Ultimately, you move to the next stage. Acceptance. No
matter how much they trash you for your jokes, being out of touch, lameness
etc., if they are borrowing your clothes they are trying ‘you’ on and
modelling themselves on you, which is pretty great. </div>
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So next time you find your
Tribe Called Quest vinyl or old football jacket or <i>au courant</i> shirt in their
room, realize that on some level this is the ultimate compliment. Imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery, after all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But if you really like it – lock it up.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-75383940278579870292019-03-01T13:18:00.003-05:002019-03-01T13:18:35.291-05:00Cartoon Male Characterization<br />
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Interesting Hollywood Reporter<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-animated-film-is-indicting-toxic-masculinity-1190399" target="_blank"> article</a> on how current animated films are taking on traditional "toxic-masculinity" roles in such films as Into The Spiderverse, Ralph Breaks the Internet and the Lego Movie 2. I quibble with some of what the writer talks about and in fact, I'd argue that she misses the point about what these traditional stories are attempting to explore. In many ways these movies are just old wine in new bottles and are doing so in a pretty obvious 'of the moment' virtue-signalling way but it's a good starting point for discussions about what makes a 'good man'.<br />
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Of course, these (and most) films (animated or not, for kids or not) still feature a male as the chief protagonist having to learn/accomplish something. That to me is more of a bigger issue - not having a diversity of characters at the centre of stories. If that doesn't change, the stories themselves can't change much.<br />
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I plan to write more about this some day but at the moment I have to sign off - my cupcakes need to come out of the oven.<br />
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That line is from the great Gen X teen romantic comedy film,
‘Say Anything.’ In it, good guy optimist oddball aspiring kick-boxer Lloyd
Dobler (John Cusack) invites the beautiful and brainy valedictorian Diane Court
(Ione Skye) to the high school graduation party – and, to the amazement and
respect of all and sundry, she agrees. But more than that, people surprisingly
respect Diane for saying yes. Lloyd and Diane go on to have a summer romance
which her father (John Mahoney) sabotages as he fears this will threaten Diane’s
academic future. Lloyd does not quit but wins her back with a grand romantic
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When Lloyd is about to give up he gets advice from his best
friend, Corey Flood (played by Lilli Taylor):<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>“The world is full of
guys. Don’t be a guy. Be a man.”</i></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Great advice. Be a man. And be a man without apologizing for
it. In a time which is rife with such phrases as “mansplaining” and “toxic
masculinity” it is important to tell boys and young men that there is value in being
a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">man,</b> instead of a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">guy</i> or in perhaps its more current form
a ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bro’</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4835829246872904004" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4835829246872904004" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4835829246872904004" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>The question then is what is a man? For me it ties into the
meaning of the Yiddish word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mensch – </i>a
human being of character, rectitude and dignity. Lloyd, for all his goofy
uncertainty about what he wants to become or “do” (to the irritation of adults
and in particular Diane’s dad), knows more than most – and that’s why he is
universally admired by his peers. He is himself. Unapologetically. He is not
afraid to be goofy, kind, heartfelt and optimistic – even though the world will
continually kick him in the head for it. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Is it just coincidence that Lloyd wants to be a kickboxer? He
will put himself at risk, believing in himself and choosing a ‘profession’ where
he is unlikely to succeed and, even if he does, he’ll get the living crap
kicked out of him on a regular basis. Throughout the movie, he puts himself on
the line for what he believes in knowing it is not the ‘smart’ realistic choice.
