I thought I would collect my past messages over time to see what they looked like:
Mark Winston worries that provincial political staffers with m.b.a.s have an impoverished view of civil society. Blue liberals can now split hairs with neocon tories. (June 30/09)
Mark Winston can use a Sidecar or a Bass ale right now. (June 30, 2009)
Mark Winston finds Facebook cacaphonic, many voices, dispersed noises. Sometimes a fun house, sometimes a hell.(June 29/09)
Mark Winston wonders whether a 4 year old's mother locking herself in the bathroom constitutes a surrender or just a disorderly retreat.(June 28/09)
Mark Winston thinks Toys R Us has prodigious influence over kids. I'm grateful they don't adopt the tactics of casinos --open 24 hours, black the windows, and remove all clocks too. (June 27/09)
Mark Winston 's 4 year old son has countered the threat of being read "The Wide World of Dolls" by agreeing to it. He stipulated though that Transformers constituted "dolls" and because they turn into vehicles, my book is really about this as well.(June 25/09)
Mark Winston wonders why vast numbers of managers micro-manage but few try macro-managing.(June 25//09)
Mark Winston learned he can antagonize his 4 year-old by offering to read him books such as: "The Wide World of Dolls"; "Turnips are Tremendous"; and "Consecutive Childrens' Chores."(June 24/09)
Mark Winston needs a dump truck to unload his head.(June 23/09)
Mark Winston is wondering about the new approach to Father's Day. Dad is tied to the stake, set on fire, and asked to give an account of his paternal failures over the last year. Oh, and there will be cake. (June 17/09)
Mark Winston is happy he made his 4 year-old laugh by exhorting him to "have a big fat day!"(June 12/09)
Mark Winston is enjoying the "pirate english" option on Facebook now. Me troubles begone, matey. (June 1/09)
Mark Winston prior to preparing dinner, tells his 4 year old that "children is practically chickens..." (May 31/09)
Mark Winston worries about misguided faith in "managerialism" in Ontario's Public Service over staff experience and expertise. This story always ends badly and the citizens become victims. When will this outfit ever learn? (May 31/09)
Mark Winston 's 4 year old was given some apple juice by a caregiver and told he could share it with his mom and dad. My 4 year old said, "oh, they don't drink apple juice. They only drink alcohol." (May 30/09)
Mark Winston likes "All the world's a stage and all the stage is morality." (Wendon Stone) (May28/09)
Mark Winston 's 4 year old directed his mother to open the hood of the car for inspection. I don't care if it passes or not, he is not driving down the Don Valley Parkway. (May 27 /09)
Mark Winston is reading "Warren Oates - A Wild Life" and enjoying it very much. (May 27/09)
Mark Winston , though not a superhero, could use some help with his nemesis problem...(May 24/09)
Mark Winston in the spirit of "eat or be eaten", Mark offered to eat his 4 year old's leg if he did not eat dinner. The 4 year old hrmpped this idea and indicated that even with one leg, he could get around on a pogo stick.(May 21/09)
Mark Winston is impressed that the UK has a "Children's Laureate" who sees the job "as being an ambassador for fun with books." (May 14/09)
Mark Winston is stocking up on booze in case the LCBO goes on strike. Lots of wine and Mojitos. I'm ok on the tequila front. (May 11/09)
Mark Winston thinks a nice scotch would go well now. (May 9/09)
Mark Winston can't hop a jet plane like he can a freight train. (May 9/09)
Mark Winston 's theory of child-rearing is based on two things: always keep them off-balanced, and never turn your back on them. (May 7/09)
Mark Winston thinks Tim Hudak symbolizes Common Sense Revolution Redux. Sort of like Apocalypse Now without the drama or special effects. (May 3/09)
Mark Winston is concerned about the gap between espoused and enacted organizational values. In past times, we called this gap "purgatory." (May 3/09)
