From the News-Release-Today-For-Tomorrow's-Event department: in case you hadn't heard, this weekend in British Columbia you can fish without buying a license (some conditions apply).
Again: a BILLION-dollars-a-year industry that isn't taxed?! Oh, and favourite quote from this one: "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."
The fate of the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park is still in the news. It can be saved, but NPA side of the Parks Board don't care.
Let's see... a nut-job kills a dude after talking to him for three hours in a school-yard after dude shows nut-job a masonic handshake... I'm confused, will Tom Hanks play the dude or the nut-job?
Who doesn't love a unicorn?
The take-away point: Only 45% of crashes involving golf carts actually occur on golf courses. And you should wear a helmet if you drive your golf cart around the neighbourhood.
Indie-band Major Maker wins prize at NXNE. Nice looking site. I thought this song was from Oasis when I heard it on that TV commercial.
Here's an article about the new Canadian Copyright Controversy. I just like how the photo the CBC uses makes Jim Prentice look like he's doing a variation on the Nazi "Heil Hitler" salute.
Shower curtain smell is toxic? Crap. Now I have to go back to huffing gas from a paper bag.
Wow. This designer created a scavenger hunt for a family's renovation, based around a poem written by the father.
All I can say is: thank goodness none of this took place in a golf cart. Pretty funny satire about driving with a cell phone, and that California's cell-phone law doesn't kick in until July 1. (At least California HAS a cell-phone-while-driving law.)
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Daily Shizu (neither a daily, nor a shizu)
Vancouver-related:
Great write-up by Maureen Dowd in her Jun 10 City States column from the Sun dissecting the Sam-plosion.
Slamming Vancouver in the Globe and Mail, yawn. Slamming Vancouver in the Globe and Mail while calling Sam Sullivan a popular mayor: novel! I respectfully disagree with John Barber's Jun 11 column on why Vancouver sucks, despite always being voted near the top of the best places to live in the world. We have way many other ways to suck. But whoever he's polling that told him Sam was "popular" didn't talk to ANYBODY that I know. As for the "throwback" political system, I advocate monarchy.
Global warming is ruining our pot! My two favourite points... One: "Obviously, the demand will still be there." Two: Estimates are that the pot industry in B.C. is worth about A BILLION DOLLARS annually. And we're not legalizing and taxing this why? (Oh yes, punitive measures against Chinese people in the early 1900s, if I recall correctly.) Second worst scenario to this crowd: the price of Birkenstocks doubles.
Cab fares in Vancouver will rise. Another "temporary tax" that will never be un-temporaried.
OMG! Trev is retiring from the Canucks?! And The Theme is no longer with HNC on CBC? What next?! Is Gretzky charged with dog fighting? Is Orr accused of steroid use? Does Bob Cole have a sore throat? Lord have mercy!
Public Notice: Transition to 10-digit dialling begins June 23, 2008. And here's the scoop.
Global warming is ruining our pot! My two favourite points... One: "Obviously, the demand will still be there." Two: Estimates are that the pot industry in B.C. is worth about A BILLION DOLLARS annually. And we're not legalizing and taxing this why? (Oh yes, punitive measures against Chinese people in the early 1900s, if I recall correctly.) Second worst scenario to this crowd: the price of Birkenstocks doubles.
Cab fares in Vancouver will rise. Another "temporary tax" that will never be un-temporaried.
OMG! Trev is retiring from the Canucks?! And The Theme is no longer with HNC on CBC? What next?! Is Gretzky charged with dog fighting? Is Orr accused of steroid use? Does Bob Cole have a sore throat? Lord have mercy!
Public Notice: Transition to 10-digit dialling begins June 23, 2008. And here's the scoop.
National-related:
All I can say is that Julie Couillard is the hardest working hoochie in Ottawa. Except for the Harpie, of course... I mean, look'et thems "cum-take-me" eyes...
International-related:
What?! Christians and Muslims living side-by-side in peace?! I guess there was a big falling out when Amy Winehouse said she wasn't going to go. (Uh... the story refers to Rihab... in Jordan...)
Only in Bolivia would they allow 16-22 year-olds to dress up in flammable suits without adequate peripheral vision and send them out to play in traffic... all under the guise of "helping people cross the street."
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Book: MADNESS, BETRAYAL AND THE LASH
Review from the Globe and Mail.
MADNESS, BETRAYAL AND THE LASH
The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
By Stephen R. Bown
Still floating...
To follow up on a report from almost exactly one month ago (Are we sinking or floating?), the Vancouver Maritime Museum is still afloat. Apparently someone got the idea that they should wait to see what is actually happening with the proposed National Museum... hmmm...
Friday, June 6, 2008
Transit in Vancouver: please build smart, don't waste our money!
Skytrain along the Broadway corridor to the University is a mistake! Let's go with a tram! (Story from the Tyee.)
2nd Annual Tour de Blintz
The Jewish Museum & Archives of BC and the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition present
The 2nd Annual Tour de Blintz: A culinary tour by bicycle of Greater Vancouver’s Jewish restaurants, bakeries and delicatessens.
