Suitable live-aboard.
I first came across the term ‘suitable live-aboard’ in the classified section of a sailing magazine. I guessed that a…
America’s Coup.
September 23, 2013. Perhaps today we’ll know who will capture yachting’s most coveted prize, America’s Cup. Will it land in…
Gun Shy.
It must be some alien master plan that has given us Elon Musk, Jim Cameron, Robert Ballard, the writers for…
Remembering Melinda.
My twin daughters lost a friend the other day. She was taken by surprise. My girls are twenty-one. An age…
Bates Motel is the new Twin Peaks.
Bates Motel fully deserves the huge ratings it’s getting. Those of us with a fondness for odd stories have spent…
In search of the $4 scone.
My friend braves below-zero temperatures, camping outside dollar stores to take advantage of the door-opening specials. I on the other…
Gender equality, sort of.
The British Columbia Government is finally paying for surgery that enables women who’ve always wanted to be men to realize…
Happy Birthday.
Today is my friend’s birthday. One she shares with Jessica McClure and Kiera Knightly. Jessica was trapped in a well…
It’s a wrap.
It’s a wrap. British Columbia’s film industry is in trouble. Not because of anything we did wrong, but because the…
I’ll be back.
Bob Dylan sang that ‘the winner now shall later be last.’ In sports, a more modern version of the lyric…
Hot Chess.
Original thought is rare. Even our brightest and best try to form the future from the familiar; working with pieces…
That’ll be two Glocks and a Beretta
Who knew? What wild guess could possibly have seen Beyonce as the solution to Sandy Hook? Or Jay-Z going on-stage…
It’s the water.
There are two kinds of people: Lake people and Ocean People. How do you tell them apart? Easy. Lake People…
One should never be where one does belong.
Bob Dylan said it in ‘The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest.’ And Michelle Obama proved it at the…
A penny for your yachts.
The same government that questions the $5.95 Denny’s receipt I claimed as a business expense on my tax return is…
I love that scene.
The movies we remember are defined by the scenes we can’t forget. Take Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper discussing Sicilian…
Chose your weapon.
I guess that by now pretty much everyone has bought into Wayne Lapierre’s argument that the only effective counter to…
Yes and no.
We find ourselves under constant pressure to keep it short. To say as much as possible in just a few…
The looming helium crisis.
We all agree that Sandy was nasty bit of weather. It was kind of like Katrina with rich people. And…
What’s in a name.
Mitt Romney named his rooftop riding dog ‘Seamus.’ The Celtic meaning is ‘one who grabs at the heel.’ Remember to…