Mark Winston could use a stiff drink, either a scotch, a tequila anejo, or a Sidecar. (April 28/09)
Mark Winston likes "An investigation into a particular physical, chemical, or biological process might not pay off...that's why the private sector underinvests in basic science - and why the public sector must..." (Obama). Stephen Harper...hello? Hello? (April 28/09)
Mark Winston has learned that the organization where he works is moving from a bureaucratic to a post-bureaucratic model. As such, it is not so concerned with what he does as with what he believes and identifies with(!). (April 26/09)
Mark Winston has been without power for 18 hours now. Thank-you Hydro One! Now I know what third-world living is like. (April 26/09)
Mark Winston , a civil servant, was asked by an acquaintance if he was "busy." The response that came to mind: Bureaucracy never sleeps... (April 23/09)
Mark Winston is concerned about the lawn company that left me a note advising that I'm under attack by crabgrass, thistle, clover and white grubs! Do I act or do I appease? Lawn peace in our time?! (April 19/09)
Mark Winston thanks Tiny Bill Cody for his admonition "Stranger, we have no leader." (April 2/09)
Mark Winston For the G20 Finance Ministers: “Gentleman, he said, I don’t need your organization, I’ve shined your shoes, moved your mountains and marked your cards…Either brace yourself for elimination or have the courage for the changing of the guards.” [Bob Dylan] (April 1/09)
Mark Winston likes the UK's "...wanting a market that is free, but not values free, a society that is fair but not laissez-faire." (Mar 31/09)
Mark Winston longs for a 'changing of the guards' in many places. (Mar 29/09)
Mark Winston is concerned that book clubs are set up solely for women and solely for men. I reject gender tribalism overall...(Mar 28/09)
Mark Winston is drowning in a sea of impression management...(Mar 26/09)
Mark Winston wonders what the remaining McGuffin of his personal arc will be. He wants to avoid any midlifecrises that may appear...(Mar 22/09)
Mark Winston posted the results of an idiosyncratic Kierkegaard name query on his blog. See www.CollectiveCafeCorrecto.blogspot.com.(Mar 21/09)
Mark Winston wonders about the state of children's literature after being asked to read "Walter the Farting Dog," first in a series...(Mar 19/09)
Mark Winston [on the Facebook new layout]It was created by a machine for other machines and not people. It's an April Fools joke that arrived early. Dead. Decaying. Disheartening. [Mar 18/09)
Mark Winston 's smoking a Romeo Y Julieta #2, Rodriguez Arguelles version and multi-tasking. He also does not think the cigar is compensating for anything...(Mar 17/09)
Mark Winston is smoking a Diplomatico #2 for the first time in three months and feels all is well with the world. (Mar 15/09)
Mark Winston 's own dream guns him down...[Bruce Springstein] (Mar 13/09)
Mark Winston is just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose. [Bruce Springstein] (Mar 13/09)
Mark Winston is soul engines running through a night so tender. [Bruce Springstein] Mar 11/08)
Mark Winston 's riding out tonight to case the promised land.[Bruce Springstein] (Mar 8/09)
Mark Winston 's 3 1/2 year old insists on watching "Horsepower TV" on Spike. I don't understand the appeal... (Mar 8/09)
Mark Winston is told by his 3 1/2 year old that if he has to go when outside, he can do it behind a tree. (Mar 7/09)
Remove Mark Winston 's taking in the poetic insights of ex-wrestler Rick Crilly. (Mar 5/09)
Mark Winston is at Harbourfront waiting for Jose Latour to read from his novel "Crime of Fashion." Go get 'em Jose! (Mar 4/09)
Mark Winston is show a little faith, there's magic in the night.[Bruce Springstein](Mar 1/09)
Mark Winston is on a highway jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive...[Bruce Springstein] (Feb 27/09)
Mark Winston is a togged-out, bullet-proof jazzbo (Feb 22/09)
Mark Winston is enjoying David McFadden's poetic documentary novel "A Trip Around Lake Erie." (1980)(Feb 20/09)
