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Tonight is the season premiere of ABC's LOST. I shouldn't have to tell anyone that I'll be glued to the television, and like junkies needing a fix, I'm not going to let anything get in our way. I stopped watching television when
Donovan Yaciuk
God Damn the Pusher (and General Business)man
I recall an old urban legend from my youth that claims that Pepsi's slogan during the mid sixties, "Come Alive! You're In The Pepsi Generation", translated to "Pepsi brings back your ancestors from the dead" in China. Another legend claimed that the
Winnipeg Jets
Might as well JUMP! (JUMP!)
It was 10 years ago today that the Winnipeg Jets played their last game, a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. The loss ended the Jets playoff run, and their status as an NHL franchise. As a Jets fan, it wasn't a great game. It was, however,
Photography
Pripyat and the 30K Zone
2019 update: Steidl published a book of David McMillan's work titled Growth and Decay last year, and it's the next best thing to seeing prints in a gallery. Available from the Winnipeg Art Gallery's online store. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl
Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there
For a while, it seemed like everyone I knew was moving, or thinking about moving to Calgary. Like Vancouver in the 90's, Calgary has been the place to go if you're in your 20's and looking for work. I knew an business major from
Queen
I can die a happy man.
It started out so well... I hopped the wrong sky train. I'd left my credit card on the nightstand. I went to the wrong arena. I ran 8 city blocks faster than Donovan Bailey. I hopped on a transit bus that had a 50% chance of taking me
I've been clean for 6 days...
t's true - I have a problem. I love Cola. It's not uncommon for me to drink over 2 liters of it per day. And yes, the rumours are true - sometimes I drink it for breakfast. It's sick! As I write this, I&
Making comics
Keeping it in the family!
This May, Marvel Comics is set to release it's Civil War series. It's gaining a bit of notoriety in the national press, as it deals with a national tragedy, (9/11 style), and the reactions of governments, conservatives and liberals, all told through the stories of
And in this corner......
If ever you phone Pizza Hut, and they tell you that they offer wings as a part of their all you can eat buffet, don't believe them. It'll save you a lot of time and embarrassment. Especially if you goad a fellow co-worker into an wing
Making comics
The Crab With The Golden Claws
It all started with a piece of paper found in a tin of crab meat. A globe spanning adventure would follow that tracked opium smugglers to the Moroccan desert, and would involve sea-plane hijackings, kidnappings, oceanic escapes, desert mirages and wine-cellar shootouts. I was 5 years old, and I had
Hazardous Planet of the Dukes of Apes
In a comment on my last post, Ian Sokoliwski wrote: Didn't the Littlest Hobo once show up on that 'Dukes of Hazzard'/'Planet of the Apes' crossover show? For those of you who found the comment a little cryptic, allow me to weave a
6,076 days of abstinence
Hey, have you guys ever heard of that television programme's called "Seinfeld"? The show premiered over half my life ago, on July 5, 1989. Believe it of not, in the 6,076 days that have followed, I've stayed Seinfeld free. Yes, this show that