Stephens Gerard Malone Q&A
BOOKS | Dude writes like a lady? Stephens Gerard Malone thinks he has every right to lie about his identity to get published. Men can’t write convincingly about women. At least, that’s what a ...
Lights will guide you home
Haven’t blogged in awhile cause I’ve been in Toronto. The one and a half people who read this silly site were devastated in my absence, I’m sure. All in all, a very interesting trip. Mostly ...
Famous high school dropouts (Dose continues to suck)
2018 | Believe it or not, this ridiculous list of “famous high school dropouts” piece was assigned to me as a NEWS story. It published in the news section. While I was at Dose, each ...
Vancouver’s for sloths (and Dose sucked)
2018 | In the summer of 2005, the fact that Dose sucked felt so normal, I barely thought about it. Now, I think back to my time at Dose as the biggest mistake of my young life, and certainly the ...
The city versus suburbs debate
CULTURE | The city versus suburbs debate is all about spin, but which environment is truly “better” and can better even be quantified? When you pit cramped quarters, noise, and crime against open ...
Caring is creepy
My effing Internet has been going down on and off for two days now and it’s driving. me. crazy. It’s sort of sad to realize how attached I am (or maybe how addicted I am) to my technology, but at ...
Drugs, drugs, drugs! Which are good? Which are bad?
Spent yesterday running all over town on various news stories. Hit pot activist Mark Emery’s bail hearing in the morning, and the Vancouver airport in the afternoon. (To see how travellers were ...
Chlamydia nation (sexual infections on the rise in Canada)
SEX ED. | With STDs and sexual infections on the rise in Canada, what are we to do? Did you learn much about safe sex in school? Yeah. Me neither. And now, Canada’s lack of decent sexual ...
Turin Brakes’ Olly Knights (Q&A)
MUSIC | Turin Brakes interview with Olly Knights. They’ve been compared to Simon & Garfunkel, they’re standout favourites in the UK’s New Acoustic Movement, they sell out massive shows all ...
Book smart, street stupid
At my last job everything was easy. All I had to say was “I’m from the Sun” and everything was tickety boo lickity split. For all the callbacks I get now, I might as well be leaving messages that ...
Gatekeeper, gatekeeper, gatekeeper
BURN OUT LOOMS | Trying to blog when you’re already overworked is good fun, but hey. Check out the Vancouver Folk Festival? All that talk about not wanting to blog and I’m back already. ...
Who am I to blow against the wind? (A baby blogger is born!)
BLOG | My very first blog post. Ever. So it’s only two days till my birthday. The big … well, nevermind. I know. I’m still a baby. Actually, I don’t know. I’ve been sprouting grey hairs all ...