MEMORIES

I’m having Deja-Vu and Amnesia at the same time. I think I have forgotten this before.
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BICYCLES

I was riding my racing bike yesterday (errands) and noticed that the silly people without helmets are often the same ones with ipods cranked loud enough that they cannot even hear me say hello. Accidents waiting to happen!
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CARS AND COPTERS

Crazy shoot day. I did a shoot of a hybrid vehicle with Olympic 2010 Logos on it. Needed to be shot today (Friday) and final file required in Toronto on Monday ideally. Plus the file needed to be huge. This would be used on a billboard kind of display inside a sports venue where it would be seen up close as well. The final file went out at 1.2 gigabytes. That is really gig… 96 inches (8 feet) at...
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MACHINE GUN ON HASTINGS

I had the great opportunity to ride along with Vancouver Police tonight. Really interesting. The most shocking call for sure was the “man shot in face and woman with gun still in the building” call… We arrived at East Hastings and there were at least 10 police, 3 of whom had machine guns. The most dangerous part of the call was that the woman with the gun was reputed to still be there…...
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PEMBERTON FESTIVAL HIGHS AND LOWS

HIGHLIGHTS: 1) – Tragically hip (I love that Gordon Downie acts insane on stage. Performers need to put on a show beyond the music and I feel the Hip do that well.) 2) – Working in the lost and found. People are pretty darn happy if you have their stuff. Shocking amount of Drivers Licenses and combination Passport/ DL/ Birth certificate together (What were they thinking bringing all...
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(VIDEO) GRAHAM CHAPMAN’S EULOGY

I Always thought the Monty Python troupe were savvy gents and this Eulogy is really well done. Note there is some profanity in this, but just by saying that I almost spoiled the joke.
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NARDWUAR’S BIRTHDAY

What a hoot… and a good excuse to eat that the Tomahawk grill. No I didn’t have a SKOOKUM CHIEF BURGER (despite Nardwuar big recommendation). There is also a huge breakfast too that would rival most professional eaters. ** Yes this is the place where Bryan Adams toned up his fingertips in the dish-pit. The celebrities just keep coming!
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