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About Me

After a somewhat varied career in radio and television mostly as a Director of multi-camera music and sports productions, I have withdrawn from the world of make believe ( until someone comes along and offers me the gig of a lifetime) to spend my time writing, cooking - I bake the most delicious bread - and generally enjoying life in beautiful Nova Scotia.Maybe this will give you an idea of who/what/why I am.
50 short questions
Sleep with or without clothes on? without
Prefer black or blue pens? blue
Dress up on Halloween? Wear Clothes????
Like to travel? Yes
Like Someone? Of Course
Do they know? Yup
Who sleeps with you every night? Linda .. Barclay the dog
Think you're attractive? Not really
Want to get married? Again?????
To: Linda
Are you a good student? So so
Are you currently happy? Yes
Have you ever cheated?? Been cheated on? No.No
Birthplace? Montreal
Christmas or Halloween? Christmas
Colored or black-and-white photo? Colored
Do long distance relationships work? Depends on the people
Do you believe in astrology? Sometimes
Do you believe in love at first sight? Yes
Do you consider yourself the life of the party? Me?? You're kidding, Right?
Do you drink? Yes
Do you make fun of people? When they deserve it.
Do you think dreams eventually come true? Yes
Favorite fictional character? Winnie the Pooh
Go to the movies or rent? Both
Have you ever moved? Too Often
Have you ever stolen anything? Yes .. pens from work
How's the weather right now? Cloudy, cool...pleasant
Last time you cut your hair? 6 weeks ago
Last person you talked to on the phone? The Librarian
Last time you showered? Last night
Loud or soft music? Soft
Mcdonalds or Burger King? Wendy's
Night or day? Night
Number of pillows? 3
Piano or guitar? me?? Hah!
Future job? Gigolo
Current job? Guru
Current love? Mussels
Current longing? Lobster
Current disappointment? No lobster
Current annoyance? Politicians
Last thing you ate? A plum
Last thing you bought? Trousers
Most recent thing you are looking forward to? A new book
What are you hearing right now? Room tone
Plans for the weekend? Attend a DAy in the Park
What did you do today? Went to Bank
Pick a lyric, any lyric or song? A Mighty Wind
Pick a movie quote? Badges? We don't need no Stinkin' Badges!
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My Interests

Ah Interests! How about History, The Nixon Era, Computers, NFL Football, and Texas Hold 'em poker, Beer,

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who will take the time to try to get to know me. Aside from them I'd like to meet President Jimmy Carter. He may not have been the most effective leader in the States - but he appears to be the most principled.I'd also like to meet Dame Judi Dench one of the most versatile actors around.

Music:

The old time classic Country - Patsy Cline, Conway Twitty, Ferlan Husky, Hank Snow - anything by Mozart, Dr. John, Credence Clearwater Revival, Big Band Swing especially Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, and Baroque music. ( I know --- quite an eclectic mix.)

Movies:

Any film my daughter has worked on especially, Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man's Chest, Sum of All Fears, The Score. As well as most of Film Noir.

Television:

Again eclectic. Most British Drama, Midsomer Murders, Morse, Foyle's War, The Frost Series, etc., Anything CSI, Law and Order ( in all its variants ) numb3rs, NCIS, Most PBS Mysteries, NFL Football, Turner Classic Movies.

Books:

The Inspector Frost Mysteries, Dick Francis Mysteries, East of Eden, Grapes of Wrath, A Narrative of the Civil War by Shebly Foote, Books by W.E.B. Griffin, Kathy Reichs

Heroes:

My Father, Jimmy Carter, Romeo Dallaire.

My Blog

Where the hell is my raincoat???

It's a wet day on Canada's east coast. And going to get much wetter. Weather fortune tellers are predicting up to 90 mms of rain between now and Tuesday and with high winds too boot. ...
Posted by Malcolm on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:37:00 PST

No. I have not died!

I know it's been a long time since I posted anything here - and it took a friend to remind me to get off my ass and write something.A lot has happened since U last posted. My daughter has got he...
Posted by Malcolm on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:01:00 PST

NO I have not been kidnapped by Aliens!

ALright ... I'm not dead ... but my computer is. So, I'm writing this from my wife's computer which had none of my set-ups.Here's what happened. I finally decided to install Service Pack 2...
Posted by Malcolm on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:42:00 PST

Day one of a New Year

Well, we begn another one, don't we? As for me, the New Year started off earlier than most people around these parts ... at least if you're from North America. Us here in Atlantic Stand...
Posted by Malcolm on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:13:00 PST

Getting Ready for Christmas

To be honest, most of the Christmas preparations in this household are complete. The tree is up. ( What a tree! Freshly cut the day before we picked it up, perfectly sha...
Posted by Malcolm on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:03:00 PST

Shitt Day

Today I received the news that a man I worked with - and across the desk from - for several years had died of cancer. Age - 46. Words can't express how angry I feel - or how sad his passin...
Posted by Malcolm on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:35:00 PST

Decisions ... decisions.

Over the weekend of December 2 and 3rd I came to the conclusion that the call centre job was not for me for two reasons. First of all - was the quality of life issue. I retired, officially, l...
Posted by Malcolm on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:50:00 PST

Back Again

It's been several days since I entered anything in this blog .. partly because I was busy doing other things. But - here I am once more.We're now into week 3 of training at the Call Centre - and...
Posted by Malcolm on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:30:00 PST

Week Two Begins

We're now into week two of four in our call centre training ... four weeks that really should be five. They decided to compress it just as it was about to begin so as to get us "on the floor" qu...
Posted by Malcolm on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:36:00 PST

Call Centre Training - Day 4

OK .. so I aced the test! One of 4 to get a perfect mark ... and the first one to complete it. This was the first of several tests we're to take along the way to becoming fully quali...
Posted by Malcolm on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:59:00 PST