Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Bruce Willis.
What do these guys have in common other than the fact they are famous action stars? Well, they have little or no hair on their heads but still received sex symbols status in Hollywood.
Our obsession with how we look is why a company in California is offering [...]
The fear of needles is something many people share so why would someone willingly opt to have many small needles inserted into their body?
Well, if you’re having trouble getting pregnant, then it might be something you’d consider.
I was watching Off the Record today, listening to Michael Landsberg question Mats Sundin’s decision to stay in Toronto as opposed to waiving his no-trade clause and going somewhere else.
When I hear people actually criticizing Sundin for wanting to stay in Toronto I get a little crazy inside. This guy is passing up an opportunity [...]
When speaking with friends and family back east about my studies at UBC, the subject of my urban beat, the Downtown Eastside, always comes up.
I make sure to tell them what I have learned about this ignored neighbourhood. I rhyme off the horrifying statistics and explain how the process of gentrification continues unabated.
They inevitably ask [...]
Lately I read an article in the Globe and Mail that made me think about the relationship between artists and the Winter Olympics.
On 18 January 2008 the exhibition “Exponentional Future” opened at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
Among the exhibition’s artwork is a photograph, contribution of artist Alex Morrison, showing three masked men shaking [...]
Recently I happened to read the transcript of a speech given by John Furlong, Vanoc’s Chief Executive Officer, at the Vancouver Board of Trade.
At one point, Furlong tells the story of his father buying himself new shows, and passing his old and ugly ones on to his son John. John was anything but grateful. He [...]
Urban Outfitters, the store I hate to love and love to hate. I can’t deny it’s a guilty pleasure. Everything is so kitschy it’s almost intoxicating. But I’ve always had issues with Urban Outfitters (their mass produced take on the keffiyeh, which they cleverly dubbed the “anti war” scarf, is a classic). My current beef, [...]
Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, may forgive, but she clearly does not forget. Democratic Senator and presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton was to appear in a Vogue Magazine feature when she backed out late last fall for fear of looking too feminine. After stewing on it for a few months, Wintour retaliated in February’s “letter from the [...]
The conditions in the Downtown Eastside have long been symptoms of a festering illness. While extreme poverty may be limited to the downtrodden area, it appears as if its impact may literally infect the whole city.
It has recently emerged that the number of Downtown Eastside residents carrying a superbug known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [...]
The other day I happened upon this interesting article in the New York Times about the rare yet proper use of a semi-colon in a New York City Transit public service placard.
Proper punctuation, it seems, is rarely necessary in public life anymore. Nor is it alone. Grammar and handwriting, those other marks of civilized societies so [...]
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