Timothy Thomas sends along an NYT piece on the work of psychologist Daniel Gilbert and his recent book, Stumbling on Happiness. (He was also quoted in the Globe and Mail’s piece on Bogota last week) “This article was written a few years before his book was published and is in someways even more fascinating. This [...]
Speaking of convenience stores (below), here’s another take from Lisa Margonelli’s Oil on the Brain. (There are some books you know from the first page are going to be good reads. This is one of them.)
A gas station owner with a convenience store can make more money selling water than gas - at least if [...]
I have to agree with Stuart Lefeaux, the long-time superintendent of Stanley Park, about the consequences of the December windstorm: “The end result is that Stanley Park will be much more interesting than before.”
Though retired in 1979, Lefeaux saw the results of Hurricane Freda in 1962. In this article in the Courier, he told [...]
At the corner of Barclay and Denman Streets in the West End, on a small rectangular lot next to King George High School, there are four benches. Rusty red, flaked and nicked, they look as uncomfortable as the stone walls they butt up against and as worn as the ground they stand on. But there’s something bright [...]
Hands up, everyone who thinks the media have already gone overboard on Picton-trial coverage.
Too late. It’ll be all Picton, all the time:
The Vancouver Sun continues its leading role in coverage of the Robert Pickton trial with a special team of reporters, photographers and editors dedicated to the case. Starting Monday, we will have extensive [...]
I think we just had a Katrina Moment.
Weather so sudden, so severe, it scares you.
The TV News called it the ‘wicked wind’ - a haunting scream at 3 am in the morning.
The damage wasn’t just physical - though the losses will be deeply felt. I just saw a downed catalpa, majestic and aged, ripped up by the roots in [...]
What’s wrong with this picture:
Calgary has been recognized as a green machine after receiving a World Leadership Award yesterday for its sustainable development policies. Calgary Mayor David Bronconnier and the city were nominated for the award in the environmental category f0r the city’s cutting edge green policies promoting public transportation and environmental design.
That’s Calgary, folks, [...]
There’s one good reason why City Council will never disband the elected Park Board. If it did, Council would have to deal with dog conflicts in city parks. The latest territory soon to reach critical mass: George Wainborn Park, where the off-leash dogs are claiming more and more of the territory.
When I moved to Vancouver in 1978, the English Bay Seawall ended at the Aquatic Centre. The path itself was only about eight feet wide; pedestrians and cyclists shared the route - and the roller blade hadn’t even been invented. Most people circumnavigated Stanley Park and called it a day. This would not have been [...]
What happened to car alarms?
I may be totally wrong on this - especially since we moved to a quieter part of the West End - but I don’t think I’m hearing as many car alarms going off. Particularly at night. I asked a few others about this, and they concurred.
Maybe it was because car owners realized the [...]
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