Word of Mouth blog

Andrew Struthers is the new videocolumnist for the Tyee, my fave Vancouver online newsmagazine (I mine a lot from their articles here, in case you haven’t noticed).
With his first video, ‘Spiders on Drugs‘, he got a million hits on YouTube–and wrote about his experiences on the Tyee. Now ‘Guantanamo Bay‘ is up and it’s [...]

Scientists for the most part seem to have been the last to know what astrologers have known for centuries. Guess they didn’t read that superb book by Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche, which definitively establishes the legitimacy of astrology, scientifically.- Care
How the Moon rules your life
At last, scientists claim to have found a link between our [...]

"If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure."…George W. Bush
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."…Governor George W. Bush
"Welcome to Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."…Governor George W. Bush
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit…Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have [...]

This is an eye opening pdf about the B.C. Free Trade Deal recently struck by Gordo Campbell with Alberta, which, amongst many other travesties of justice, makes the transfer of water from B.C. to Alberta permissible. Nary a peep about the risks or other implications in the papers, that I have seen. Is this is [...]

Storms and the damage they wrought are beginning to fade away. Despite the fact that my partner and I have personally lost many many extremely large trees, not to mention suffering extensive property damage from same, my feeling is that that was then, and this is now. 
The health giving sun is out. Snowdrops are in bloom. Warmth [...]

RECYCLE DEPOT NEWS3-Phase Power Upgrade
The long awaited Hydro Upgrade at our Recycling depot has begun!
As you can see by driving up the road that leads to the Depot, the damage done to the old power shed during one of our winter wind storms is not worth repairing nd the work of upgrading to 3-phase power [...]

[ed note: this is an oldish article, and I normally prefer to be more current; however, this one seems pressingly relevant]
Note the warning, the direction things are now going, and quickly: "Stricter control on who can build what, and where."
Time to realise that Hornby could be next? Hornby Island is amazingly similar in climate to [...]

from my other blog, Truth is a Crazy Poet

The world today is pearled in fog, made mystical, revealed to be the mystery it’s been called all along. With proof like this, who needs clarity? I would live in fog, dim diffuse rays of sun brightening its crystal bits, if it meant that the dream might [...]

These photos are just amazing. Unfortunately, they’re pretty small; if anybody knows where there are available in larger format, I’d love to know. Here’s a sample:

The Hubble space telescope (I learned this in a magazine) renders its photos as data, and there is no colour information in that data, so actually these photos are more [...]