It really is great, being one of Us. I wouldn’t want to be one of Them. It’s comforting, this ability to create a wall between Us and Them. I’ll cluster together with Us, and together we’ll keep Them at bay. It affords a sense of safety, of stability, in an unpredictable world. Or at least,… Read more »
Someone told me that what you should get for the person who’s got everything is antibiotics. I, however, prefer a little more levity with my gift giving. Hand Soap http://foliage.myshopify.com/products/handsoap Who says soap has to look like a cake of Camay or seashells that collect dust on the bathroom windowsill? Glowbrick http://www.gadgetshop.com/pws/ProductDetails.ice?ProductID=333 Interior decor need… Read more »
Perhaps it is just a general crankiness related to advancing years, but I am feeling more and more out of touch with the spirit of the times these days. It seems to me as though society has made some kind of profound shift away from the values and beliefs that I have grown up with,… Read more »
Communities are dying. Right here in Canada. It’s an interesting paradox in our world that while communities die in a literal sense in war-torn countries as well as third-, fourth-, and fifth-world countries, those of us in first-world countries are suffering a death that is much more subtle and in some ways catastrophic–we die a… Read more »
Grim-faced and determined, he passes the tools of his trade amongst the crowd that is gathering at the end of the pier. He offers the devices of his entrapment for their careful inspection; he doesn’t want there to be any question that what he is about to attempt is merely some street corner chicanery, some… Read more »
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Coalition for Student Loan Fairness AUSU is currently investigating the Coalition for Student Loan Fairness (CSLF) to determine if participation with this group would be advantageous to our members. The group, a grassroots movement of student loan borrowers from across Canada, supports fairness in the loans repayment process. The CSLF notes that Canadian students are… Read more »
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Readers of this space may remember an earlier column called Rant Alert! Rant Alert! In it, I blew off steam about deteriorating customer service that appears to be the rule rather than the exception. I bemoaned the prevalence of incompetent, uninterested, disengaged employees all across the spectrum, from mom and pop stores to big-box stores,… Read more »
Have you checked out the Voice events listings lately? There are lots of great events posted–everything from the Bard on the Beach Festival in B.C. to the Festival International Nuits d?Afrique in Montreal. If music is more your thing, there are three days of performances happening at the Islands Folk Festival in Duncan, B.C., or… Read more »