A Reminder: These short stories are from a writing program called Round Robin. Write something every day, set the timer for 12 minutes, the title of each piece is the daily prompt. Stop writing once the alarm goes off.
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JAIMIE VERNON – 40 SUMMERS AGO
Posted in Opinion with tags Bay City Rollers, Berner Trail, Bob Segarini, Camping, Canadian Music 1976, CHUM, cousin, DBAWIS, Deja Vu, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dorothy Moore, girl next door, high school, Jaimie Vernon, RPM Magazine, school, Stampeders, Summer Holiday on June 11, 2016 by segarini
The end of the school year is fast approaching. As I take my son back and forth on what will be his final year in high school, I find myself drifting back in time to when we looked forward to summer break. My childhood was filled with great ones. In 1975 I took a two week trip west across Canada with my grandmother in her 1972 Skylark which changed my life, and my world view, for the better. That was almost completely undone when my parents attempted to take my sister and I on a similar trip to Canada’s East Coast in 1977. It was a study in stark contrasts on how not to travel with one’s family.
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JAIMIE VERNON – BOOT THE MAYOR, SAVE A CITY
Posted in Opinion with tags Alcohol, Bob Segarini, Brothers Grimm, bully, Canadian Music, City Hall, CMW, CN Tower, CNE, Councillor, crack cocaine, David Miller, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Ford, drunken stupor, Dundas Square, East York, Etobicoke, Ford Nation, Gardiner Expressway, high school, Jaimie Vernon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, John Tory, Johnny Rocket's, Mayor of Toronto, Mell Lastman, Michael Ford, North York, NXNE, Olivia Chow, Queen Street West, rehab, Ripley's Aquarium, Rob Ford, Scarborough, Spadina, tantrum, Taste of The Danforth, The Mirvish's, Toronto, TTC, tumor, Union Station, Ward 2, yonge street on September 13, 2014 by segarini
I had another blog prepared and ready to roll today about my favourite topic, music, but in light of the last 72 hours of clown car antics from the family of my city’s mayor, Rob Ford, I couldn’t let it go without comment.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 