Another year bites the dust, and man this one sure did bite! All things considered, though, 2009 was a fairly run-of-the-mill year. In the past 5 decades, I saw some fantastic years and some horrific years. For me, 2009 rates somewhere in the middle…

Vancouver, B.C., IS music. This is a tiny town by world standards, but there’s a world of music here that cannot be beat in any other single city. Below is only a partial list of past and current Vancouver musical acts…

Yes, it’s just about that time again when the governments of the world pretend to put aside their differences in an insincere show of sportsmanship and camaraderie. Here comes the 2010 Winter Olympics…

I’ve seen plenty of passengers – even drivers – of cars that are stuck in these cross traffic line-ups jump out of their cars, run to the corner, push the cross walk button, and then dash back to the car just to stop that damned flashing green light for a few moments…

It’s a popular notion that printer ink is the most expensive common liquid, weighing in at as much as $8,000 per gallon. But wait…

Humans are naturally divisive, cliquish, and suspicious. The fewer obstacles we have between us, the closer and more comfortable we’ll be with each other…