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And Now Some Photos From Vancouver
I’m looking for better ways to share the various photos I take. Here are a couple of recent ones from around Vancouver.
View ArticleWednesdays
It’s the second last Wednesday of the month so the local drug dealers walked down the street from their corner at Hastings & Abbott to the Money Mart. You recognize them on sight; they’re not very...
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The Tower
A popular trope in modern fiction is the dystopic tower: a skyscraper that becomes its own self-government and slips into chaos. The building-a symbol of the future-becomes a trap for all those living...
View ArticleRequiem for a city
There’s a fantastic article in Vanity Fair on One Hyde Park. It’s the most expensive residential building on earth and a metaphor for a new London. Here are some great quotes: “Knightsbridge is an...
View ArticleNotes on Healthcare
Our weekend was interrupted by a trip to the local emergency room (don’t worry, everyone’s fine). While it’s still fresh in my mind, I thought I’d write up some thoughts on the experience. 1. When...
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New York Alki
I just finished Ryan Boudinot’s Blueprints of the Afterlife. It’s one of the most original and convoluted stories I’ve read in recent years; like David Mitchell meets William Gibson. There are some...
View ArticleWe Live In The Future
When I was a kid, there was this elusive thing called The Future. It was this beacon visible just over the horizon where things would be different. Technology would bring knowledge and power to the...
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Things Are Getting Faster
One of the common themes of life today is that it’s getting faster. It’s not that time has actually sped up, rather the rate of change in society has sped up. This is really happening; it’s not just...
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2014: Rear View Mirror Edition
So, it’s a wrap. 2014 has mere hours left; 2015 has actually already arrived for most of the world’s population. As I look back, 2014 is the year that kicked my ass. This blog reflects it: a whopping 4...
View ArticleThe Ur And The Horn
Yesterday I came into work to find a horn lying on the ground. Some animal had its horn chopped off and it had found its way onto the third floor of our building. It was there because my coworker has a...
View ArticleThe Question Being Asked
I went out for lunch with a friend the other day and he told me a story about how they had a session at his workplace to teach people how to communicate effectively. About 10 minutes into the talk, the...
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Shadowbahn
I’m not sure where this book came from. I feel like it appeared on my shelf out of thin air. Which is highly relevant because it is a book about the Twin Towers reappearing out of thin air 20 years...
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