My brother has posted his thoughts on last night’s rioting in Vancouver. I think we’re mostly on the same page about how this mess came about: the riots happened because people expected a riot to happen. The anarchists and the assholes showed up, dragged a few fence-sitting drunkards in with them, and the party was [...]
Vancouver Riots
June 16, 2011
On Poppies
November 10, 2007
I spotted a poppy pin lying on the ground today. Serendipitous! Poppies are a Canadian tradition — nobody wears them here — and the pin was probably accidentally dropped by a Canadian shopper taking advantage of the exchange rate. I’m excited to be able to celebrate Remembrance Day properly. In the US it’s Veteran’s Day; [...]