I picked up City of Glass: Douglas Coupland’s Vancouver the other day. Among his observations on all things Vancouver, from Chinatown to Wreck Beach, this paragraph stood out: “Now: I believed that you’ve had most of your important memories by the time you’re thirty. After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an already full cup. … More Age and Memory
I came across this article online, which supposedly appeared Yorkshire Illustrated magazine in 1952. I’ve edited it a bit as it’s rather long (if you’re really interested, you can find the full article here.) A couple of things struck me as funny. First, we seem to have a lot of John Thomases in our history. … More More About the Dearlove Name
The Fraser Institute recently released its report card on Ontario elementary schools. The rankings are based on the standardized test results in reading, writing and math for Grade 3 and Grade 6 students. The Fraser Institute also factors in things like the gender gap in test scores. The results for Aidan’s school were not promising: … More School Rankings
Happy Family Day, everyone (or happy Louis Riel Day and happy Presidents Day for my Manitoba and U.S. readers respectively). I hope you all enjoyed the extra time to spend with your loved ones and bask in their unconditional love. Wait, what’s that? You didn’t get Family Day off? Me neither. I guess we’re part … More Happy Family Day!
B commented the other night that you wouldn’t know she exists by reading my blog. I think she must have missed the 51 previous posts that include at least some mention of her, but in any case, I thought I should devote an entire post to her to make up for any perceived shortcomings on … More The Wife
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