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Microscopic Monotony 1 Feb 2011 | 05:28 pm

The daily grind, those activities that plague us with monotony, we have all felt it weighing us down as we are taxed by the sameness of it all. The routines we so easily fall into, that modern life of...

Coming Down the Chimney Tonight 22 Dec 2010 | 02:57 am

As the tunes of wintry nights and romantic gift giving blare from every mall and radio station it is undeniable that the holiday season is here. Living in a country full of religious and ethnic divers...

Smiling doctors, inoculated with infecting patients 21 Oct 2010 | 02:23 pm

With a soar arm and flu like symptoms I feel somewhat lucky for having survived my latest encounter with the field of medicine. With a trip to Egypt planned and my nagging rationalization that contrac...

Confessions of a Blog Worthy Mind… 7 Sep 2010 | 01:33 pm

1932, Dorthy Jordan on the beach I am going to fess up to my failure to commit to this space, explain my lengthy absence and move forward, with or without whatever imaginary readers may still be ling...

Confessions of a Blog Worthy Mind… 7 Sep 2010 | 09:33 am

After seven months of neglecting this little space on the ‘interweb’ (a site that I spent just under a year carving out) I have decided that I am done avoiding.

Image of an Earthquake 1 Mar 2010 | 08:37 am

It has been over a month since the earthquake hit Haiti, the shock over the devastation seems to have moved into a focus on the long-term support that is needed to facilitate recovery. But yesterday (...

Zoo Me: DNA and Captivity 7 Feb 2010 | 05:53 pm

Humanity has always been intrigued by the strange and exotic, a trip into Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ showcases this fascination with the unexplored ‘savage’ lands that fueled the colonial era...

Slime Subway System 25 Jan 2010 | 09:22 am

Transportation systems form the outline of a city, mapping points of intersection and defining spaces based on these connections. In one sense they appear as very industrialized, dug into the earth, f...

On a Snowy Day 1 Jan 2010 | 07:15 am

As I enter another long cold winter in Ontario the glistening snow and frigid wind-chill doesn’t just bring to mind the need for a warm drink.  The late onset of snow in December for Southern Ontario ...

Silent Film 15 Nov 2009 | 08:03 am

This past Halloween I was lucky enough to see the silent film Nosferatu accompanied by the Vancouver Orchestra. The scenes of coffins, death and creatures stalking in the night made me jump as music f...

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