Once, when I was on a fieldtrip bus with the rest of the class, I made fun of a man who was walking with 2 canes. My teacher overheard the comment and got really mad at me. "At least he's walking!!!" he bellowed into my face. I felt really bad. I still think about it.

sunset from White Rock beach

1967 Chevelle 300, rebuilt 283 small block, rebuilt 2 speed Powerglide transmission, unkillable.

"...law is really for children and novices. It is for those who are not yet morally independent, and who therefore have to be propped up by a scaffolding of codes and censures. They have not yet developed the spontaneous habit of virtue, and still see morality in superstitious fashion as a matter of offending or placating some higher authority. They have the toddler's theory of ethics. The law may help them to grow into an enjoyable moral autonomy, but they will have done so only when they are able to throw its crutch away and manage by themselves."
Terry Eagleton, After Theory

For globalism to work, America can't be afraid to act like the superpower that it is... The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist - McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
Thomas Friedman, March 1999

Sunset Jericho

Svend Robinson and Noam Chomsky
Vancouver 2004

Jericho Beach 2004

Beastie Boys, Vancouver '04

Budapest, 1985

Drop the Weapon

In the movies it's always a blue and green ball
(but the smoke goes up)
floating in oblivion: a void of stars
surrounds our little marble
and the moon is made of cheese
aerosol cheese laid out from NY to LA
all at once because it would get eaten
if it laid there for too long
these days you think of LA more often
entertainment capital of the world
image assault, a pulled drape

Remember the days when competing in discus meant eating rum flavoured chocolate before every practice?

Hood River, Oregon

Polar Bear Swim, Vancouver

VLADIMIR: And where were we yesterday evening according to you?
ESTRAGON: How would I know? In another compartment. There's no lack of void.
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

Wanuskewin, Saskatchewan

Alma and West Broadway, Vancouver
the homeview