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To the man who blew past me at about 70 km/hr when I was stopped at the crosswalk on Main St. tonight, You came within 3 ft of killing the pedestrian who was IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! Yes, I realize she was crossing the road at an unlit crosswalk on a dark and […] →Read more
A.E.B. Davie, the 7th Premier of the Province of British Columbia. Name Alexander Edmund Batson Davie Born: November 24, 1847 in Somerset, England Died: August 1, 1889 (only 41 years old) in Victoria, BC Party: none Held Office: March 29, 1887 – August 1, 1889 Davie Street in Vancouver is named after him immigrated to […] →Read more
Just noticed this on the scoring leaders list for my hockey league: That’s right, me and my whopping three (3!) points1 are 20th in the league for points. Granted, it’s very early on in the season and there’s not a huge spread at this point (six people tied for third place, five people tied for […] →Read more
I generally like to start my Christmas shopping around Dec 23. Living across the country from my family means that I can’t really do that, so I generally do my shopping around Dec 18, buying everything in one frantic day and then praying to the FSM that Canada Post will deliver in time for Christmas. […] →Read more
As you may be aware, I went to Madonna’s concert at BC Place last night. After much discussion about what to wear, my friends and I had decided that wigs are the new black – we would wear jeans, nice shoes, nice tops and wigs. Really, I just like any excuse to wear a wig. […] →Read more
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I was named after this song: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtO_Ayjw0M] [polldaddy poll=1024813] Geek neophyte question: Does anyone know how to make that poll centred? Right now I have <p style=”text-align:center;”>POLL CODE</p>, which is how I have the YouTube video centred, but it doesn’t appear to actually make the poll centred =( Update: Via Twitter, Raincoaster suggested trying <div […] →Read more
I seem to get a lot of requests for advice. And on a lot of different topics. Often things I know little to nothing about. Things I’ve been asked for my “expert” advice on in the last week alone include: statistical analysis relationships grammar copyright law directions fashion PowerPoint Photoshop website design costs authorship hockey […] →Read more
Good news for the federal Liberals – Ujjal Dosanjh1 retained his Vancouver South riding, which he has held since June 2004, following a recount. A former Premier of BC, Donsanjh won his federal riding in this month’s election by a mere 33 votes, prompting a recount. After the dust settled, he still won but with […] →Read more
Now we enter the era of Premiers whose names I recognize because they have Vancouver Streets named after them. At least, I assume Smithe St. is named after this guy. Name William Smithe Born: June 30, 1842 in Matfen, England Died: March 28, 1887 in Victoria, British Columbia (he only lived to be 44 years […] →Read more