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It seems this weekend’s theme is Large Metal Cylinders Hurtling Through the Air.

Rocket, Man
(South of Cambie Bridge, Vancouver, 18 July 2009)

The Future is Our Responsibility

The Future is Our Responsibility
(Under Granville Bridge, Vancouver, 18 July 2009)

V.P.L.

Vancouver Public Library (3PM, 14 July 2009)

Saturday Afternoon in the Park

Near Third Beach, Stanley Park, Vancouver (4 July 2009)

I’m not gonna be one of those Vancouver jackasses who go on and on about how beautiful it is here, I’m not gonna be one of those Vancouver jackasses who go on and on about how beautiful it is here, I’m not gonna be one of [...]

Canada Day in Caprica City

Champ and Racers (Yaletown, Vancouver, 1 July 2009)

So Champ and I decided to take a break from our endless unpacking and walk a gruelling 1.25 blocks from home to take in the Yaletown Grand Prix bike race this sunny and warm Canada Day in Vancouver. One great thing about our neighbourhood is that for [...]

You Make A Better Door Than A Window

Yaletown, Vancouver (28 June 2009)

HPD from YVR

Right about now, people in eastern North America are starting to wend their way toward Lesbian and Gay Pride Day parade routes. Champ and I last night watched the Toronto festivities — on the CITY-TV feed we’ve been curiously able to receive out here on Canada’s west coast — with a mixture of wistful displacement [...]

Centred

Well, the floor’s been replaced, as you can see below, and we’re still waiting for all our stuff, also as you can see below. Friday, fingers crossed. At work I’m in the busiest testing cycle I can recall and once that’s done, I can script in C# to my heart’s content while the boss is [...]

YVR6: The Last One

It seems entirely appropriate, given the fact that I actually live in Vancouver now, to cut it out with the YVR posts, so this is the last. And a grab-bag it is.

Contrary to the beliefs of some unscrupulous commenters, I’m loving Vancouver. L-O-V-I-N-G. I mean, when I’ve been able to get out of the apartment, [...]

So Below

So Below (Vancouver, 4PM, 16 June 2009)

On Granville

Vancouver’s Granville Street makes Toronto’s Yonge Street look like Park Avenue. Really.

On Granville (15 June 2009)

There are gems to be found, though, and here’s an example of life imitating (tee shirt) art:

On Granville (Detail)

I’m willing to bet that shirt gets worn at least six days of the week, and not because he has [...]

YVR5: The Last 23

Thank Management
(Yonge & Bloor Subway Entrance, 9AM, 12 June 2009)

I’m in the last 23 hours of the 23 years I’ve spent in Toronto.

If I had a soul, I’d say the past few days have been good for it, and there are a couple of people about whom I’m specifically talking here. They know who [...]

Moving Hell, Phase II

Packing completed at 8AM this morning, stuff-removal in progress. Only 1270 of the 3763 things which could go wrong have gone wrong so, hey, WIN.

A Move (10 June 2009)

YVR4: West Ribs

West Ribs: Toronto, 8 June 2009, 6AM

Into a home stretch of a different sort — packing up my old home, 8/23 of my time in Toronto (most of it spent downtown) — and preparing for my new home on the west coast, in Vancouver’s  overly-yuppified Yaletown. Cripes, I hate packing to move.

Soundtrack: Peter Gabriel’s [...]

Torch It

Champ is endlessly amused by the stoner jargon of my Calgary youth. I won’t embarrass myself further with tales of getting, um, baked in the middle of the Canadian Rockies in my university days, but I will pass along this silly story from the Toronto Star regarding our new home, Vancouver, and the 2010 Winter [...]