Archive for December 2005

Derek Bailey

In Uncategorized on 27 December 2005 with no comments

1930 -2005

The Science of Government

In Uncategorized on 23 December 2005 with no comments

I heard the tail-end of a “report” on governmentium, a new “scientific element”, early the other morning on CBC Radio One’s Metro Morning. Courtesy of the Dull Men’s Club: bq. A minute amount of governmentium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would normally take less than a second. Governmentium [...]

Uh, Happy Birthday?

In Uncategorized on 13 December 2005 with no comments

Not like it’s the type o’ thing that one celebrates, but today, for us Canadians, marks the 15th year of the goddamned Goods and Services Tax. FIFTEEN YEARS! Remember how Brian Mul-ruin-y was supposed to introduce it as a temporary measure? Hmm? Remember how he resigned a few years afterwards? Hmm? Today seems to have [...]

Richard Pryor

In Uncategorized on 11 December 2005 with no comments

1940 – 2005

Calexico / Iron & Wine

In Uncategorized on 10 December 2005 with no comments

Great show last night. More photos over in my Flickr gallery.