Archive for May, 2008
You never know when you might win something—and I was glad I had my panniers on my bike at the wrap-up party of the Bike to Work Week. I won a gift basket from Vancouver’s Yale Rhythm and Blues Club including a bottle of wine, VIP passes, CD and t-shirt. Thank you Yale Club.
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Tags: B:C: Clettes, Bicycle Shed Ensemble, Bike to Work Week, The Yale Club
Man who loves film too much
In his role as a television film critic, David Gilmour always struck me as a cranky opinionated guy who thought the world revolved around him. Not surprisingly, I wasn’t drawn to his memoir about a three-year period he hung out with his high-school dropout son watching films that Gilmour chose.
One evening, at one of [...]
Filed under: Books, Film, Writers | 1 Comment
Tags: David Cronenberg, David Gilmour, The Film Club
When presenting at SFU Business School on May 15, 2008, the cycling advocate from Rutgers University was so excited that several times he knocked off his clip-on mic. While John Pucher’s 1½ hour presentation was way too long, it contained a lot of good information for cycling commuter advocates to bring to city planners.
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Tags: Bike to Work, John Pucher, Katie Melua
A biketopian vision
In the June 2008 issue of Walrus, there’s a great article on cycling titled, Geared Up: On the road to two-wheeled transcendence. Reading the first sentence or two, trying to remember the streets of Toronto that were mentioned, I wondered how the writer got away with such a terrible lead. Another sentence or two and [...]
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Tags: Bill Reynolds, Cycling, Momentum magazine, Walrus magazine
Love at first blink
I’m glad a friend recommended seeing The Diving Bell and the Butterfly on the big screen rather than waiting for the DVD. I had missed the movie during its regular run, so I was also pleased that the Van East theatre brought it back for another weekend in the matinee timeslot.
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