Word of Mouth blog

Thanks to the help of Bob Kungle for coming through with the gear we didn’t have on the 18th, Dance Friday is a go for the Hornby Hall this Friday night Feb 1, from 9-Midnight. Stretch and warmup is at 8:30.
Dance Friday is intended to be a new and regular community event, and will [...]

Scott Tribe, over at Scott’s DiaTribes, had a special guest blogger yesterday–Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party. She had some good things to say about the firing of Linda Keen and the Conservatives’ extreme and un-democratic behavior… check it out…
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Elizabeth May guestblogs on the Linda Keen/Gary Lunn nuclear fiasco at Scott’s Diatribes.
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Note: I’ll allow this, since it’s almost February and we can all use a laugh. And they are funny. However, many of us have seen this exact same ‘annual’ thing every freakin’ year since the nineties… it’s not new. Just so you know that I know.
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Care Leah writes:
Once again, The Washington Post has [...]

Well, that was fast.
Unless a set of powered speakers shows up before Friday, Dance Friday will be a stillborn event for the nonce. The Blues Society has turned down our request to use two of their powered monitors. I’d like to apologize to the community for jumping the gun and getting our hopes up for [...]

thanks to Duncan for this…
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Forget oil, the new global crisis is food
from the Financial Post
BMO strategist Donald Coxe warns credit crunch and soaring oil prices will pale in comparison to looming catastrophe
A new crisis is emerging, a global food catastrophe that will reach further and be more crippling than anything the world has ever [...]

Vancouver, Monday, January 14th, 2007
Betty Krawczyk
By the end of my court hearing last Friday my mother’s presence was strong with me because one of her favorite gospel songs rang through my head. It’s called SHOWERS OF BLESSING and the chorus goes:
“Showers of blessing,
showers of blessing we need,
mercy drops round us are falling,
but for [...]

Beginning January 18th at the Hornby Community Hall and continuing on alternate Fridays from 9-12midnight, we are finally manifesting a regular family dance opportunity on Hornby Island. Phil Bailey and I are going to be running a world-music focused, alcohol-free dance event we are calling Dance Friday. Although we will have a DJ station, these [...]