Mark Winston is reading Smith magazine's list of 6 words for love & heartbreak. (Feb 16/09)
Mark Winston is at Funnelz, a suburban commercial play area. Mark wonders where similar public spaces have gone. (Feb 16/09)
Mark Winston 's enjoying Jose Latour's new noir novel "Crime of Fashion" set in Toronto. (Feb 11/09)
Mark Winston recollects Tiny Bill Cody: "Stranger, we have no leader." (Feb 11/09)
Mark Winston 's preschooler insists upon repeated viewings of Buster Keaton's "The Railrodder" (1965). (Feb 7/09)
Mark Winston 's preschooler asks why no one can write a sonnet to a truck. (Feb 4/09)
Mark Winston is a melted-out half-stiffed grape cat. (Feb 1/09)
Mark Winston 's three year-old tells me he's going on an adventure. How is this different from any other day? (Jan 31/09)
Mark Winston is in a Carmen Miranda frame of mind. And no, it is not gay. (Jan 3/09)
Mark Winston finished throwing his three year-old into a snowbank. (Jan 28/09)
Mark Winston wonders if it is true, that to live in an undescribed world is too lonely (Nicole Krauss) (Jan 17/09)
Mark Winston As a left-handed 48 year old, I am grateful that I haven't incurred a mortal injury or the wrath of those who consider lefties sinister. Whew, knock on wood! (Jan 16/09)
Mark Winston is having Frank magazine withdrawal. (Jan 11/09)
Mark Winston is reading The Devil's Guide to Hollywood by Joe Eszterhas. (Jan 11/09)
Mark Winston just attended the first meeting of "The Honey & Hotsauce Bookclub" at This Ain't The Rosedale Library. (Jan 11/09)
Mark Winston is thinking about Hunter S. Thompson's workday: "violence, joy and constant Mexican music." (Jan 10/09)
Mark Winston enjoyed the book "The Uncommon Reader" by Alan Bennett. Very funny. (Jan 8/09)
Mark Winston is thinking about the recent death and heroism of Mark Felt (aka Deep Throat)(Jan 7/09)
Mark Winston is tired of all the opsimaths he is meeting...(Jan 6/09)
Mark Winston has advised his 3 year old that if he doesn't get out of the bath, he WILL turn into a fish. He is mulling this over. (Jan 4/09)
Mark Winston is thankful for Paul Seydor's "Peckinpah: The Western Films - A Reconsideration." (Jan 4/09)
Mark Winston against his better judgement, has become saturated with the juggernaut of children's programming, ie Treehouse. (Jan 4/09)
Mark Winston is disarming and dissuading his 3 year old from being a pirate. (Jan 4/09)
Mark Winston wonders why there is no "Stan Rogers Day" in Canada (Jan 2/09)
Mark Winston is now reading "A G-Man's Life" by Mark Felt (aka Deep Throat). (Jan 2/09)
Mark Winston is lobbying to make gay marriage compulsory: holidays, inlaws, conflict, it's only fair!(Jan 1/09)
Mark Winston smoked a Ramone Allones "Gigantes," and is probably compensating for something. (Dec 30/08)
Mark Winston thinks about entering his house justified...(Sam Peckinpah)(Dec 29/09)
Mark Winston is told to sit on the group W bench, now!(Dec 29/09)
Mark Winston wonders why no one in this damn town knows how to make a Sidecar. (Dec 25/08)
Mark Winston is getting in touch with his inner yodeler. (Dec 23/08)
Mark Winston wonders when exactly Coronation Street all went wrong? (Dec 22/08
Mark Winston is scheduling some time next week to smoke a cuban cigar. (Dec 21/08)
Mark Winston is insomniatic. (Dec 21/08)
Mark Winston responding to his 3 year old, who wants to know why he has to get toys from santa when there is stuff available on the shelves.(Dec 20/08)
Mark Winston is trying to deal with his 3 year old's "pirate attitude." (Dec 18/08)
Mark Winston is reading "McMafia" by Misha Glenny. (Dec 17/08)
Mark Winston is cautioning his 3 year old to stay on Santa's "nice" list or else he'll only get "girl toys" for x-mas. (Dec 12/08)
Mark Winston is finishing his last two ounces of Abelour scotch, wondering what's next. (Dec 11/08)
Mark Winston is grooving on Tiny Bill Cody (Nov 23/08)
Mark Winston is arranging a telethon for satirists to save Frank magazine (Oct 29/08)
Mark Winston Considering Richard Rorty (Oct 20/08)
(Well, close to a 100...)
