Because of Rumble’s new exercise routine, we had to haul him out to the dog park on Nelson this morning. First thing this morning. Really early. Really. Well, it was like 9 am. Sue me, it’s the weekend. Rum always knows when we go to the dog park and how we get there, so he [...]
Continue reading about Spring is in the air – as well as the smell of dirty dog.
I truly hope it doesn’t, but it’s bound to happen- someone who’s dropped acid in the past will come across one of these people on the street and have a huge flashback and jump off a bridge. There are bizarre buskers, “posers” and other performers out here, some are truly amazing and talented. That being [...]
We saw the quarter-final game for men’s hockey today, and damn, I’m still not sure how it went! Last night, Canada murdered won over Germany like, 8-2. Today, it was 2-0 and the first two periods were boooooring. Finally, there were a couple of dribbled-in goals and everyone went home. The Swiss played like they [...]
Continue reading about Hockey night in Canada – for Switzerland & USA, anyway.
Buskers are lining the sides (and sometimes the middle) of Granville Street between West Georgia and Smith because the streets there have been restricted to foot traffic only, and right now they have a giant, continuous audience to fleece. Some of the more enterprising buskers have very little to do with Olympic themes – for [...]
It’s not my thing, but at least they’re being generous.
I would very much like to find the cowardly jackass(es) who thought this was a good idea. The Bay at Granville & West Georgia that contains the HBC Olympic store was vandalized this morning when red paint was thrown on the building and some of the giant display windows were smashed in. The opening ceremonies [...]
Continue reading about Olympic Vandalism & Endless Human Stupidity
I walked Jeff to work this morning and we had good timing – the Olympic Torch Relay came down Granville pretty much at the same time. We even managed to luck into a spot that had comparatively few tourons about and got some good video and photos. The hand-off occurred just around the corner on [...]
Continue reading about I can’t un-see a giant flaming joint now…
