Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture

Archive for October 31st, 2008

Frankly, I don’t why, but last night memories of an old teacher of mine from grade school, popped into my head.
Ah, Mr. Morgan!
If I recall correctly, he wore natty grey suits, horn-rim specs, and a red ruby ring on his pinky finger that winked in the light now and then.
Although, I was clueless about matters [...]

Oh, sometimes life is such a laugh riot!
When I first started to deal with the Publicity Department at the AFI FESTIVAL, it struck me they were not on-the-ball.
But, I always endeavour to give people a chance to prove themselves.
So, I remained optimistic.
Shortly after I received the first batch of press contacts, I discovered right away [...]

Burials…separated at Death! Lest we forget…

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: October 31, 2008

When I was just a boy, I recall clutching my mother’s hand as we strolled through a wide field dotted with a few humble headstones where they lay inscribed all around us marking the graves.
A slight breeze whispered in my ear as I struggled to keep up.
The Cemetery, in the West End of Toronto, [...]

Yesterday, after I penned a post about “Joe the Plumber” calling Barack Obama a “Socialist”, a blogger added a brief comment.
“WTF dudes. I’m not a socialist!”
Then, the individual proceeded to provide a link.
http://www.myblogaspresident.wordpress.com
Guess what?
The dude signed off as “Barack”.
Golly, was this actually Barack Obama responding in person to my lowly blog???
 
When I clicked on [...]

Flavious Claudius Julianus…spirit reaching out to me!

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: October 31, 2008

Ha, life is strange!
A couple of weeks ago – quite aware of the fact readers may think me looney – I published a post about Julian 1st (Emperor of Rome) entertaining the curious notion that I may have inhabited the skin of Caesar in a former life.
Well, just yesterday, the oddest coincidence strarted to occur [...]

Hollywood Hypocrites…quote!

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: October 31, 2008

Hollywood is big on scripts that focus on injustice
- and man’s inhumanity to man -
But, when the affronts occur under their noses
They look the other way – and hypocrites that they are – do nothing
Julian Ayrs
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