He knows what is important, he cares for people, and knows what he doesn’t want
to be – a consumer, a cog or, in a word which has greater ironic significance
in today’s social media world: a ‘follower’. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"I don't want to sell
anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell
anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process
anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or
processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.”</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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He is not just romantic but a Romantic and, in fact, is a
Romantic hero. This also ties into what being a man is: being yourself, boldly going
after what you want, knowing the risks are great. It is great inspiration for
young (and all) men to not be afraid of being emotional, vulnerable and brave. To
put yourself out there, risking looking like a fool and probably failing<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Diane Court: Nobody
thinks it will work, do they?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lloyd Dobler: No. You
just described every great success story.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Why am I going on about ‘Say Anything’? First of all because
you should see it if you haven’t already and if you have seen it, you should
see it again – it still holds up. Also because you need to know that following
the lessons in ‘Say Anything’ can be risky.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Recently my 16 year old son, who plays competitive hockey,
demonstrated this. His team is in what we like to call “rebuild mode”, which
means they don’t win games though they try hard, get better and come close. You
might characterize it as a Romantic endeavour. In fact, though we’re halfway
through the season, they only just won their first game. So, when they did, in
a bold move, my son grabbed the erasable marker from the game white board,
skated over and started to write something on the glass in front of some people
sitting in the stands, people who clearly were supporters of the other team.
Pandemonium ensued. What was he doing? Writing some taunt? Some vile slander or
obscenity in a display of unsportsmanlike conduct? Thing is, he was trying to
write it backwards and was struggling to get it right and no one really could
tell. Parents in the stands were outraged. Players from the other team wanted
to fight him. The referees were screaming at him. So he skated off the ice before
he finished his message.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was boiling mad and embarrassed and concerned what would
happen to him. What was this stupid stunt he was pulling? He’s an Alternate
Captain for godssake, how is this demonstrating leadership? How is this
thinking ahead? Then I looked closely at what he had managed to write and had
to laugh to myself. He had written (partially) “Add Me” and then his SnapChat
handle. In the stands in the front row was sitting a very attractive young
woman of approximately the same age as he. Let’s say my feelings at this point
were mixed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As what he had attempted to write became clear, attitudes in
the stands diverged – some were clearly still deeply offended and outraged
(some people really enjoy feeling deeply offended and outraged, I think he made
their week), others thought it was a goofy and dumb stunt but harmless (I fell
mostly in this category) but some were tickled pink. At least one dad was
deeply impressed and his opinion of my son actually was raised. I think he took
a picture of what he wrote.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One of my son’s good friends and a ‘player’ exiting the change
room after the game told me, “Your son is a legend.” I grimaced and told him jokingly
I blamed him as a bad influence. He then told me, “I would be proud to take the
blame for that move.” I had to laugh again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also interesting were the reactions of some of the adult women.
One told me, ‘Good for him. He knows what he wants and he goes for it. He’ll do
well in life.” She’s pretty hardcore; I like her. Another mum I told about it
later actually put her hand to her chest, looked a little misty and said, “How
romantic!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyway, he got suspended for three games in a questionable
call by the referees claiming he’d made an obscene gesture (?). He felt
terrible, apologized to his teammates and personally spoke to the organization’s
General Manager to explain the situation, taking full responsibility but hoping
cooler heads would prevail. While sympathetic, the GM told him there was likely
no hope in reversing the decision - the GTHL ascribes to a 19<sup>th</sup>
century Mitteleuropean bureaucratic model based on arbitrariness and lack of
accountability. There was no appeal available. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, is it my fault? I showed this movie to my sons. Was he
led astray by bad advice? One of the interesting things about watching movies
(especially old ones that impressed me when I was younger) is my increasing
identification with the grouchy old adults. Some of what they tell these whippersnappers
is good sense. A weird split personality develops in me where I see both sides
now. The world has become more and more like the world Diane’s dad promotes –
where you always need to do the safe thing, the smart thing, the calculated
thing. Lloyd stands for the world which is about the bold move, the big move,
the passionate move – not the smart move.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What my son did was dumb and impulsive and it put his team
in a bad situation but my view of it has changed from irritation to amused embarrassment
to a kind of pride. He acted from his heart with passion, he put himself out
there. It blew up in his face but I hope the lesson he takes from it is not to stop
but to keep trying. I hope he keeps going for it with gusto, to create his own
