wow…what an awesome ride
i arrived at the art gallery downtown at about 5:45, and most people were also just arriving at that time. i had my unicycle with me, and had just about everybody ask me about it ;) Lots of my friends were present, so i chatted a few people up [...]
hey all. sorry for the slackin. just thought i’d throw a few announcements out there. Friday at 5:30 is this month’s Critical Mass bike ride, celebrating human-powered transportation. Meet at the Vancouver Art Gallery, on the Georgia street side. I’ll be riding my unicycle :)
on sunday, there are several [...]
So i’m finally able to ride my unicycle now…in fits and starts. i rode from the skytrain to work today, and i’m hoping that a few days of that will give me enough practice to ride Critical Mass next friday.
on a related note, i’m thinking of trying to build a chopper this summer, [...]
Just a quick link to share….here is an article about the real effects of prostitution. It talks about the conditions inherent in prostitution, and about how legalization of pimping brings an increase in trafficking of women and children for the purpose of prostitution. For those who were asking for more stats and references, [...]
Today my roommates and i had our “settlement hearing” with the real estate agent who is suing us for $10k. The brief back-story is that the house we used to live in got sold, but they didn’t give us proper notice so we stayed until we found a new place to live. The [...]
hey all. just wanted to drop a quick line about an article that some of you might have seen on my delicious bookmarks. It’s about the possibility of a US (and/or Israeli) attack on Iran coming up in the near future. It compares the geopolitical significance of Iran to pre-war Iraq, and [...]
damn. today’s not off to a good start. I turned on my computer this morning, and the monitor made crazy high-pitched banshee noises combined with white noise, and then only lit up the middle 50 pixels in a crazy wave pattern. after fiddling with cables for a while, i realized it’s not [...]
Recently i’d heard from several people that there was a spot near stanley park where a huge number of herons had nested together. Being the curious bird-watcher that i am, i inquired some more and found out the location. For those interested, it’s near the 2100 block of Beach avenue in downtown vancouver, [...]
I just picked up a new book called “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”, by a guy named John Perkins. It’s an insider’s view of the processes whereby big corporations, banks, and northern governments collude to exploit other countries around the world. Basically, the author explains the nuts and bolts of modern imperialism: [...]
I just read a really interesting article on Sweden’s approach to the problem of prostitution. In a nutshell, they recognize prostitution as a system of violence against women. They have 3 main principles in their laws: (a) buying someone for sex is a crime, making the Johns the primary legal targets, (b) [...]