Please don't shop there people

It may be a little extreme but I think it gets some good points across.....

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Please don't shop at these places people. Going for the cheapest choice can be an ethical issue (in my opinion anyway). The world today is driven by money and if you always buy the cheapest thing then you are just getting sucked into that vortex of greed.

Anyway, I don't want to rant on this too much so Sayonara.

Gimme that Beat Beat Stuff!

Hannah Georgas has been making the rounds on the CEEB for the past year with a couple songs including this one called 'The Beat Stuff'. She is playing with Spencer from fellow Vancouver band 'Said the Whale'.

Hopefully we'll be able to catch her performance with 'Said the Whale' on Canada Day. It is actually right on the hill.

Some other acts we don't want to miss are:
Justin Rutledge and Julie Doiron using the Six String Nation Guitar in Majors Hill Park.
Coeur de Pirate and Belle Orchestre at Jazzfest at Confederation Park.
oh and fireworks!

Good Times on the Construction Site

These pictures (along with about 100 other ones) have been forwarded to me several times now and so I thought I would put my favourites on this blog so nobody has to look at that email anymore. I am not sure why people think I need to see these pictures but it could be something to do with the architecture connection.........

Rule #1: Check the Site Plan

Rule #2: Wear a hard hat (or at least a soft hat)

Rule #3: Don't Use Revision Clouds (apparently)

Rule #4: Privacy is Over-Rated

We have to back to Spain

Apparently we have to go back to Spain and do the Southern part because I really want to check out this little town called Setenil de las Bodegas.

Much of this town was built into the cliffs and the effect is incredible.

This is the kind of habitat that I would build in my sandbox or carve out of snow drifts as a kid. It reminds me of those mud homes built buy certain Indians in desert areas. I probably was heavily influenced by National Geographic.

The thing I love about this is that they are really using the landscape and incorporating it into the architecture. If this was suburban North America they would have leveled the place with dynamite and built McMansions on it.

Post-It Love

Here is a twist on the classic office love story with Post-It notes and really good acting.

If Fleet Foxes say it - it must be true!

I recently read a great quote from Robin Pecknold of the great indie folk rock band Fleet Foxes on Exclaim.ca. Speaking with BBC News he basically said that music is better off because of piracy on the internet.

He explained that we are seeing tons of new bands creating better music than ever before the piracy issues. He says that the internet is where he discovered most of his favourite music.

And to top it off when asked whether he minded if people 'stole' his albums he says "I've downloaded hundreds of records....why would I care someone downloads ours? That is such a petty thing to care about. I mean, how much money does one person need?"

Favourite quote of the year for me!

Actually this reminds me that I have to buy their latest album........

Cheese Rollingfest 2009

This has to be one of the craziest traditions in the world (except for running with the bulls).

Every year hundreds of people fling themselves down a hill in Gloucestershire in the hopes of winning a rolling wheel of cheese.

The British are crazier than I thought. So much for a stiff upper lip. Now it's more like a swollen upper lip and a few broken limbs.