life like he dreams for it to be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He pulled a Lloyd Dobler. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">right.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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P.S. Many people I have told this story to want to know, was
she won over, did she add him to SnapChat? Well, he never got to finish his message
so, as far as I know, no. But there are other games…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lloyd Dobler: I am
looking for a dare to be great situation.</span></i><o:p></o:p><br />
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I had an amazing time shooting our new comedy web series Sherlock@Home, about a former cop now stay at home dad who solves neighbourhood mysteries. We were blessed with an amazing cast and crew. Special shout outs go to our lead actor David Pinard, producer Elena Lombardi and director Jaime Escallon of LuloFilms who made it all happen.<br />
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I just saw Chris Rock in concert. It was a great night with some very funny pointed stuff. While I'm a fan of Rock's, I can't speak definitely on the history of his material though one routine <a href="http://popculture-superdad.blogspot.ca/2015/11/carry-your-own-bag.html" target="_blank">about keeping your daughter off the pole being the mark of a good father is a great bit about parenting delivered in a very funny, obscene way.</a> I found some of his material (particularly about men v. women and relationships) rehashed and, since his bitter divorce and custody battle, more therapeutic ranting than comedy. But the audience generally lapped it up.<br />
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He had this new bit about bullies though that I keep thinking about. Essentially he has put his daughters into private school and when he went to the orientation he heard how the school was proud of its no tolerance of bullies policy. His response was nearly to pull his daughters out of school - they needed bullies to make them tough and ready for the real world where bullies even get elected president. I get it. It was a joke. And kinda funny. But it got me thinking, which is the mark of a good comedy show in my book.<br />
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I agree with Rock that we do our kids no favours by shielding them from the real world (the irony of him making this assertion in the context of putting his kids into private school seemed not to occur to him or was at least unacknowledged). But the idea of just throwing them into that situation without support seems wrongheaded. Especially given something I just have gone through.<br />
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My boys play hockey. Two of them now at a <a href="http://popculture-superdad.blogspot.ca/2012/09/zombie-hockey-dad.html" target="_blank">(low) competitive level</a>. Recently my second announced that he wanted to try out for the Select hockey team (a team selected from your local hockey club that plays against other club's teams). Honestly, I wasn't keen on the time and monetary commitment this would entail. I told him he'd have to practice more (I thought this would end it - he takes after me, lazy) Fine, he said. Huh. I told him the only time that worked for me was at 7:00 am on Fridays before school. No problem, he said. I was flummoxed but impressed. Hard-ass.<br />
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He worked hard, improved immensely, even being named his house league's team Most Improved Player. Still I wasn't sure he would make the Select team - they were very good, very competitive and a closed shop. Then, a miracle - the entire Select team left to start up a new higher level competitive team elsewhere. So my son tried out and (like every other kid who showed up) he made the team. More importantly, his good friend who lives two blocks away also made the team. Therefore I had a built-in carpool. Which is critical.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"With three boys, I don'<span id="goog_1280113653"></span><span id="goog_1280113654"></span>t care how important something is to them - if there's no carpool it's not happening."</span></blockquote>
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It's been a happy experience, he's getting a lot of hockey, he gets some cool team swag to strut around in and he has achieved a goal of his through hard work, persistence and a fair amount of luck. The team is actually winning many games, which was an open question given the draft process. There is another kid on this team who lives close to us who needed regular rides to games and practices. He has a single mum and they don't have a car. I can't even imagine trying to swing competitive hockey in that situation so, while I wasn't ecstatic about having to do more driving out of my way, there really was no question about we other two families stepping up and bringing him into the car pool.<br />
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Over the last few months I've got to know this kid a little and he seemed super happy to have made the team. He scored his first goal recently. But he started missing practices. And then just the other day I heard from my co-driver that he was thinking of quitting the team. Why would he do that? It turns out that some dirt bags on the team have been bullying him when there were no adults around, awarding him the 'worst player of the game' etc. True, this kid isn't an amazing player but everyone made the team because NO ONE ELSE SHOWED UP. But most of the kids on this team are very well-off, entitled, all go to the same private school and summer camp and this kid doesn't fall into any of those categories - to the degree that, instead of being driven to practices in a luxury cross-over, he often takes the bus. And I mentioned: single mum, reduced circumstances etc. In other words - soft target.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I lost my mind.</span></blockquote>
