I was listening to the news when I heard a couple of news stories that really rattled me and made me question our societal values. The first news story that caught my attention was about a young man who was driving between 100 and 140 kmh in a 4o kmh zone near UBC. He lost […]
Tag: Life Musings
The Knowledge Gap
Let me tell you an amusing little story to illustrate a point about a thing I’m calling the Knowledge Gap. Most mornings I leave for work quite early while my wife gets our kids ready for school. She makes them breakfast and packs a lunch for them to take to school. It’s typically a healthy […]
Good Advice; Never Read the Comments
At her recent talk in Vancouver Michelle Obama said something like, “Never read the comments on social media.” I recently engaged in a Twitter “conversation” around the issue of White Privilege. The conversation started after a disgruntled parent went to social media with her complaints about a Gold Trail School District campaign to raise awareness […]
Gone But Not Forgotten
Today would’ve been my grandfather’s 103rd birthday. There are many things I remember about my grandfather. Usually if I went to see him we would go off to some construction site on some remote mountain and cut firewood. Funny to think back and realize that the “remote” mountain we frequently worked on was actually Burnaby […]
My First Vlog Entry on Word Choice
I did it. I have a vlog entry. And for those who do not know, a vlog is a blog where the content (blog post) is done by video. So instead of me trying to type up all the words about word choice and using italics and bold font and all that stuff to add […]
Questions to Ask Before Committing
When people are dating and getting to the point when they’re serious about committing to a lifelong relationship they often begin to ask each other some important questions; it is only logical that they get an understanding of who they are committing to. Sometimes people ask questions about who do you leave the toilet seat […]
A New Take on Age Groupings
For no really good reason other than the fact that I like the idea that I am able to influence public policy, I get many emails with surveys in them asking me important public policy questions like “do you own or rent the home you live in and how many toilets are there in your […]
The Philosophy of “Just Do It”
The Nike slogan “just do it” is a very clever slogan. Never mind the corporate aspect of it, but just think about what those three little words actually mean. “Just do it” – like, get off your duff and do something. Stop waffling, stop talking about it, and just do it. The best example that […]
Photography Framing – Now and Then
Starting in 1988 and continuing into the 1990s I loved taking pictures with my then state of the art Nikon F-801. I loved going out with a camera bag loaded with my variety of Nikon lenses and an assortment of little canisters of 35mm film. After returning home from whatever exotic location I had traveled […]
Coca Cola’s America is Beautiful
Well, Super Bowl XLVIII has come and gone but the controversy around the ads that air on the halftime show is on full bloom. Take for example the Coca Cola ad that had sweet voiced youngsters singing “America the Beautiful” in a variety of languages. Honestly, I thought the song and perhaps more importantly, the […]