The meaning of Felix.

Early morning Sunday, October 14, 2012. What the world needs now is for an Austrian who shares his name with…

11 years ago

Another heartbeat.

If you’re lonely, you’re not alone. In our Facebook Twitter world, feelings of isolation and disconnection are epidemic. People today…

11 years ago

Once more, Mitt vision.

I watch a lot of U.S. election coverage. Like everyone else, I try to read between the lines and see…

11 years ago

Bronze is the new Gold.

The following observation was written in the wake of the last Olympics and the usual rush of Canadian Bronze. It…

12 years ago

There are no words.

They are on the ferry from Victoria to Vancouver and they are old. He more than she. Are they returning…

12 years ago

Free Lance.

Here we go again. Jeff Novitsky and his crew of fumbling FDA ferrets are having another run at bringing down…

12 years ago

Of little value.

It was of little value. A simple soft sculpture of a girl morphing into a butterfly. A piece by a…

12 years ago

Revel without a pause.

Canada Day is upon us. An around-the-clock celebration of what it means to go for the Bronze and surprisingly wind…

12 years ago

A national treasure.

There are a precious few among us who by their eccentricity, passion and stubborn refusal to be anything other than…

12 years ago

I love that movie!

In the same way that there are songs I could (and do) play over and over again for hours, there…

12 years ago

Father’s Day.

I don’t have much time for traditional days of celebration. Family Day, Victoria Day or Independence Day, depending. Even Christmas…

12 years ago

Faceplant.

Facebook, the most highly touted stock in history has tanked from day one. I “like” that! Mainly because even without…

12 years ago

Been there, done squat.

In the recreational and sports world, it isn’t so much what you know as where you know. There are places…

12 years ago

Memory serves us Hell.

When it comes to the machines that move us, nothing makes the present more attractive than a visit to the…

12 years ago

Eloy.

They are here in the middle of nowhere and at the end of time. An gathering of senior citizen skydivers…

12 years ago

Cross Words.

Jesus has to be rethinking his return. The religion that carries his name is on the ropes as the Republican…

12 years ago

The great beef jerky heist.

I’m starring at an empty rack at the local convenience store and wondering. How can the 7-Eleven run out of…

12 years ago

Keeping up with the Ahmadinejads.

Determined to create world peace through war, the most powerful nation on earth is ignoring the most formidable weapon in…

12 years ago

The write thing.

It’s been many decades since I put aside the guarantee of the good life as an engineer; choosing instead the…

12 years ago

Newt moon over America.

Presidential campaigns in the United States never fail to produce a comic collection of characters bent on proving that they’re…

12 years ago