Falun Gong is homophobic
Earlier this week I went out for fish and chips with my friend Andrew, his husband Alex, and our buddy Margaret. We’d heard good things about Dundas Fish & Chips located at 2077 Dundas St. in East...
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Culture and Politics
Satanic beverages‽
In case you don’t know Housemate and I drink a LOT of beverages which is his euphuism for pop. It’s hard to say how much we drink – I try not to count. But whenever I start to run out of space to stor...
Culture and Politics
I saw my dinner plate on Hoarders!
This post is lovingly dedicated to my friend Yvonne in honour of her recent dish-shopping excursion. When I was watching Hoarders a few weeks ago I noticed something quite familiar: My dinner plate! I...
Culture and Politics
Nitpicking Leslie Knope’s collection of “national” flags on Parks and Recreation
I love Parks and Recreation and tonight’s episode brought out my inner geek. I had nothing to do tonight so I decided to spend my evening nitpicking the hell out of a show I love. “Oh hey Ben,” says L...
Dispatch from Occupy Kelowna
Today I was checking out the sites in Downtown Kelowna when I happened up on the Occupy Kelowna demonstration. “It’s about giving 99 per cent of the people a voice,” said Brandy McNeill who is one of ...
Culture and Politics
The Wall-Street Protest that is “NOT” happening, according to the media is just bad Photoshopping
Okay, the thing I hate most about Facebook are all the unverified, made-up, and otherwise spammy articles, links, and photos that people seem to forward. I’ve been a journalist for over 13 years becau...
Culture and Politics
BC NDP web people didn’t expect Dana Larsen to win
I’m a bit of a geek. Whenever there’s a change in government or party leadership I go to their website to see how quickly the webmasters make the change. Yesterday the BC NDP elected Vancouver-Kingswa...
Feeling the pinch of HST
Once a week I like to treat myself to those yummy pizza rollers they sell at Pizza Hut. I don’t care what you say… I think they’re yummy. Mmm! Usually, with a pop, they cost $7.65 bu...
Culture and Politics
Is BC Transit being taken over by right-wingers?
I was surfing the web today when I happened upon the site for BC Transit which provices public transit services for communities outside of the Greater Vancouver Area. The BC Transit logo can be seen o...
Culture and Politics
Food Stamps in British Columbia
I always thought it was an American thing, but apparently the provincial government issues food vouchers to assist people in dire need. They are government issued vouchers which can be exchanged for a...