Summer is near. Do you feel the love in the air?

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Montreal, summer 2002.

Not feeling the love? How about the hate for war resister Jeremy Hinzman?

"Does that yellow stripe down your back look good? Maybe it matches the yellow peril wife you have. You couldn't marry someone of your own race because you're a traitor and no decent white woman would want you. You married a GOOK!! Your kid looks like garbage! What race is he?"

Or how about:

"Sent (sic) that Asian honey of yours my way so I can show her how a real man fuck (sic), you needledicked coward."

Jeez. Freedom really does come at a price eh?

One King West

It's under construction but should be finished this year.
I think I see a Jawa in there but it could just be one of my four eyes playing tricks on me. Do you see it?

Ah well. Nothing a little salvia won't cure I'm sure.
From the north-east corner of King and Bay.
May 27. 12:53 p.m.

Sign your donor card.

I did.
Think about it.

Find new name for `global warming'

My buddy Andy Johnson, BA (Hons) and now MA (congrats!) had a letter printed in today’s Star. This from a dude who wears shorts and t-shirts during early spring while calling me a sissy for complaining about the cold.

Anyways... good job!

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Thursday May 26, 2005
RE: Global Warming

All too often, I find myself having to explain the trends of global warming. People, especially this being Canada, believe that global warming simply means the planet is growing warmer. Although this definition may be true in its simplest form, most people are misconstruing the impact of global warming.

Ask most Canadians in the middle of February if global warming is happening and they will frostily tell you ``no." A cool spring will also lead people to believe that global warming is something that a bunch of environmentalists cooked up to make us recycle.

However, in our era of catchphrases, sound bytes, and shortened attention spans the dramatic effects of global warming are not done justice by its label.

Because of cold springs and bitterly cold winters, people believe that global warming is not really happening — at least at the pace some say it is. However, the dramatic cold spells, more violent storms, extremely hot days and the general unpredictability of Mother Nature are all a result of global warming. The term does not inform people of the actual consequences of our actions. Maybe this is why the Kyoto accord and other environmental measures have such difficulty gaining the necessary support. Maybe, another term could allow more people to properly understand the problems facing our environment.

James. Give me back my blog. =)

Yee-Guan

One Queen East

From the foyer of Scotia Plaza.
May 25. 6:45 p.m.

Humber River Arch Bridge

Do you see it all the way in the distance in front of that building? Never been... always wanted to go. This is about as close as I've ever come to it.

That's the BMO building on the left.
Looking west from Scotia Plaza, 52nd floor.
May 25. 6:28 p.m.

Lisa Kara Wallace and Maurice Kwame Arthurton

May 21, 2005 'till death do them part.
Or until Lisa stops shaving her armpits.


Where Lisa met Maurice back in 1997.
That's eight years.
Whoah.

May 23. 9:03 a.m.

Keele and Rogers Road.
May 20, 9:14 a.m.

Where's Triumph when you need him?

Instead, it was City-TV's Harold Hosein entertaining these Star Wars geeks at Sheppard Grande Monday night.

Actually, I shouldn't say geeks. If I had a cool lightsaber I would be there too. But for the record, I was on my way to a pub. =)

"Meesa wants to eat your hair!"


Check out the Sith trying to grope Jar Jar.


As bionic a nerd as you're ever going to get.
(See? Told you I was drinking...)

Ladder to the top

West of Bathurst, looking south across Lakeshore Boulevard.
May 14, 2:45 p.m.

Looking west at Roy Thompson Hall from the second floor of Metro Hall.
May 12, 3:20 p.m.

Isn't this great?

Courtesy the Toronto Public Space Committee.

Stop Ashlee Simpson

Isn't this hilarious? As of 9:40 p.m. Sunday it was at 384,451 signatures.

Unrelated note... check out this Letterman clip. I have not laughed this hard in a long, long time.

The Clothing Show

May 14 and 15, a bit earlier than I thought. Looking forward to it.

Cemeteries

Why a cemetery post? I'd been thinking about it for a couple weeks but a couple things over the weekend helped make my mind to show how society deals with its deceased.

First, a story came out about an Australian company with plans to bury people upright. Then, after Dr. Egan's death on the slopes of Mount Everest, I heard that his family was going to Nepal to retrieve his body, which I don't think is the usual practice.

So with this in mind I though it was time for my little cemetery pictorial. Anyways... four views of how three cultures in two countries bury their dead.

1. Canada - My grandmother's grave is simple: headstone at her final resting place.


2. Malaysia - Parapets surround these Chinese graves to keep the dirt that cover the deceased, who are buried at normal depth. During prayers incense sticks are placed all around these parapets, which are about a foot high.


3. Malaysia - This is another Chinese cemetery in Sandakan. These are similar to the one above but with a cement and tile covering. They make for some very pretty graves.


4. Malaysia - My father says this was a road when he was a kid; he used to play in a stream about 10 metres to the right of where I am standing. But a Malay cemetery to the left filled up and afterwards Malays began burying their dead right in and across the road. Note the headstone at the end of the dirt path.