In June 2011, the Vancouver Canucks Ice Hockey team got to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and lost. In response, “fans” rioted, causing an estimated $4.2 million worth of … Read More
Canada – April 2010 – The Vancouver Canucks
We’d never seen a hockey game before coming to Vancouver and didn’t really pay much attention until we got given some tickets to a game. We’re still not fanatics but … Read More
Canada – August 2009 – Zombie Walk
Vancouver’s Zombie Walk takes place in August and has been shambling since 2005. It gets better every year and every year I swear that next year, I’m going to take part. … Read More
Canada – August 2008 – Lost Lake
Despite threatening to learn every winter, neither of us ski or snowboard so we only visit Whistler in the summer to hike, read and just generally relax. This lake isn’t … Read More
Canada – September 2007 – Sand Sculptures
Harrison, home of the Harrison Lake and the Harrison Hot Springs used to hold an annual sand sculpture competition. This is from the first year we went. We’d actually just … Read More
AuthorEarnings.com
Hugh Howey, author of the Wool series and darling of the indie publishing world, has fired another salvo at traditional publishing. In fact, he appears to have launched a fully … Read More
Canada – June 2006 – Canucks Spirit Bear
Every couple of years or so the B.C. Lions Society for Children with Disabilities runs a charity sculpture project. This is from the 2006 “Spirit Bear” campaign which saw 200 fibreglass … Read More
Canada – February 2005 – English Bay
This is a photo I took shortly after I arrived in Vancouver looking from the beach, across English Bay to the mountains. [Canada – February 2005 – English Bay by … Read More
Metrics Monday – 10th February 2014
Work got in the way of writing in a dramatic fashion this week – we have a new title coming out on the 25th of February and there was some … Read More
Nine Years On
I sort of forgot because we had a busy day but Saturday marked the ninth anniversary of my arrival in Canada. I can honestly say that moving here was the second … Read More