So, it’s Autism Awareness Day
I struggle with eye contact, have a flat, slightly stilted way of speaking, and walk with a gait. I love […]
Vancouver’s 2018 election: what results from polling stations tell us
Hey! Remember when this novelty blog was the only place where I could post overly long, wonky looks into the […]
Oh, Baby: Ranking the 10 greatest calls by Bob Cole
Bob Cole not calling NHL playoff games is like … there’s almost no comparison that does it justice, is there? […]
Ranking every* brewery in southwest British Columbia
I: Why are you doing this? Because ranking things is fun. Because B.C. has a stupendous amount of craft breweries. […]
Ranking every* brewery in the Sea-to-Sky/Sunshine Coast
I: Why are you doing this? You know what was fun last year? Ranking every brewery in Metro Vancouver. You […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: Final Round
And here we are. Mr. Dressup vs. Kids In The Hall. After hundreds of thousands of votes, and two weeks […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: Final Four
UPDATE: We are now in the championship round. Click here to vote. The four most memorable pieces of television in […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: The Elite Eight
We’re not at the end of our strange tournament to crown Canada’s most memorable TV show in English, which ended […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: The Sweet Sixteen
Remember earlier in this when people were choked up about trifling matters like Today’s Special going out in the first […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: Round of 32
Things we learned, after a personal lark became a national argument: It's the debate that will bring us together and […]
Canada’s Most Memorable (English) TV Thing: Round of 64
I’ll get straight to the point: you know what hasn’t been done before? A public vote, in the digital age, […]
He haunts UBC still: on the death of David Strangway
The scope of UBC’s transformation over the last 30 years is almost with precedent in North America. To wit, some […]
Inside The Box: What Santa Ono could mean for UBC’s Future
He's inside the box. But in the short-term, he's the tonic UBC needs. And in the long-term, he could be much more.
A vintage Heritage Minute has been released. Where does it rank?
It's time to celebrate our 14th Prime Minister, Canadian archetypes, and not shooting people.
Arvind Gupta is suddenly gone as President of UBC. Why?
Some thoughts on the resignation of UBC's president from myself and UBC Insiders Editor Neal Yonson
