Religious Fanaticism

My colleague Pliny Hayes, knowing I’m a dedicated Apple user, sent me this slightly snarky image. Others might have been … More

Julie Otsuka and vocal fry

If you’ve never heard of vocal fry (or glottalization), listen to Eleanor Wochtel (who I’ve loved for years) interview Julie … More

Cold

<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/23336972″>COLD – TRAILER</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/forge”>Forge Motion Pictures</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> This 19 minute film was a winner at … More

“Lane Pain”? What “Lane Pain”?

Despite the Advocate’s rather lurid headline and graphic, the story was informative and well-reasoned. Both Councillor Cindy Jeffries and cycling … More

nice infographic

From Osbornes Solicitors LLP.

The Last Picture Show (1971)

We watched “The Last Picture Show” on Netflix the other night; a movie I hadn’t seen since it first played … More

three trips, 300 km.

I thought I better get something in soonest about my summer trips before the snow flies. I squeezed in three … More

We’re here, we have bike bells, and we’re not going away.

Over the summer, the City of Red Deer added a modest 20 km of bike lanes to our streets. And … More

Science beats fiction. Again.

Over at The American Scholar, William Deresiewicz is angry at science for getting a few things right. Most of his … More