Archive for March, 2008
My day begins with the newspaper. Years ago, I would wake to a thudding sound as the newspaper hit my front door. But as crime escalated in the city, my condo will no longer allow the newspaper delivery person to enter the locked building. In the early morning, I slip on a housecoat and quietly [...]
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Tags: George Stroumboulopoulos, Mark Critch, Robert Cushman, Shaun Majumder
Philosophers’ Café at La Zuppa! in North Vancouver (March 19, 2008)
Nestled on Lonsdale Avenue near 15th Street in North Vancouver, La Zuppa! hosts a Philosophers Café on the third Wednesday of the month. The moderator Martin Hunt, an artist with an interest in science and philosophy, wondered what sort of confusion arises when we turn [...]
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My new blog. And my first post.
It may be serendipitous that my first posting on my new blogsite is about a book on making ideas stick. After completing a web class as part of my professional writing training, I entered a draw for a website makeover at the Vancouver Public Library. Gagan Diesh, senior instructor [...]
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Tags: Athiest's Bible, Made to Stick, words, writing