It is with great sadness that I note the passing of my old mentor, Matthew Norman Young, from a heart attack at the age of 94. He was one of the major characters in British Columbia’s theatre scene for about 60 years as (in no particular order) a stage manager, technical director,…
Month: April 2021
Social Commentary
The Data Explains the Third Wave – Almost
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Once upon a time, long ago in the middle of the First Wave, Canada had one of the lowest records of COVID cases of all countries, and British Columbia had the best record for jurisdictions of its size in the world. And we were all pretty smug about that. Jump to the middle (we hope)…
FUN STUFF
An Old Bird up a Tree
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My hiking buddy, Dave Samis, is a great bird photographer. One of his pet peeves is that the birds refuse to pose on the outside limbs, but sit farther in, where there’s always a few branches to get in the way of a great picture. Last Wednesday I promised to provide a different sort…
Social Commentary
The Worst Way to Deal with an Epidemic
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A question everybody knows the answer to. What’s the absolute worst way to take a dose of antibiotics? Doctors have been trying to get us to understand this for years, and people keep ignoring it. You take the antibiotic until the symptoms disappear. Then you say, “Oh, I’m cured,” and…