What could be better (or more quintessentially Vancouver) than a leisurely ride along the city’s beautiful bikeways and biways, stopping frequently for top-notch food and hospitality at a number of fine Jewish eateries?
There are two tours to choose from:
Sunday June 8 the route is approximately 45 kilometers, and there are 6 stops to eat. The tour begins at 9:30 am and wraps up at 3:30 pm. Cost is $30
Sunday June 15 the route is approximately 75 kilometers and there are 7 stops. This one is a little more challenging, and runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Cost is $35
In both cases the pace is relaxed, and the focus is on good conversation, making new friends, having some laughs, and enjoying great food and drink. Speed demons may need to strap some bricks to their feet, as we are not planning to set any records (except possibly for calories consumed!)
Participating eateries:
Enigma Restaurant
Garden City Bakery
Mount Royal Bagel Factory
Nava Creative Kosher Cuisine
Omnitsky Kosher Delicatessen
Siegel’s Bagels
Solly’s Bagelry
Price includes all food and beverage, plus a Greater Vancouver Cycling Guide and Map, courtesy of Translink.
The Tour de Blintz is an official Bike Month event.
To register or for more information contact: Greg Robinson, Education Coordinator grobinson@jewishmuseum.ca, or 604-638-7288
The 2nd Annual Tour de Blintz: A culinary tour by bicycle of Greater Vancouver’s Jewish restaurants, bakeries and delicatessens.
What could be better (or more quintessentially Vancouver) than a leisurely ride along the city’s beautiful bikeways and biways, stopping frequently for top-notch food and hospitality at a number of fine Jewish eateries?
There are two tours to choose from:
Sunday June 8 the route is approximately 45 kilometers, and there are 6 stops to eat. The tour begins at 9:30 am and wraps up at 3:30 pm. Cost is $30
Sunday June 15 the route is approximately 75 kilometers and there are 7 stops. This one is a little more challenging, and runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Cost is $35
In both cases the pace is relaxed, and the focus is on good conversation, making new friends, having some laughs, and enjoying great food and drink. Speed demons may need to strap some bricks to their feet, as we are not planning to set any records (except possibly for calories consumed!)
Participating eateries:
Enigma Restaurant
Garden City Bakery
Mount Royal Bagel Factory
Nava Creative Kosher Cuisine
Omnitsky Kosher Delicatessen
Siegel’s Bagels
Solly’s Bagelry
Price includes all food and beverage, plus a Greater Vancouver Cycling Guide and Map, courtesy of Translink.
The Tour de Blintz is an official Bike Month event.
To register or for more information contact: Greg Robinson, Education Coordinator grobinson@jewishmuseum.ca, or 604-638-7288
Thom Yorke, as played by a bank of hard drives...
...with the rest of Radiohead played by office machines of by-gone years... the en'sembe presents "Nude"...
Brilliant! (In case you're worried, when you get past the clicks and pops and hums, it will definitely kick into something you will recognize, if you've listened to the new Radiohead album "In rainbows..." If you don't have time for 3 minutes, jump past 1:09 or so...)
Brilliant! (In case you're worried, when you get past the clicks and pops and hums, it will definitely kick into something you will recognize, if you've listened to the new Radiohead album "In rainbows..." If you don't have time for 3 minutes, jump past 1:09 or so...)
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Somewhere between Caesar and Diogenes
It's little wonder that my career aspiration is "full-time recluse."
I can no longer tell if I am a philosopher or the village idiot. After all, both are really the same thing.
Luckily I've never been a believer in labels.
~~~
But on to different things, and introductions for the future:
I have a friend with which all conversation inevitably spirals into a discussion about the state of the world, the nuances of political or economic ideals within modern society, and how the world is out of whack. (In his defence, I think it's my fault we always seem to head for deeper waters. I think he is one of those special people that latch on to others' basic traits, for the sake of social conversation, and ride that wherever it happens to lead... unfortunately, mine usually leads toward an abyss of one sort or another.)
He believes himself to be an anarchist, while I carry the banner for benevolent monarchy. Either way, we have files at CSIS. (He is an optimist in human nature, even in anarchy, so from here on, if I refer to him, will be called Hart.)
~~~
Back to the world out of whack: I always remember that Theo Geisel said that to see the world out of whack, one must see how the world can be in whack.
I can no longer tell if I am a philosopher or the village idiot. After all, both are really the same thing.
Luckily I've never been a believer in labels.
~~~
But on to different things, and introductions for the future:
I have a friend with which all conversation inevitably spirals into a discussion about the state of the world, the nuances of political or economic ideals within modern society, and how the world is out of whack. (In his defence, I think it's my fault we always seem to head for deeper waters. I think he is one of those special people that latch on to others' basic traits, for the sake of social conversation, and ride that wherever it happens to lead... unfortunately, mine usually leads toward an abyss of one sort or another.)
He believes himself to be an anarchist, while I carry the banner for benevolent monarchy. Either way, we have files at CSIS. (He is an optimist in human nature, even in anarchy, so from here on, if I refer to him, will be called Hart.)
~~~
Back to the world out of whack: I always remember that Theo Geisel said that to see the world out of whack, one must see how the world can be in whack.
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