Eat this

June 10, 2003

There’s this wonderfully evocative song by Kate Bush, There Goes a Tenner, which includes the lyrics: “Ooh I remember, That rich windy weather, When you would carry me, Pockets floating in the breeze.” It’s ostensibly about a bank robbery, which is kind of an odd topic for a song, but Kate Bush was nothing if […]

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Couch Grass

June 8, 2003

Dave Winer posted a picture on the main page and asked for stories.

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Cyberswept away

June 7, 2003

On Friday I listened to a CBC Radio report about a cyberporn conference in Montreal (June 5-7), featuring Mark Prince of 2Much, two women named Fay Sharpe and Kathee Brewer, and several others. None of the people interviewed stressed the porn aspect of the business. All of the people interviewed instead stressed the business aspect […]

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Softie

June 5, 2003

My son (he’s an Africa-fan) called my attention to this story. I think it’s a brilliant tale, and I love the fact that this guy is winning in a brand new glass-bead game.

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Environment

June 5, 2003

Incredible, but true: early June and the mercury is hitting the low 30s (Celsius; that’s 90 degrees Fahrenheit) for days in a row here. Very different. Went on a field trip to the Ocean Sciences Institute with my kids et alia, homeschoolers who work with S.I.D.E.S. It’s not just hot here, it’s dangerous and exciting: […]

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A rose is

June 4, 2003

This is the story, What’s in a name?, pronounciation and all.

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Peace & Justice

June 4, 2003

The Toronto Star‘s Michelle Landsberg writes about a conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects in Toronto this coming weekend (June 7-8), which Landsberg predicts might bring “some air into the claustrophobic silence” created by undifferentiated pro or con thinking. Sponsored by an ad hoc group, Jewish Voices for Peace and Justice, it will, among other sessions, […]

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Copyright cancer, Bikram bootcamp

June 3, 2003

Since I poked around the web yesterday in search of links to that development on Rockland, I came across an article I’d missed earlier, and it’s yet another copyright issue. This time yoga asanas are at stake. Yes, postures. I had my own experiences with hot yoga here in Victoria, so this interested me. The […]

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Windy

June 2, 2003

Whoa! I spent the better part of the evening at a furious, emotional community meeting that debated the merits of a development proposal in my neighbourhood, the Rockland district of Victoria. High on a hill sits a 110-year-old mansion, originally named Schuhum, a native word for windy place. Mansions aren’t uncommon in Rockland, but this […]

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Where’s Laura?

June 1, 2003

Several months ago, when the marketing of Iraq’s invasion was building, a friend here in Victoria asked me if Laura Bush were dead. It wasn’t a morbid question as such. This person had simply noticed that since the build-up to war, Laura Bush was never seen in newscasts, never visible in photos, never quoted anywhere. […]

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