This editorial originally appeared May 11, 2007, in issue 1517. Remember I spy? No, not the television show; the game that kids play, the one where somebody picks an object and the other players guess what item they’re thinking of. Well, it seems there’s a new version of the game and It’s turning out to… Read more »
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Not that print cameras are going the way of the dodo bird anytime soon, but the rise of digital cameras gave rise also to droves of new shutterbugs. The Internet gives all of us photo nuts a forum for showcasing our art, or our insanity. English Russia – Some Not-So-Usual Photos Well someone’s got an… Read more »
As the time draws near to say farewell to 2007, a year of wildfires, the soaring loonie, protests in Burma, and the Conrad Black trial, it naturally follows that we cast our thoughts forward to 2008. Here are some hopes?a few frivolous, most not?for the coming year and what it may bring. May your passport… Read more »
At Home This year Canadians have been focused on one major theme: the rise and fall of the loonie against the U.S. dollar. For the first time in decades, our dollar not only reached parity with the American dollar but actually exceeded it a couple of times. The rise of dollar values played havoc with… Read more »
CD: J.D. Miner, Ain’t No Ordinary Hillbilly Release date: 2007 Label: Blueshift Productions At last, a folk trio from the present decade to add to my folk trio album collection (a musty flea-market horde burgeoning with Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Kingston Trio, The Courriers, The Travellers, and even the apish Limeliters). Yes, those trios… Read more »
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List makers unite! It’s that time of year again. As we eat and drink our way through the holidays the reality of another year drawing to a close hits hard. It’s inventory time. It’s time to add up the wins and losses of the year. Are we better off than we were this time last… Read more »
Michelle Bonnier In this week’s profile, we meet Michelle Bonnier, a student in Athabasca University’s Bachelor of Science (Human Science) program. Michelle, a ?traditional? student age-wise, chose AU because of the focus of its biology program. She discusses the additional benefits She’s discovered in distance education, and tells what She’s using as motivation to keep… Read more »
That Diane Keaton advert for some cream or other drives me insane. You know the one: ?Oh, I believe in aging . . . authentically.? Yeah, right. My handy well-used dictionary defines ?authentic? as ?true? and ?genuine.? I’m not sure when plastic surgery and hair dye became true and genuine, but maybe I’m just being… Read more »