Archive for July, 2008

Money Can’t Buy You Happiness…

…unless travel, or snowboarding, or fine food and drink, or mountain biking, or vehicles, or scuba diving, or electronics, or a nice place to live, or peace of mind makes you happy. I’ve been thinking about money a lot lately, which is unusual for me, unless it has to do with how I plan to be [ READ MORE ]

Shared Links for July 23rd

Why'd Baarle-Hertog have to go and make things so complicated? An interesting town on the Belgium-Netherlands border, where random bits of the town belong to, and follow the law of, one country and random bits to the other. Some restaurants and houses are divided between the two countries. Last year I killed a man The conductor of a [ READ MORE ]

The Hip Hop Files

Here’s an interesting look at the beginning of hip hop culture. Martha Cooper was a photo-journalist living in New York City when she first began documenting the origins of B-boy (short for break-boys) and hip hop culture. While other New Yorkers at the time saw this movement as a trite, uninspired or even offensive fad, Martha [ READ MORE ]

Mount Washington

Last weekend a couple of friends and I drove up to Mount Washington for some mountain biking. I’d only been once before, and this was my first time on a hill with chair lifts. I have to say, those lifts really make a difference. It was great to start out fresh on my first run. We [ READ MORE ]

Watchmen

A trailer has been released for Watchmen, a 2009 movie based on what many consider to be the greatest comic of all time. I actually still haven’t read it, but it’s on my shelf and waiting. [ READ MORE ]

Poor Boy, Minor Key Cover

A while back I posted the MP3 of M. Ward’s great “Poor Boy, Minor Key”. Here’s someone’s cover of the opening piano piece, which I liked a lot. Turn down your speakers or stop the video at 1:33, though, as the guy screams into the camera. I nearly fell out of my chair when watching it [ READ MORE ]

2008 Reading List – June Update

I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump the last few months, but I’m slowly getting back into it. April … May … June Casino Royale by Ian Fleming I’ve been meaning to read the James Bond series for ages, so I finally picked up the first book, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. [ READ MORE ]

Home Sweet Home

This was my first day back after a week off work, and after being here for 12 hours, I’m about ready for the weekend. My friend Tanya had a baby girl, so I drove down to Kamloops for a visit. I stupidly forgot my camera, but I took a shaky phone video that I’ll be able [ READ MORE ]