Thursday, December 27, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
GUest Blogger, Victor, Shines a Light on Our Town
We remember Sally when she won her Oscar. Her speech started with, " They like me, they really like me!"
Vancouver is the Sally Field of Cities. Let any group, anywhere, select Vancouver as a top city for anything, and the media gush. It becomes front page material.
Vancouver is the Sally Field of Cities. Let any group, anywhere, select Vancouver as a top city for anything, and the media gush. It becomes front page material.
This week, the Mercer Group ( is
that a jazz band?) placed Vancouver in a top 5 rating. One of the
criteria was weather. No Vancouverite can take credit for the weather.
It is a free endowment. It would be ours to enjoy even if we were an
urban backwater run by a delusional political cult of aging flower
children.
Oh wait, we are.
Oh wait, we are.
So next week, rumor
has it, the Cincinnati Linoleum Installers Union will select Vancouver
as the best city for a convention. Clear the front page!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
DAVE BRUBECK, R.I.P.
Of course, being a prolific and inspired and constantly toiling musician, Dave Brubeck was much more than Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five.
Nevertheless, these two tunes are iconic and blazed into our finger-snapping consciousness.
Here is the New York times thorough obit.
And below is the music...
Nevertheless, these two tunes are iconic and blazed into our finger-snapping consciousness.
Here is the New York times thorough obit.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
XTRA! XTRA!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
DOCS HAVE BRAIN WAVE!
In what passes for newspapers these days, this shocking revelation was carried across the country this morning:
"Doctors in Canada are so skittish about the medical use of marijuana that a third of MDs who have been asked to endorse a patient’s access to the drug never agree to it, a Canadian Medical Association survey suggests.
Another 25 per cent of doctors who responded to the survey said they would “seldom” be willing to support a patient’s access to medicinal pot; 64 per cent are worried that patients who request medical marijuana may only want it to get high."
DOCS HAVE BRAIN WAVE!
In what passes for newspapers these days, this shocking revelation was carried across the country this morning:
"Doctors in Canada are so skittish about the medical use of marijuana that a third of MDs who have been asked to endorse a patient’s access to the drug never agree to it, a Canadian Medical Association survey suggests.
Another 25 per cent of doctors who responded to the survey said they would “seldom” be willing to support a patient’s access to medicinal pot; 64 per cent are worried that patients who request medical marijuana may only want it to get high."