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Then commenced some questionable parenting on my part. I cross-examined my son on what was going on. I got the usual dazed look, shrugged shoulder and non-committal grunt most direct questions elicit. But this time I would not accept it. Within moments I had the whole sordid story. Yes, the kid had been bullied by, surprise surprise, one of the entitled in-group. Surely we've seen enough John Hughes movies by now to know the dynamic. My son didn't participate (thank god!) but he didn't stand up for this kid either. I berated him at that moment - how many damn anti-bullying/empathy-building sessions has he had to sit through at school (at times it seems like they have one of these a week) and he does nothing? He was a tearful wreck by the time I finished with him. Then - remorse.<br />
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Clearly, though he had sat through these consciousness-raising sessions, they don't help kids with how hard it is to actually stand up and speak up against this sort of bullshit. All it does is impose another obligation on kids. And one most adults fail at, in my experience. Poor kid was just trying to fit into a new team himself and here I was expecting him to take on the whole in-group power structure like some pint sized Norma Rae. I apologized and I told him I expected him to stand up for this kid and to support him but told him he should find the right way <u>for him</u> to do that. I gave him some ideas. Some were even appopriate and didn't involve swearing.<br />
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Now what I needed to do was show him how to stand up to bullies. I emailed the mom and told her we would support her and her kid and outlined what we would do. I contacted one of the team managers, whom I know to be a good man and father, and told him the story. But I heard nothing from the mom. I worried that I had overstepped and maybe she didn't appreciate my butting in. I still felt it needed to be addressed, if only to make sure my son was on a team that was worth being on.<br />
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The next day we were all notified that, after the game, there would be a team meeting with all parents and kids. Still nothing from the mom. I fretted. Close to game time she and her son still hadn't arrived - then they rushed in with only a few minutes before game time but didn't have the entrance fee. I paid for them. All I got was a brusque thank you and they rushed off to the changeroom.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was hurt and felt I'd blundered in and made things worse.</span></blockquote>
Then I started feeling irritated. Was she actually angry at me? And no real thank you or acknowledgement that I had tried to do the right thing? Why did I bother with this crap? And I overheard some other parents complaining about having to go to this meeting, "Why do the parents have to get involved? Let the kids sort this out." Now I was really in a bad mood.<br />
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After the game (we won!), the meeting was held and it was handled exceptionally well. No one was centred out but it was made very clear that any more nonsense of this sort would result in real and immediate consequences - less ice time to suspensions to expulsion. Everyone seemed to feel positive (me included) about the meeting and my son definitely seemed glad it had been handled without him. We were joking around when the bullied boy's mom came up to me.<br />
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It turns out she hadn't known who I was until she saw me with my son. Ego-check. She thanked me. She was very grateful. She clearly had been at her wit's end and felt alone and unsure what to do. She felt optimistic about the future. I'm sure that there will still be hiccups but I feel we turned a corner. Funny enough, my son, when asked by my wife about the meeting, shrugged and said of course everyone was being on their best behaviour because they knew what the meeting was about - little cynic. But he did say that everyone was pretty keen on playing hockey so, if for no other reason, they'd probably behave. I'm totally OK with that - I'm not expecting these kids to actually get empathetic.<br />
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Later that night we got a heartfelt email from the boy's mom - and got a real sense of how they had been struggling, thinking the situation was impossible and ready to give up but that knowing people were there to help them made a huge difference. Her son is now happy and is eager to play. In her words, we "saved her and saved the dreams of a child". Perhaps overblown but she really meant it. I'm a cynical fellow (no kidding) but this obviously got to me. *sniff<br />
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Kids learn how to handle bullies not by preventing bullying (because you really can't) or by throwing them into the mix and letting them sort it out on their own (because they lack the skills to do that effectively) but by modelling behaviour that shows them that sometimes taking a stand and speaking out you can change things in a practical way. And that letting people know they are not alone is huge.<br />
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In that vein, I replied to the mom's email that we were all happy to help and reminded her that -<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">as the old African saying goes, "It takes a village to raise a hockey player."</span></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-51291317599122439612017-10-30T09:21:00.000-04:002017-10-30T09:21:57.576-04:00Son Little Music Review in Quip Magazine.<img alt="image" class="single-img" src="http://www.quipmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/New-Magic-Album-cover-SM-658x658.jpg" /><br />
I was really looking forward to seeing what <a href="http://sonlittle.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Son Little</a>
would do with his new album. His first full length self-titled release
established him as someone looking to rework the blues and R&B canon
in a new way (or to travel some forgotten byways). That album was
spectral, spooky, and a little freaky. It called to mind Screaming Jay
Hawkins or Andre Williams. It really grew on me. So, I was looking
forward to how he would push things forward on this new outing.
