We decided, well really I decided, that one day needed to be spent looking at the Grand Canyon. We asked at the hotel if the skywalk was on the South or the North Ridge. We were told the South. They were wrong. The skywalk is a platform that extends over …
It took us about 8 hours to drive to there from LA. It normally doesn’t take that long but we hit a few outlet malls along the way and there was an accident on the Freeway so we got delayed. This was my first trip to Vegas as an adult. …
For the holidays this year I went to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. What a hoot! I flew into Los Angeles on Christmas Day and met Zuimei in the airport. He flew in from Beijing. We rented a car. This is driving in LA… And this is driving in LA …
Two of my favorite people are leaving my work place. Tim and Sophie are leaving for new and exciting opportunities. They are still going to be close, it is after all a pretty tight-knit industry, however it is still sad to see them go. All the best you two. I …
Gate House is the last all-male residence at the University of Toronto and is now going to be made co-ed. Well done femi-nazis, yet another win! The Metro summed it up nicely with “Animal House has been neutured“. Apprently the administration frowns upon the stunts that the student have pulled, …
I don’t normally blog about blogs, and for some reason I am missing the blog roll widget, but if I had one Freakonomics would definitely be on there. At the moment there is a very interesting post by Stephen J. Dubner regarding an economic approach to human behavior by Gary …
I just watched the wartapes and I must say it is a great film. It is very interesting to see how these guys react to being there. If you are hoping to watch a war film with action and explosions, this isn’t it. It is the honesty with which Spc. …
David Brown, who heads the task for on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP recommended that the RCMP get overhauled. This is good news because they obviously have some serious issues. CBC has a video clip explaining some of the suggestions including an omsbudsman for front-line officers. While this …
As I have stated before I take my privacy extremely seriously. It isn’t so much that I try to hide anything, but rather I want control of how I use that information, it is mine after all. If you think that sounds strange think of the copyrights that studios have …