From the Walls of Mr. James Odett

James V. Odett (1902-1963) lived his whole life in Winnipeg, Manitoba as an antiques dealer. His shop, Odett's Antiques, ran from 1923 at 1163 Portage Avenue until Mr. Odett became ill in the summer of 1962. Mr. Odett left behind a surprising amount of 'artwork' (poems, stories, drawings, paintings, even songs), which he stuffed into the walls of his house. It is only recently that we have discovered this (after some much needed renovations). The Council for Dissemination and Misappropriation (a group originally started my James himself, under the name The Misuse Society) here presents some of the materials uncovered. Mr. Odett often claimed that people from the future would steal his 'art', and that he often went into the future to take it back. The songwriter Butter Vaughn Kingson bases a lot of his music on the writings and 'artwork' of Mr. Odett.

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Sun Jun 7

Dear Education Minister Dave Hancock

Dear Education Minister Dave Hancock,

We, at the Council for Dissemination and Misappropriation, applaud your
efforts to eliminate mandatory education. The Council has long
campaigned against such force-feeding of outlandish concepts such as
evolution and Newtonian physics. In early 2002 we fought (albeit
unsuccessfully) for the exclusion of the theory of electromagnetism in
public highschools. We, at the Council, do not believe that electrons
are “naturally” attracted to their complementary protons, and as such
are against this worshipping of “Naturalism”, and its close cousin,
“The Scientific Process”. We, at the Council, frequently step outside
our 14th floor office window and DO NOT succumb to gravity. It is,
afterall, only a theory, one that the Council does not wish to follow,
and nor should such preaching be compulsory in schools. We commend
your decision to ammend Bill 44 to accomodate all world views, so as
we can choose which parts we wish our children not to understand or
decide for themselves. The Council for Dissemination and
Misappropriation hereby announce that Dave Hancock, along with our
newest inductee, Gary Goodyear, will be honorary members in the CDM’s
prestigious Teapot of Irrational Thought. The CDM will assume you
will support our latest campaign for the exclusion of the theory of
thermodynamics in the upcoming months.

Thank you for your unbridled determination,
James V. Odett

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