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DIY Bathroom Makeover

In Uncategorized on 26 February 2010 with 5 comments

Want to see how to redo your bathroom on the cheap? Here’s what we did: First find, yourself some discarded tile. Look for local “freecycle” exchanges, or swap shops or whatever. Then, smash ‘em up. Rip out the old floor. Mix up some thinset: Then lay the tile out like a freeform puzzle, “buttering” the [...]

So Much Good Music

In Uncategorized on 22 February 2010 with Comments Off

I haven’t been keeping up with music as much as I used to, which is ironic in light of my new job (although also changing because of it). However, this morning proved to me that 2010 is shaping up to be a bumper crop of music, particularly of the Canuck variety (although that’s been the [...]

Olympic Mascots

In Uncategorized on 20 February 2010 with Comments Off

So we went to McDonald’s today, and for a variety of reasons wound up getting some Olympic mascot toys. I know people have given them a hard time since they came out, but I kind of like them, and at the very least am fascinated by the design aspect of them. Olympic mascot-making is big [...]

Some of My Favourite Photos of the Past Weeks

In Uncategorized on 19 February 2010 with Comments Off

A while ago I put up a bunch of photos I took in January and February. These are the ones that caught my eye, and I wish I could take more like them: My Flickr

Optimism

In Uncategorized on 16 February 2010 with Comments Off

I brought cross-country skis up to work today. It’s raining outside, but I’m hoping.

Making Waves in Tumbler Ridge

In CBC, Uncategorized on 10 February 2010 with Comments Off

Two stories that I’ve worked on have been credited to some degree with affecting change in Tumbler Ridge. From today’s edition: “A grassroots community effort is to thank for Charles Helm’s spot in the Olympic torch relay through Tumbler Ridge on January 31, after the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) gave a last-minute nod to a [...]

I Am Currently Fascinated by This: John Robert Giscome, Northern BC, and Black History Month

In best of, CBC, Prince George on 2 February 2010 with Comments Off

For Black History Month, I made the proposal that we do a story about John Robert Giscome. The extent to which I knew about him was this one-line sentence from the Citizen: “Closer to home, John Robert Giscome is the first recorded black person to spend time (1862-63) in the Fort George area, and is [...]