TAKING OWNERSHIP
You may or may not have noticed that owning a car is one of the entry points to respectable society. And if you turn on the television or...
Feb 13, 20129 min read
DISAGREEING WITH FEMINIST JOURNALISTS or HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE
In the April 1st edition of Victoria’s Times Colonist, Jody Paterson wrote an article about a horrific sexual assault that took place in...
Apr 2, 201112 min read
CULTURAL HERITAGE, CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Cultural heritage is another of those sticky concepts I get hung up on. Having looked over the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
May 21, 20104 min read
THE DOOR
Alas, it was New Year's Eve and, against my keen hermit instincts and all logical reasoning, I had agreed to go out and “party”, whatever...
Jan 30, 201016 min read
WHAT MORE COULD ONE WANT?
It was Wednesday February 7th, 2001, when Munro and I landed in Singapore. We arrived just after midnight, after more than nineteen hours...
Jun 2, 200965 min read
ONE-SIDED
Saturday 01.01.2000 CNS, Breathe deeply. Keep your eyes well ahead. Watch the skies and be very careful what you wish for. Stay...
Apr 9, 200838 min read
THE END OF THE BEGINNING
My ex and I had been together six years when she was given an offer to do her PhD in Australia, all expenses paid. Though doing a PhD was...
Dec 20, 200710 min read