Initially, however, I felt let down. <a href="http://www.quipmag.com/son-littles-sophomore-album-new-magic-simpler-more-upbeat-than-his-last/" target="_blank">[MORE]</a><br />
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http://www.quipmag.com/son-littles-sophomore-album-new-magic-simpler-more-upbeat-than-his-last/<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-69514920442948044982017-09-21T15:30:00.002-04:002017-09-21T15:35:47.091-04:00THE MONOLOGUE SYNDROME<div style="text-align: left;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Syndrome almost falls prey to that classic villain weakness - Monologuing - a critical weakness of fathers, as well.</td></tr>
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There
are many reasons to watch The Incredibles - not the least among them the
hilarious and doomed Syndrome. Syndrome almost falls for that old hero
trick - monologuing. You're familiar with it, I'm sure: the villain has
the hero right where he wants him - tied to a log in a lumber mill,
suspended over a pool of mutated electric eels, or his private parts coated
with honey and him staked out on a bulldog anthill in Australia etc. - but
the hero plays on the vanity, insecurity or grievances of the villain to
get him to start talking at length. Meanwhile, the hero extricates
himself or waits until rescued by his sidekick.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flip the switch already. Monologuing will be your downfall.</td></tr>
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Why?
Why? Why do villains continue to fall for this? (Some might make sly
comments how we can see in real time how cartoonish ego-maniacal bullies, even after achieving world domination, can't keep their big mouths
shut. They just love to hear themselves talk. Some might, not me.) I can't speak for villains as I never graduated from the academy - I dropped out to go to law school instead - but I can speak for fathers to say it is an almost irresistible urge to monologue when you have your child as a captive audience.<br />
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I was talking with my good friend about this. He was tutoring a kid with a successful, ambitious, well-spoken father. The conversation among the three of them about how the son could thrive was totally hi-jacked by the dad going on at length about something in-my-day something grit something stick-with-it-ness something ambition. Bored, my friend's attention and eyes wandered to the son in question and saw the light in his eyes flicker and die as he went to his safe place. He realized with sick horror that,"Oh my god, that's me. I do that with my kids." And he resolved to change his ways. By the way, this is a real friend, not just me talking about myself. Although, I'm guilty of this as well.<br />
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Your kids, at least your boys, have a very limited amount of time and attention available to you. When delivering a message or advice or instructions, think of it as if you're leaving a voice mail message. If you go on too long you get cut off before you even get to your point. If you want to communicate something to your kid, take a moment, think about what you really want to say. Cut that in half. And then in half again. Can you say it in one pithy sentence? Maybe an enigmatic faux-zen koan? Like:<br />
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Try to be quotable, or at least memorable, for godssake.<br />
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This is especially applicable to teens. Your ranting is likely as ineffective with your younger kids but the teens will actively demonstrate their disengagement and eye-roll right over you.<br />
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Lately I'm taking a hostage-extraction approach:<br />
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1) Consider best entry; <br />
2) Plan exit strategy ahead of time;<br />
3) Quickly enter, perform mission (in this case advice delivery);<br />
4) Exit immediately,:and<br />
5) Stick to the mission!<br />
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Whatever you do, don't try and have the last word. Don't fall for it. I've seen too many good men lost that way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-83421467043750669572017-08-31T20:06:00.000-04:002017-08-31T20:06:19.311-04:00Putting the Pop into Pop Music review in Quip MagazineJust to let you know I am still writing, just nothing for Pop Culture lately. Soon though, I've been storing up a bunch of stories from spending the summer with the boys.<br />
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In the meantime, below is a music review I recently wrote in <a href="http://www.quipmag.com/" target="_blank">Quip Magazine</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.quipmag.com/beast-epic-the-latest-by-iron-wine-is-a-smooth-summer-listen/">“Beast Epic”, the latest by Iron & Wine, is a smooth summer listen</a><br />
