I have been a fan of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for some time now. Never have I been more proud to say that.
For months, a debate has raged in New York as several groups have come out in opposition to the proposal to erect a mosque and Islamic cultural centre near the site [...]
I entered this weekend with high hopes. After a tumultuous week spent waiting for updates on my grandfather’s condition, I had finally accepted the situation before me and was ready to get on with life. I would be running the Times Colonist 10K on Sunday. Saturday I would prepare some pulled pork and take advantage [...]
After a wonderful weekend of friends, food, NHL playoffs and Costco, I strolled into the office Monday morning in typical fashion. Always one of the first in, I walked happily down the hall, whistling along to the music on my iPod. A gentleman who works down the hall happened upon me and commented that I [...]
When I was about twelve years old, a friend and I decided to start a hockey pool. At the time, we decided to take what seemed like a giant leap for a twelve-year-old back in the heady days of 1995 – we decided to build a website for our hockey pool. We signed up for [...]
I am really just no good at my birthday. I’m not as bad as I used to be, but that is to say that I now admit to having a birthday. Without going into too much detail, it all stems from a calamitous eighteenth birthday. Calamitous might be an overstatement. But to summarize, I was [...]
There is a difference between welcoming the games, celebrating the games, even being proud of the games and really, truly, wholeheartedly embracing the Olympics. I will admit to this now… I was late to the Games.
To be clear, I was proud to be hosting the Games; proud that this beautiful province called British Columbia that [...]
After much excitement and fanfare, it finally feels like the Olympics! Why? Not because the 2010 games are actually underway. Not because of the wall-to-wall coverage in every newspaper and on every network. Not even because the cauldron gets lit tonight.
No, the source of my Olympic fever can be summed up with one word: Mukmuk. [...]
For many, New Years is a time for introspection, to think about the year that’s gone by and considering what they want from the new year. Personally, I’ve never been one for New Years introspection, preferring to leave that work until my birthday. So as the days tick down on the march towards my twenty-seventh [...]
There are days and there are times when it seems as though the heavens are conspiring against you; when not only everything that could go wrong does, but even those things that could never go wrong – the simple, certain elements of our life that we so often take for granted – find a way [...]
Every now and then I’ll be talking to someone when they pause for a moment, consider my facial features, and – as if they have just been struck with a bolt of lightning – will suddenly exclaim “you know who you look like?” Almost every time their answer is the same – Evan Handler, who [...]
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