I know it sounds outrageous to say it, but I have come around to the belief that without art we are lost. What do we live for otherwise? Our children? Love? Maybe, but to what end, if not to together…
Author: onestring
Why Community Matters
The other day I was bemoaning the erosion of community in our everyday lives and placing the blame squarely on automation. Automation and the never-ending race to achieve greater efficiency seeks to remove people from as many equations as possible.…
Dark Humour at the End of the World
My mother died of kidney cancer in February of this year. I was there, and boy I can tell you there was no shortage of visitors to her room in her last weeks, which was a testament to the number…
What is a Real Friend?
It’s taken me a long time to understand this, but I think I finally do. I used to think that a real friend is someone you simply get along with. I used to think that a real friend is someone…
Eulogy for Ivan Szlapetis
It’s June 9th, and as I write this I sit in a spot on a bluff overlooking the Red Deer river in Drumheller, Alberta, about 150km northeast of Calgary. There’s a suspension footbridge down below that you have to cross…
Brits say “give’er” to fracking
According to this CBC news article, Britain is giving a broad thumbs up to industry to start fracking the shit out of that country. This is apparently motivated by a desire for energy independence, compensating for a dwindling supply of…
Wisdom
Dragging your feet doesn’t alter the inevitable; it only prolongs the dread. — me
Inheritance of Experience Through Genetic Material
The inheritance of experience through genetic material might a real phenomenon. Fascinating! Read here.
Why Men Like War Movies
On the eve of Remembrance Day I was thinking about what films I would watch tomorrow in honour of the men and women who gave their lives. I’ve had a long-standing love of war movies, and most men have the…
Dear Telus
Dear Telus, Next year, when you drop off the phone book, please just circle around behind my house and deposit it into the handy blue recycling bin located there. Or, if you truly want to be a friend to the…