The State Of The Rusted Out, Fools’ Gold Era…
. …Who’s Crazy Now? A couple of months ago, when the all three polling sub-categories (eg. LINO’s Down/Dippers Up/BCCons Way, Way Up) first made it readily apparent that the BC…
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My Morning Ride.
BigWheelsKeepOnTurning Round&RoundVille Personally, I mark my bike riding calendar by the need to wear gloves. Or not. And, despite the fact that it was grey, that there is new snow…
Coleman Accuses van Dongen Of Being A Leaker Of Caucus Goods…
. …..To Bloggers! Surprised? Of course not. Although, I must confess that I was caught a little off-guard by the pluralization of the pejorative. Ha! ______ You can hear it…
Save The Rio Theatre…
WhyIndependentsInTheArtsMatter OurNeighbourhoodVille So. If Rich Coleman himself tried to do the right thing, who is really working to keep the movie ban (without bar service) at the Rio Theatre from…
Sunday Afternoon Music Club…
AllTheTunesThatFit WeekendsWithoutWhiskeyVille From the first girl that kissed a girl. On the radio at least. Jill Sobule. ______ And, unlike the Uke Kids who have gone the other way, Jill…
Maxim #1: There Is No Such Thing As Good Prop.
MakingStuffUpWillAlways ComeBackToBiteYouInTheEndVille Look. Nobody has to make stuff up about the tragic George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case to demonstrate to all concerned how egregious Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is. But…
Are They Ready To Rumble?…..And/Or…. Write Harder?
NoHoldsAtTheInk-StainedBar PunditsInTheOctagonVille This week’s combatants in the Write Harder Battle Royale… The Vancouver Courier’s Bob Mackin and The Vancouver Sun’s Vaughn Palmer. The Battle Cry…. “Christy Clark’s Terrible, Horrible, No…
This Just In…
AllTheScaryMonsterEvilLiberalBabiesThatMustBeStrangled InTheBathtubVille …Prime Minister Harper announces massive cuts to all funding for anything remotely associated with amateur boxing. _____ Although, under bilateral Sly-Arnold agreements with the US American Republican Tea…
Saturday Night’s Alright For (Uke) Cover Fighting!
There’sNoUkeLike CoverUkeVille First, the Original, which will be flock of dive bombing hummingbirds in your ear holes for the next week, at least… And now, the Uke Cover, which will…
Our Morning Ride.
BigWheelsKeepOn Turnin’Ville littler e. and me went for a ride today. The weather was not good. But it was fun anyway. Except. e. had to go to the Vice-Principals’ offices.…
Really Listening To Mulcair For The First Time…
AllTheRhetoricThatFits ForTheOtherSixtyPercentVille Thomas Mulcair was on the long wave with Evan Solomon this morning. I, for one, was impressed. No wishying…. No washying… As he chopped a number of Republican/Conservative…
The Six Million Dollar BC Rail Deal…The ‘Understanding’ Was Not Created By…
. ….’Telepathy’. Unless, of course, you believe, in the paranormal. Neither I, nor Ian Reid do. Believe in such things, I mean. You can read Ian’s follow-up to all this…
Sometimes A Cover Is Just A Cover…
. ….And Sometimes It Is Something More. Way more. In late 2009 Hansard and Irglova unveiled a ‘new song’ while they were on tour, a tour the E’s and I…
The Six Million Dollar BC Rail Deal….Mr. Plant Answers My Question.
Blogs,BlogsEverywhere ButNoTimeToEatLunchVille It’s noon on Friday, and the former BC Liberal Party government Attorney General, Mr. Geoff Plant, has been gracious enough to answer my question regarding his interpretation of…
The Idleness Of The Madness Of The (not) Premier’s March…
AllTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodBadDaysThatFit Connin’WithChristyVille. Bob Mackin has the story. And the day-by-day blow-by-blow of Ms. Clark’s horrible month of March. My favourite is the coda to March 26th, the day Mr. John…
The Assumption In Justine Hunter’s Suggestion To The (not) Premier.
PattyCakePattyCake SaveHerAgainVille Justine Harper, in The Globe & (no longer Empire) Mail has a suggestion for Christy Clark today that she reckons might just make it possible for the (not)Premier…
My Morning (Bus) Ride.
FareBoxForMeEveryTime OtherwiseIMightForgetVille A little under the weather this moring. And the weather still a little lousy. So I left the bike behind and caught the bus. And. As I was…
The Six Million Dollar BC Rail Deal….My Question For Geoff Plant
HereABlogThereABlog EverywhereABlogVille Former BC Liberal government Attorney General Geoff Plant, who is now a civilian, has a blog. And yesterday he had a question for John van Dongen about the…
Ain’t No Fog On This Mountain Breakin’ Down…
TheKingAndHisCourt FiveStringVille The banjo king, Earl Scruggs, is dead. His music will live on forever. Interestingly, Mr. Scruggs wife Louise was his, and his partner guitarist Lester Flatt’s, business manager…
Is A Karmic Wind Blowing Through The Tree Stumps…
. …At Rocky Mountaineer’s False Creek Flats Train Station? Why do I ask? Well, if it hadn’t been for a wee little provincial ‘statute’ change awhile back, it might still…