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<em>Beast Epic</em>, the sixth album by <a href="http://ironandwine.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3a7e96;">Iron & Wine</span></a>, marks a self-described revisiting of the past. How so? First, it’s put out by Sub Pop, his first record label, and, secondly, in terms of sound. Recording everything live and employing minimal overdubbing gives the album a warm and intimate sound.<br />
What does it sound like? <br />
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<a href="http://www.quipmag.com/beast-epic-the-latest-by-iron-wine-is-a-smooth-summer-listen/" target="_blank">MORE</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-57270869022318271112017-05-15T20:12:00.001-04:002017-05-15T20:12:30.599-04:00LIES, DAMNED LIES AND PARENTING<div style="text-align: center;">
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Recently I have been asked why I haven’t posted on Pop Culture in such a long time. There are lots of reasons, lack of time being the consistently underlying one. As a father of three boys, scrambling to pick up work, often working three different jobs and - with various home and community responsibilities on top of attempting to bootstrap creative projects of my own – I have no time. But that’s a lie.<br /><br />The real reason, I have confessed in moments of vulnerability (often after a beer or three), was that I felt like a fraud writing about parenting since, recently, I have felt like a failure who doesn’t have any clue what he is doing.<br /><br /> “But that is what is so great about it!” people have consistently replied. “It’s awesome to see you don’t know what you’re doing. None of us do. And it’s funny.”<br /><br />I have chosen to take that comment in a positive manner and so below follows another example of how I stumble through parenting.</div>
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<br />I used to get lied to for a living. Or that’s how I described my former job to people at parties. As a prosecutor, I would be dealing with people who were lying to me all day long. I did get some pleasure from breaking down the lies people were telling me and then holding them responsible. But I got tired of it. The court system is adversarial, with people not at their best. It warps you – I started doubting what anyone said to me. I was skeptical of any story told me. So it’s Monday, huh? We’ll see about that.<br /><br />So I quit. To become a stay at home parent.<br /><br />I’m sure you see the irony.</div>
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<br />Currently, my three boys are 14, nearly 12 and almost 10. And they lie to my face every day.<br /><br />While I’ve improved my situation in that I now love the people I’m dealing with, the downsides are that I don’t get paid and I can’t put them in jail. And the relentless attempts to deceive me over the smallest issue are exhausting.<br /><br />“Have you put away your laundry?”<br /><br />“Yeesss.”<br /><br />“Really?”<br /><br />“Pretty much.”<br /><br />“So, that means ‘no’. Get going.”<br /><br />I have read that insisting on honesty from your children only results in them becoming better liars. I’m not sure what the alternative is, tell them, “Go ahead lie to me at will with no consequences”? Also, I’m ok with them being better liars. It’s a life skill and we all know that you need to be able to lie well at points in your life. Whole ethics courses have revolved around this.<br /><br />So, I know they will lie to me. I know that nothing I do will stop it. But, by the same token, I totally lose my mind when I catch them lying to me. And if there is anything I hate more than being lied to, it’s being lied to incompetently. It’s damned insulting. Remember, I used to do that professionally.<br /><br />So, when my nearly 12 year old comes home on Monday to tell me that the Tuesday night Spring concert, in which he plays viola, has been postponed because the music teacher will be away, I don’t challenge him immediately but it seems… weird – I have heard nothing from the school. Tuesday morning I call the school and the secretary she tells me no, it’s still going ahead. I hang up the phone and prepare my cross-exam.<br /><br />Not surprisingly, under a withering inquisition, he coughs up that yes, he made it up, lied to me, because he didn’t want to go and that he sucks at viola and he’ll be terrible and embarrassed. Tears follow. I am gob-smacked – what was the plan here? Did he think I wouldn’t find out? What a terrible, terrible lie. Frankly, embarrassing.<br /><br />If he was so worried about his performance why didn’t he actually practice? And he wants to just quit? Not show up on the day of the show? He has made a commitment to the group and he will honour it. He needs to learn he has to face challenges and sometimes he won’t come out looking so good. He created this situation and he will see it though. It is the mature, responsible thing to do.<br /><br />“Well, then, I don’t want to do the mature, responsible thing.”<br /><br /> Part of me wanted to laugh, part or me wanted to shake him like a dust mop.<br /><br />“You’re going to anyway. I’m not going to let you be that guy. I care about you too much to let you do that.”<br /><br />“But why, why do I have to do this?”<br /><br />So, I pause for a moment. Do I tell him the truth? </div>
