Archives for the 'Vent' Category
How Cool is This?
If you are an old fart like me, then you will remember, a series of cheesy 70’s movies called “The Cannonball Run”. The very pinnacle of 70’s camp, this movie has a plot line that is in keeping with the whole 70’s return to the basics. By return the basics I mean, the sixties had […]
The Wild Wild Westside
Some people say that Vancouver’s greatest claim to fame is that its municipal workers spend more time on strike than working. Others maintain that the essence of Vancouver can only be experienced on a warm summer day, 2 months into a garbage strike, in the downtown east side.
But there’s more. Some Vancouverites think that they […]
The Art of Inarticulation
Inarticulation has been the very cornerstone of teenage culture since I can remember. I have been fretting about on this rock for more years than I can remember so you can take it from me, the penchant for verbal pause has been the earmark of youth.
The important part about youthful speech is to ensure that […]
Global Warming (sorry)
I really hate to write an article on this. I kind of feel like I am writing a post on Paris Hilton. Does the world really need another post about Paris? My only consolation is that its unlikely anyone will actually read this.
This all started when I ran across an article about 26 Myths of […]
This is an Outrage
An affront, a slight, a bold offense of the most vulgar kind.
How many times have you read a news article containing a crazy law used to pummel some hapless individual? Much like a computer bug, the software of law runs amok with unintended consequences.
Exhibit A: (AsianImage.co.uk)
The one man against the world scenario, where individuals try, […]