The Three Trillion Dollar War

Were it a new Sex In The City coffee table book I'm sure that it would fly off the shelves, but I have the sneaking suspicion that Joseph Stiglitz's The Three Trillion Dollar War isn't going to see the same sort of success at retail.

In the book, co-authored by Harvard …

Five Quid

My friend Susie from London forwarded me this unbelievable story of a premeditated murder by three young men in Sunderland. See if you can even begin to wrap your head around this...

"A man and two youths who kicked a disabled man to death over a

Odds And Ends

As you can all see, we have a new site design. The truth is that it's not actually new; it was a design that we used over a year ago. After re-designing the site after its use, Dale made it a Wordpress theme available for download, so if you want to use this theme, and …

An Open Letter To Idiots

In my last entry I made mention of the fact that there is a web service that exists where women who want breast enhancement surgery can go and sell themselves out online for the entertainment of others in an attempt to raise money for the procedure. The story that I

Google Reaches Out To San Francisco

I'm a big believer in corporate responsibility. That is, I think big corporations should reach out and do more for people in their communities, or use whatever means they have to contribute positively towards society. Surprisingly, the Vancouver technology scene is …

Faces Of Freedom

I was sent a scathing email this morning for posting an Op-Ed piece yesterday that suggested there are similarities with regards to the recent independence of Kosovo and the Kurdish struggle for independence, which is by no means a new notion as far as the Kurdish …

Not The Highlight Of Your Career

For a variety of different reasons, musicians sometimes do not allow their work to be used in commercials, films, and so forth. In such matters they obviously have a say. Interestingly, when it comes to the use of music for other purposes, they don't. For …

Early Spring Cleaning: Website Change

There goes the Community! We've streamlined the site for multiple reasons, and returned to a familiar theme. Though the Community features have been removed, that's not to say they're altogether lost- Matt and I will re-think our approach to these types of website …

More Full Band Tour Shows Announced

Four new stops on Matt's full band tour have been announced, below are the details for each. For continued updates on show details such as links to purchase tickets, venue changes, and other information, check the shows page.

Halifax, NS

Cunard Centre

May 22

On-Sale: …

Peel An Onion

There are things that you see, and there are things that you do not. For example, we all know that our current government is rather friendly with the Bush Administration. What you might not know, for example, is that we signed an agreement with the United States that …

More Full Band Dates

Date: May 30

City: Montreal, QC

Venue: Club Soda

Info: On-Sale: Friday Feb 28th @ noon. Tickets: $22.50. Tickets available at www.ticketpro.ca.

Date: June 4

City: Sarnia, ON

Venue: Imperial Theatre

Info: On-Sale: March 1st. Tickets: $39.50. Tickets available at the …

5 Minutes for Darrel Mickasko

Chief Coroner Terry Smith has not ruled out the possibility of a coroner's inquest into the death of Darrel Mickasko, the homeless man who burned to death trying to keep warm last month.

Your taking five minutes to contact the Chief Coroner of B.C. to ask him to conduct …

Fucking Instant Noodles

So I'm on iChat video with Dale, decide to make some instant noodles, put the pot on, put the noodles in the water, and wait. I have two pots; the handle of the one I usually use never gets hot. On this occasion, however, I grabbed the other one and, low and behold, …

Dreaming

People talk about dreams all the time. When it comes to dreams there are two types - those that we view as attainable through our own hard work and those that we just 'wish' would happen. This isn't an entry about the first type, as anyone who puts their mind to …

"Two Big Guitars WAY Up ! "

It All Comes Out In The Wash

"The Bush administration is bracing for a diplomatic backlash after conceding it used British territory to transport suspected terrorists on secret rendition flights despite repeated earlier assurances the U.S. had not."

Rendition, itself, has been denied. The existence …

A Sad Prediction

Long before Barack Obama attained his current cult of personality, long before he became the supposed Democratic nominee (let us be frank, Hillary, it's over...), long before he became the darling of the Hollywood movers and shakers... I stated that there was a large …

Just Unique Enough

You are not divisible from everything around you. You are not separated from air, water, sunlight. You take in and give out, you flow and are sometimes soft, sometimes hard, and are bright or dim as occasions pass in life. And life, precious and fleeting, teems from …

US Embassy Attacked In Belgrade

Nobody asked me but...

The other day I was criticized as being one of many Canadians who didn't understand the conflict in the former Yugoslavia - or the issues involved in Kosovo declaring independence from Serbia.

That statement is very true.

I do not understand it. …

Attacking Barack

If you own one, turn on your television. Once you've done that, find a news channel, wait until the topic of the Democratic primaries comes up, and watch in utter amazement while those on it focus on how Hilary Clinton should alter her campaign to close the gap with …