When TED came to Edmonton back in March, it was a very exclusive event. Because of the rules of TED, TEDx Edmonton could only have a maximum of about 100 people in attendance… Scott and I spoke with Ken Bautista in a previous episode of the Unknown Studio, and Ken told us he reason for [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the province of Alberta, you’ll know that there have been some interesting recent developments in our political landscape. I’m not going to go over a history of those developments, but you’d do best to read Dave Cournoyer’s coverage of the movement, such as it is. From my [...]
Ah, the Leaky Deathship – or as it is more commonly referred to, The Gateway. Both Adam and I are former contributors to the University of Alberta’s very own student newspaper; I was an avid contributor and delivered papers around campus for a year, Adam had the slightly less respected position of Editor-in-Chief. Now, many [...]
An event of political significance is taking place this weekend, about half-way in between Alberta’s two largest urban centres — and I’m not talking about Blackfalds. This Friday will mark the first ever “Reboot Alberta” meeting in Red Deer.
In this week’s episode, Scott and I sat down with Dave Cournoyer and Duncan Wojtaszek to discuss “the deal” with Canadian politics. What is it that keeps voters away from the polls? Why is there such a disconnect between voters and politicians? Is there any hope for the electoral and governance systems in Alberta and [...]
Relationships, right, people? I mean, what more is there to say? So onerous are relationships that the popular social network Facebook includes “it’s complicated” among users relationships statuses. Fucked up, I know. OK, so we all know relationships are complicated, and we’re at least a little bit familiar with the everyday, run-of-the-mill complications. However, the [...]
Every now and then, the person or persons who submit their complaints to FMyLife.com are so clearly exaggerating that only a nincompoop would believe their fish tales. And when I say “every now and then” what I’m really trying to say is, “almost always.” These little submissions aren’t terribly long, but there are lines you [...]
Very few things are better than creating a long weekend out of nothing more than a vacation day, and Saturday and Sunday. That’s precisely what I did yesterday at the precise time of this writing. I took the day off. I even took the day off from writing FML Friday, which is why this one appears [...]