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  • Celebrating Trudeaustan Day

    Celebrating Trudeaustan Day

    …with my favourite song of all time, by a band that was criminally underrated and should have been massive. And yes, that’s the leader of our country in blackface. Two flawless studio albums, and they then threw in the towel because the world in the very early 90s was too fixated on hair metal (okay,…

  • The Ongoing Ennui of Davie Village.

    The Ongoing Ennui of Davie Village.

    The West End of Vancouver isn’t huge at all.  It’s a neighbourhood consisting of a handful of blocks in a grid, the furthest area west of downtown you can go, mere steps from English Bay and Stanley Park.  It is not to be confused with West Vancouver or the West Side of Vancouver, which I…

  • Ode To The Father

    Ode To The Father

    Last Sunday was Father’s Day, an occasion which we Lower Mainland Doukhobors commemorate by holding a picnic / potluck at some obscure park out in North Delta.  Obscure, but it’s actually called Annieville Lions Park, which works well for me since I’ve been living in my own version of Annieville for over a decade now.  …

  • Some Sobering Thoughts About Addiction, Matthew Perry, and Gawd

    Some Sobering Thoughts About Addiction, Matthew Perry, and Gawd

    I recently had a conversation with one of my closest friends that found us jumping to the topic of rehabs, recovery houses, and somehow, Matthew Perry.   I have never–not even once–seen a full episode of “Friends,” though I have been the victim of clips here and there.  Nothing about that show seemed appealing, witty, intelligent,…

  • pearson airport barbarism: let’s just conclude this

    pearson airport barbarism: let’s just conclude this

    PRE-READING NOTE: This final entry has taken as much overdramatic, literary, morose license as the author saw fit.  However, no hyperbole was involved in the following account, because absolutely none was required.   So once the swab had circled the inside of both my nostrils and was packed neatly into a plastic baggie with my personal…

  • snowmen and airports

    snowmen and airports

    Mother Nature sure didn’t disappoint.   Went to bed last night and the city was bare; woke up earlier than usual to find everything covered in a fluffy, pristine, thick layer of snow.  There is honestly something magical when this happens, especially when it’s relatively new for your Pacific Northwest winter experiences.  I suppose this is…