So Sick of the Sausage Factory
Woe is humanity, suffering the legions of uber-douche bags crushing their spirits. I refer to this potent variety of toxicContinue Reading
Author: edmund k. saunders
A consummate intellectual wanderer; lacking a destination, a timeline, or plan to help guide the journey.
Oh, Sweet Kryptonite
It is a constant struggle to maintain focus at my white collar office job that is, more often than not,Continue Reading
Don’t Let Them Turn Your Spirit To Ashes
Despite my struggle to exercise ideological forbearance in his life, my son sees certain things critically in his own right. I am relieved; he’s already destined not to be a cultural dupe, but has his own mind as to why he’s unconvinced, a doubt that is more rooted in inquisitiveness than stridency. It makes me beam with pride.
In Search of Lost Time For Proust
For a long time, I went to bed late, and woke up early in the morning. I subsisted on fiveContinue Reading
Stop! Hamster Time!
(Title sung to the tune of MC Hammer’s “Can’t Touch This”) … changes too the organizational structure are beeing madeContinue Reading
Black History in Canada: A Slave to Athletic Success?
Here is the first thought that came to mind when I saw the above poster to celebrate Black History MonthContinue Reading
My Name is Edmund, and I Am a Very, Very Bad Man Who Loves Bacon
My name is Edmund K Saunders, and I love bacon. There, I said it. Now I can dispense with allContinue Reading
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So, ‘What do you do’, to Improve This Conversation?
It’s the time of year where obligation drags us to parties we could easily have blown off in April. It’sContinue Reading
Keep DICK in a Box, Away From the Seat of Power
The one who started it all. The Dick of all Dicks, Dick Cheney. “Hello underlings, I am a DICK, andContinue Reading
A New Missouri Compromise: Compassion in Place of Fear
Like many others, I was outraged but not surprised by the Grand Jury decision on the shooting death of MichaelContinue Reading
Let’s Dress It Up Clean For a Happy Halloween!
To be fair, I was only a teenager when I went to a Halloween party in black face. I didn’tContinue Reading
E K Saunders, Paper Boy Inc.
Back in those heady days, it was the robber barons and me. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Morgan and Edmund K SaundersContinue Reading
Trust Me, You Do Not Want to Know What is Going on In Here
Those four words. They grip our minds like bigots fervently applauding an immigrant-blaming dog-whistle; like flies drawn to the malodourousContinue Reading
A Place for Smiles – Even if Contrived – Among the Snowflakes
(Written December 2013) This time of year it’s hard work fending off despondency because of the dreary weather. From OctoberContinue Reading
The Dumb Dog, The Cheshire Cat, and the Big Brown Bear
It has been said they are man’s best friend, but since my teens I’ve had a love-hate relationship with dogs.Continue Reading
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