Category Archives: 2009

Re-imagining Narrative

We’re copying down “I will not talk in class” one hundred times because the teacher told us to. One hundred times a second. But we are our own teachers. It’s time to give ourselves new assignments. Continue reading

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Kill Your Television

The Tudors provides one more compelling reason to throw out the television Continue reading

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Not quite Walden Pond

Ever since I was quite young, I have both enjoyed and suffered the incongruity of wanting to be out of the city while wanting to be in it. Continue reading

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Not quite a car-free city

Last weekend in Vancouver, two events took place that sought to advance the idea of the car-free city. One I attended, the other I tried to avoid, with limited success. Continue reading

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Dream 2: The Way We Commute

Just imagine what cities would be like without a steady stream of four-wheeled machines. Maybe it’s not so remote a prospect. Continue reading

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