A Crimp's Diary

  "Canada does not have, did not have, will not have writers as specifically and identifiably Canadian as Whitman and Hemingway are s...

And it’s just sitting here. It’s got a good name. And yet I’m not using it. I’m not using it because I learned the hard way that having ...

Why did I ever think my great-great grandfather and great grandfather were in the crimping business in the first place? For the simple reaso...

Cities used to burn down. The most famous example of this is the Great Chicago Fire but it is far from alone. The Saint John fire of June 18...

I've changed the name of the blog. The "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" name has been applied to my other blog . This blog now ha...

Thomas Aquinas was premodern but he was premodern in several ways. In some regards, we should be grateful that we have left that world behin...

That's a bit of advice I keep seeing. It's pretty good advice, to a point. In order for this advice to be any good to you, however ,...