- Sep 20, 2023
- 2 min
IT'S NOTHING LIKE THE RED SCARE
During the Red Scare and adjacent insanity, that terrible period of right-wing propaganda, paranoia, and political persecution born of...
- Aug 19, 2023
- 4 min
FLAME ON
I always like to recount Suzuki's story about smog. How when shooting an episode of The Nature of Things he and his crew went and sat at...
- Aug 17, 2023
- 6 min
“THIS IS HOW IT IS”
I imagine that it is as true for you as it is me that almost everything I thought I understood from prior education turned out to be far...
- Aug 13, 2023
- 3 min
(THE COMPLETELY FICTIONAL) CONTEXT FOR A STORY
The hawi derived all their power and influence from inherited privileges. Those privileges largely took the form of ownership of key...
- Aug 2, 2023
- 11 min
DON'T!
We moved into a new place. The first strata council meeting eventually arrived. My partner had been anticipating the event for two...
- Jul 31, 2023
- 2 min
TIME STAMP
Today I was reminded that I had this weird conflict with my friends. We decided we wanted a stamp made to brand some paper bags for our...
- Jul 29, 2023
- 7 min
THAT’S WEATHER, NOT CLIMATE
This week, authorities have given us things like: “July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in human history.” “July isn't...
- Jul 22, 2023
- 10 min
RÉSUMÉ
T’wi: You should let me look at your resume. Zah: Haven’t I? T’wi: Well that was a long time ago. Zah: Well, if I recall, you were...
- Jul 14, 2023
- 11 min
BUSINESS BUSINESS or TALKING WITH FRIENDS
Jean : You should just start a business. Wendal : I don’t think businesses are a thing. Tyson : Oh, here we go. Wendal : What I mean...
- Jul 7, 2023
- 5 min
INDUSTRY STANDARD
I’ve been looking at commercial and residential real estate numbers pretty regularly since 2016. When I was in Calgary at that time and...