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To John L:

That is an unfortunate casualty of moving around, the loss of books. When my wife moved up from California, she had to leave a lot of hers behind. I’m a bit of a hoarder and we’re converting a bedroom into a library area. Still need to save up for more Ikea shelving though, quite a few piles on the floor, haha.

To Mr. Korman:

Thank you for your thought-provoking answers.

I would say that some of your work straddles the line of being an adult book. I saw “Born To Rock” that way. “But it’s more likely that I just like what I’m doing, I’m having quite a lot of success at it, and that’s all there is to it.” <— And it doesn’t get better than that.

re: The CFL, I used “better” as a qualifier just as a tease. To me, sports is like art. It’s subjective and whatever grabs you on a cerebral and emotional level is what is better for you. I think the CFL is a more exciting game due to some things you considered detractions (three downs, the longer and wider field). The special teams game is more important with no fair catch. It also moves along at a brisker pace. It’s more of a regional thing, the prairie province teams have good support: Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, Calgary and Edmonton. BC needs to pull up their socks. In the east, Hamilton does alright, but Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal need to be better. It’s not an inferior league either, just different. I have a mental list of former NFL stars who came up here and failed miserably.

As for Bugs, that’s interesting. Variety or perhaps a subconscious Canadian inclusivity. I had thought that you had perhaps known a musician from Winnipeg or had been influenced by the music that had come out from the city slightly before that time, such as Neil Young, The Guess Who, Burton Cummings, BTO, etc.

Speaking of music, you had declared yourself more of a (paraphrasing) mosh pit guy. What bands spring to mind with that self-description?