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Not Independents Day
Maybe if you give me a cup of English Breakfast (and not Earl Grey) when I order a cup of English Breakfast Maybe if you stop telling your colleague about your date last night long enough to listen to me … Continue reading
Posted in 2012
Tagged bump n grind, gumboot garden cafe, hogan's alley cafe, mighty leaf tea, prado cafe, turk's coffee, wilder snail cafe
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Does that Malthusian Belt come in taupe?
Is Earth full? That’s debatable. The planet has more than 6.8 billion people crawling across its face, which sounds crowded but is difficult – in upper North America – to put into any meaningful perspective. Put another way, if you … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, In the News
Tagged aldous huxley, brave new world, capitalism, consumption, environment, globe and mail, overpopulation, paul gilding, ted talks
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Backyard Chronicles: Fowl Thoughts
From the plastic Adirondack chair in my backyard, the one in which I have been sitting and contemplating the world for several years, the one that has a cracked seat that (I have discovered through painful experience) one should never … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Backyard Chronicles
Tagged chicken coop, chickens, eggs, suzanne anton, vancouver
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In defence of the Smart Meter
The recent hubbub being stirred up by those who have set their own hair on fire over the introduction of smart meters is refreshing in one respect: it’s a nice change from reports of suspicious chem-trails and inside jobs on … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Blog, Critical Opinion, In the News
Tagged bc hydro, bc liberal, bc rail, bill tieleman, british columbia, john horgan, ndp, smart grid, smart meter, will mcmartin
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