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I opt for the truth.<br /><br /> “Because, otherwise, your life will be shit.”<br /><br />His eyes widen.<br /><br />“If you don’t try things that are hard or continue with something when it gets difficult or persist in putting yourself out there after you fail and fail and fail again – you will unlikely ever do anything worthwhile or satisfying or discover what makes you happy and feel alive. You might decide at the end that something isn’t for you but you can’t stop until you give it a real shot and take it to a natural end point.”<br /><br /> And then I told him another couple of truths: </div>
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Most of these concerts are pretty bad and expectations are low. Very low;</div>
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<li>Parents are only watching their own kids anyway;</li>
<li>In life people don’t pay that much attention to you, they’re concerned about themselves and so, if you put on a big smile and go into things looking confident, you’ll fool most of them;</li>
<li>Someday, not for a long while maybe, you’ll be glad you finished this properly; and</li>
<li>I won’t give up on you or let you give up on yourself and, if you go up there and try your best, I’ll respect you because I know how hard it is.</li>
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He went, not willingly or with grace but he went. And he did fine. I’m pretty sure he was faking a couple of the numbers, but, I couldn’t tell and neither could anyone else. </div>
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Hopefully he learned:</div>
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Teen: I can't believe how controlling you are! You give me no freedom! Why do you treat me like a baby? (looking in fridge) Oh my god! Where is the jam? Who finished the jam!?<br />
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Teen: Where?! I can't find it!<br />
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My SciFi comedy webseries, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86zkj7eO8sqZhxeMBl8y_A/featured" target="_blank">Women Are From Mars</a>, has all of its episodes now up and ready to be streamed. In roughly 2 minute bites it is a delicious low-fat snack. Perfect to watch on long road trips with a bunch of people who drive you a little crazy.<br />
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Do me a solid and check it out if you haven't yet. It's a lot of fun.<br />
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Women Are From Mars: An all women group of international astronauts embark on a one-way mission to colonize Mars – not realizing their billionaire male patron is along for the ride, cryogenically frozen in a locked room on the ship.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86zkj7eO8sqZhxeMBl8y_A/featured">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86zkj7eO8sqZhxeMBl8y_A/featured</a><br />
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March Break has ended and so I finally have the place to myself (well, except for my sister's dog we're looking after while she goes off for a week of skiing in Whistler with her husband - sigh).<br />
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Yes, SIGH.<br />
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It's been a very long time since I've been able to go on a week-long holiday with just my wife for something as luxurious and satisfying as a ski holiday - because I don't have the time or money to do that. Why? 3 Reasons. All of them children. They are very expensive propositions, children. In both time and money. They have activities which cost money and eat up a lot of my time to get them to. They need stuff which they either outgrow, break or lose. They get sick or injured and need braces or orthotics. <br />
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, "I'm blessed etc."<br />
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I'm not sure I buy all that "Your life would be so empty without them" stuff you hear. I think if I never had kids, I would have been OK. Not the person I am now, for sure, and I would have missed out on lots of wonderful things, but still, you know, I think I probably could have had a fine life without them. And I'd have experienced different wonderful things. Parents aren't supposed to admit this but surely I can't be the only one. <br />
