Jul
31
I guess it’s becoming obvious that I’m fond of Internet phenomena, those interesting diversions that spread via email and websites at dazzling speeds. Hoaxes are the best, and an obscure Montreal band called Unfaith pulled off an excellent one earlier this month.
When I first read that Metallica was suing Unfaith for uncredited use […]
Jul
30
nba bad boys?
12:06 pm | 1 Comment
Professional athletes, especially basketball players, can be real assholes. All this Kobe Bryant business is just the tip of the backboard, let me tell ya.
That’s why I love the photos that surfaced on the ‘Net a few weeks ago of Victoria’s Steve Nash and his Dallas Mavericks teammate, Dirk Nowitzki.
These two are hammered in […]
Jul
29
When the federal government was busy passing legislation to protect our country from terrorists in the months following Sept. 11, there were a few peeps and squeals from people who worried that the freedoms of regular folk might be compromised under the new rules. Here’s an example of that happening.
Adil Charkaoui is a 30-year-old landed […]
Jul
29
blue rodeo in stanley park
12:38 am | 3 Comments
Summer is so cool. Tonight I saw a very nice show in Stanley Park, as Blue Rodeo played a venue that normally hosts Theatre Under the Stars, the Malkin Bowl. Despite being outdoors it was kind of an intimate show, and the band was accompanied by a horn section and full strings section […]
Jul
28
moral of the story: mind your email
12:34 pm | 2 Comments
A buddy of mine, Shaun, is currently articling with a law firm in New York City. I’m not familiar with the firm, but its claim to fame has got to be the gaffe a past intern made, an error of the slap-yourself-on-the-forehead variety if I ever saw one. Apparently it’s a true story, but I […]
Jul
25
in with the new
10:04 pm | 2 Comments
Welcome to propeller, the weblog brought to you by the stuff I find interesting and inspiring. I’m really excited to finally have this version of the site up and running; I’m sure a few of you had lost hope!
The beta version of propeller that existed last year was run by a web-based tool called Blogger, […]
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