Author Archives for John Baker
Thinking Blogger Award
I didn’t even know I thought until I was nominated for this award. Didn’t even know that thinking was something to do. But I’d like to thank my agent, my loving wife, my wonderful children, and my mother. Also my earthly guardian angel Mary Wilkinson (also my childhood sweetheart), and my grandpa Donald who, if [...]
What Price ‘Info’
Conservapedia (I’m sure you can find the link) is the reaction’s reply to Wikipedia. Wikipedia, apparently, is “anti American, and anti-Christian” and the guys over at Conservapedia are going to fix that.
How? Well, this is their entry on global warming:
On February 2, 2007, an internatonal panel of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments [...]
The Festival of Mediocrity
The festival was over, the boys were all plannin’ for a fall,
The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin’ in the wall.
The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin’ wheel shut down,
Anyone with any sense had already left town.
He was standin’ in the doorway lookin’ like the Jack of Hearts.
OK, the festival is over for [...]
Characters Searching for Authors
Mario, the postman in the film Il Postino, in an effort to win the heart of Beatrice Russo, steals some poems from Pablo Neruda. Later he justifies his action by telling the poet:
Poems don’t belong to those who write them. They belong to those who need them.
This begs the question of the text with a [...]