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I love my kids and I'd be utterly destroyed if something were to ever happen to them, to the point that I don't know how I'd function. But it's more of a 'what if' scenario that plays out in my mind on a regular basis. <br />
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What if I made completely different choices throughout life - not just one or two - but completely? No kids. No house. No wife. Totally different career path. Maybe that life could have been amazing. But while I still have choices to make for the time I have allotted to me, and am making different choices than I would have made in the past, some things are closed off and can never happen. And I am OK with that (pretty much... OK maybe not... but I accept that... grudgingly).<br />
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So, back to March Break and our staycation (which is a synonym for 'no vacation'). It was low-key and good for us all to reconnect and do family things, like play board games, watch videos, go to a Marlies game etc. It was during this time when my kids invited me to play the Game of Life with them. I think I played this game once before on a New Year's Eve when I was about 12. And to be honest, it never really interested me. Seemed like it was pretty boring actually. However, this time I was interested in playing - a lot. And I was determined to make completely different choices than I did in real life. Among them - no kids.<br />
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Since I didn't announce my plan, my wife and boys were a bit taken aback at the vehemence with which I told them I would not be having kids and I proceeded to become a fireman out of highschool, later upgrading to a veterinarian. I refused to buy a house and attempted to pursue a selfish and hedonistic life. The game is unlike real life in many ways (there are no really bad things that happen in the game and overall it is a little too sunny for me, of course it is a kids' game, still...) but in one respect it is the same - despite my best efforts, I got married and had a kid. Sigh.<br />
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My youngest (the 8 year old), however, was having a great run. He was making over 100K a year out of highschool, he was a SPY, he owned two vacation homes and a bunch of other cool stuff but he was getting increasingly upset - because he didn't have any babies. He literally had tears in his eyes. He was offering to buy kids off of my wife and other son (each of whom had over 4 kids). Eventually, he got one kid but was extremely dissatisfied with that result. Only one?! Even last night at dinner he was commenting on how lucky my other son was who had 7 kids.<br />
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So, I'm not sure what the takeaway from this story is except that maybe my kids believing having a family of their own is a mark of success and value, maybe my choice wasn't so bad? If they think that much of family maybe I'm doing OK, after all? It touched me anyway and cheered me up about my choices in real life.<br />
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I still wouldn't have minded one of the vacation homes though.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-48216798297669977392016-03-09T09:35:00.002-05:002016-03-09T09:45:31.140-05:00Interplanetary Women's Day: Women Are From Mars: First Two Episodes Up and Streaming on YouTube<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I took it Interplanetary yesterday as I celebrated International Women's Day (#IWD2016 #InternationalWomensDay) by launching a number of women into space towards Mars.<br />
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Our first two episodes are now streaming on our YouTube channel and I encourage you to check them out to follow our all female astronaut crew on their one way trip to Mars.<br />
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WAFM YouTube Channel:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86zkj7eO8sqZhxeMBl8y_A">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86zkj7eO8sqZhxeMBl8y_A</a><br />
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WAFM Trailer:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry5RUjze_QE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry5RUjze_QE</a><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4835829246872904004.post-52185187236048507852016-03-03T14:30:00.001-05:002016-03-03T14:30:36.938-05:00WAFM trailer<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ry5RUjze_QE" width="480"></iframe><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0