Archive for February, 2005
Friday, February 18th, 2005
You can’t make this stuff up
My union’s staff representatives, CEP local 467, (I gather that’s the non-clerical people in the union office) are on strike. This means the union, which is, er, in the role of management in that dispute, is now complaining that the workers are asking for too much, and that the employer (which, in a long-winded way, […]
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Thursday, February 17th, 2005
The Kabuki Strike
Mickey Kaus likes to refer to certain political actions as Kabuki theatre, in the sense of highly ritualized for-show performance. Well, that’s kind of how a modern strike works. Right now I’m in the midst of some exciting job action. Why strikes work is interesting. Any strike is a sort of ritualized dance, though one […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2005
The way of the Future
…It’s the way of the future…the way of the future…Erm. Right now, everything in my life seems to be a forward-looking plan. I’m breaking my body down to build it back up stronger, and I’m planning to do a ton of fitness workouts in the next several weeks. The fun thing about exercise is how […]
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Sunday, February 13th, 2005
Time, space, gas, money
Some guy I’ve never read before posted a semi-interesting article on the ecological benefits of telecommuting. (þ: Instapundit) Long-time observers of my psyche may know that I verge on being pro-pollution (a quote from my university days: “what do we want? Global warming! When do we want it? Now!”) The conservation arguments against commuting hold […]
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Sunday, February 13th, 2005
Quietus
Things are a little more normal in Wired Cola world headquarters again. All is, to a first order, back to normal. So far, the “what to do in Vancouver” project is more trouble than joy, so send in more ideas. Okay? In celebration of Sts. Cyril & Methodius’ Day, Douglas College will be on strike […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2005
February 27: be there
So, I’ll be back to work tomorrow. The Lovely One and I, after three days of more or less living in hospitals and doctor’s offices, don’t know much more about her state than we did at the start, except that it’s nothing that will kill her. So we wait. Trying to distract myself, I’m caught […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2005
Technical Difficulties
The last 48 hours have been weird. If I haven’t answered your e-mail, it’s because I’ve been dealing with a, well, a family emergency. It may all be resolved in a few days (or, who knows, a few months), but until it is I may be a bit erratic. Patience, and I’ll post/write/call/visit as soon […]
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Sunday, February 6th, 2005
Watching the Super Bowl halftime show
Spectacularly hokey is the only word that can properly describe the Paul McCartney stage show. The climax of “Live and Let Die” was accompanied by more pyro effects than the climax of the James Bond film of the same name. Half the stadium was holding colored cards to spell out a “Na Na Na” logo […]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2005
What do you like to do in Vancouver?
I need your help. I’ve been mulling over some ideas for Wired Cola for some time, and I think I’ve got a good one, through the miracle of synthesis (basically, I took something The Lovely One gets annoyed by, combined it with somthing keith was annoyed by, and mixed it with an exhortation about local […]
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Friday, February 4th, 2005
Two Weeks Late: Airbus vs. Dreamliner
As always, a TWL post is a rumination on some serious issue of the day, but long after anyone else still cares. In today’s post, the subject is the recent introduction of the Airbus A380, the famous double-decker of the skies, coming to an airport near you sometime in 2006 or later. Of course, the […]