ALLOWING SAUDI WOMEN TO DRIVE WILL CAUSE PROSTITUTION…

Allowing Women in Saudi Arabia to Drive Will Cause Prostitution, Pornography, Homosexuality and Divorce says Saudi academic Kamal Subhi. There are lots of stories on the web about this shocking statement and issue. here is one version by Victoria Travers: Story by: VICTORIA TRAVERS On Friday the BBC published a story documenting the fear felt by some Saudi conservatives and clerics, that...
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Remembrance day coincidence

Not earth shattering or anything, but kind of interesting serendipity that at 11:11 on 2011/11/11 I was parking to have brunch with friends. Suzanne and Colin kindly plugged coins in the meter but we were short a bit and I fished into my pocket to get a quarter and got one of those rare POPPY QUARTERS! Oh how intriguing. I hope it is not bad luck to put it into a city parking meter!
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Just saved a life and got hail for it.

Very interesting day… I went out at 2 pm for an errand run while it was sunny, saved a guy’s life who was ready to jump off a bridge, then kept running to get hailed on so hard that my legs are sore now. While crossing the Cambie Street Bridge I came upon a young first nations fellow who was over the railing holding on the the wrong side of the bridge. With a heavy coat and backpack...
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HORRIBLE MOVIE ALERT

Please promise me you will not go see THE THREE MUSKETEERS! What a horrifyingly stupid movie. The only way to have fun would be to bring a pen and paper and write down all the foolish gaffs they make as the movie drags on. You would have writer’s cramp soon enough, but at least comparing lists might be fun. I will try to keep mental note on director “Paul W.S. Anderson” to...
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LANGARA SEMINAR

Well I missed getting a photo with all 27 of the Langara First Year photography students, but here are some of the batch who kindly hung out afterwards to chat. I had the great pleasure of chatting with them about photography and I really appreciated their interest and enthusiasm. I had a great time and hope they did too. I wish them all well as they pursue their photographic endeavours! Eric...
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INTENSE VIDEO… TOO MUCH TO HANDLE?

Wow if you can manage to get through the entire video without your teeth falling out you deserve a prize. Ouch ouch! Do not show this video to anyone standing on a bridge or they may just throw themselves off. 😉 *Would’nt it be fun to see this get covered by someone like Suicidal Tendencies?
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WORLDS COLLIDE – A NEW IMPOSSIBLE COINCIDENCE

I guess I am pretty lucky to have such an array of impossible things happen to me. I have a new in the new show about China that has odds of a million to 1 odds. Really. Just goofy how weird a story that is, HOWEVER… this one just happened yesterday and is quite cool. Especially since it involves FOUR COUNTRIES… A while back I met an Irish gal running in Vancouver and we have bumped...
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WORST BUSINESS CARD TYPO

This is my favourite business card! I just love the size of this error! With so few words it is amazing to have a typo! And, to misspell a word so common as this is hilarious. It would be like writing a book called “My Trip to Idnia”
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COFFEE TABLE OF THE GODS (Craigslist)

Coffee Table of the Gods Date: 2011-07-21, 1:18AM CDT This coffee table is perfect for someone with a cocaine habit or shooting a porno movie. As you can see from the photo, the majestic beauty of this coffee table rivals earthly treasures such as: the color of the sky at sunset, the laughter of a small child, and infidelity. Qualities of the table: -Carpeted -Mirrored -The muthertrucker spins...
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STOLEN IPHONE RETRIEVED IN “BIG STING!”

**I tweeted about this when it happened but the story really did require more than 142 characters! Here is the whole whale of a tail… ;-0 Oct 5, 2011 My phone “went missing” yesterday and was retrieved by me & cops using “find my phone!” i got it within 9 hrs! Battery was only 17% left! If I was one hour later, I would have been out of luck! In short I didnt...
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