http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/07/07/hopefully-youre-not-one-of-the-lost-ones/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/07/07/hopefully-youre-not-one-of-the-lost-ones/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:15:35 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=1611

]]> “John…? Do you know where you are, John…?”(A quote from my long ago radio-play) Over 60% of my visitors live in the U.S., whereas, surprisingly (at least to me, anyway), only 11% reside in my own country. What really saddens me, though, is that nearly 10% of my readers don’t have a clue where they are… Random [...]

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]]> “No Spitting”Taken November 26, 2007 with Canon PowerShot A550 Even the “ladies” are doing it…It’s got to be the most disgusting habit – ever – and it’s the one pet peeve I have about my job. Everybody seems to think it’s perfectly acceptable to just hawk and spit on the pavement (or worse, in [...]

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]]> Grate OneTaken February 16, 2009 with Canon PowerShot A550 I’m thinking that having her mother sic the cops on her might make things worse.Well, this is a weird space I’m in… I feel like I’ve been through a cheese grater, hence the pic above, which is not a cheese grater, but it’s the closest I [...]

]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/05/08/and-so-it-begins/feed/ 8 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/06/09/bleed/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/06/09/bleed/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:57:09 +0000 Les big sisbuildingchangedadevictionfamilyfatherfearfor salegrade 8 graduationheart attackhospitalidiot childJ.O.B.Kylifemommoneymotherhoodmovingpaymentsreal estateRubysadschedulesisterstressteeny-tiny townthe fly-girlthe fly-mobilethe Land-Ladytootieun-brothervehicleworry http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=208 “Bleed”Taken November 15, 2007 with Canon PowerShot A550 …rumour has it, the new owner wants to gut the interior and remodel, and plans on giving all the tenants notice.I’m feeling a little raw, lately. 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(The original widget has gone where all widgets go to die – you’ll have to amuse yourself popping bubbles now, sorry…) Random Song for the Day: [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/06/03/addictive/feed/ 8 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/17/dead-on-a-dare/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/17/dead-on-a-dare/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:00:33 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/17/dead-on-a-dare/ Dead on a Dare If looks could kill, I’d be an outline on the pavement, too….So, I did it, Suzi. I “killed” The Hummingbird, and I drew a chalk outline around the body. 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