Thursday, April 05, 2012
About Me
- Name: MVL
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I was born into an exciting era that turned horribly sour; I had great hopes when the Berlin Wall came down but saw those hopes dashed with the emergence of a new world militarism. I have two cats. I'm left-handed. I like sugar and spice and all things nice; I like speed (the quickness in travelling between two points and not the amphetamine); My hobbies are plotting long and hard to cheat death; mind-reading and the inevitable arguments that result; I'm also interested in creating a pocket-sized device to measure eternity (eternity is apparently not much bigger than we think). Favourite quote: "A 'paranoid' is only someone with all the facts" - WS Burroughs
Critical Info, more or less
- Google News mostly gossip-like, superficial, and irrelevant but essential I suppose if you want to be able to follow the conversations around the water-cooler at work
- Dave Soroka Midnight Man himself
- Slate Magazine find The Explainer, Doonesbury, and Christopher Hitchens on a good day
- rabble.ca Canadian troublemakers
- The Tyee BC's online newspaper
- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Radio-Canada site internet
- Christian Science Monitor, good enough for JFK, good enough for me
- CPAC Canada's Political Channel
- The Village Voice waning political commentary but still the home of my boyfriend, Michael Musto
- Z Magazine a coterie of progressive voices
- BlogsCanada a directory of Canadian Blogs
- Centre for Policy Alternatives thoughtful policy analysis
- Fraser Institute another policy think tank comprised of them right wing thugs who drive expensive cars
- Business Executive B2B blogging on social issues. It's also Chad Cook's mother-in-law's site and I promised
- Consumerism Challenge Amanda and Megan create awareness, learn and expose themselves to different environmental and social issues. You're invited along for the ride. A participatory site.
The Red Rooster Newspaper's Home and Garden Section
- The Garden Gnome Household hints, observations, and just homey stuff.
- Terra Naturals Fine non-toxic things to put on your body to cleanse and polish it
Previous Posts
- Being Poor in Vancouver Requires A Fat Purse
- I may not be entirely necessary
- Project Hero - reply from Joyce Green
- 2010 Vancouver Olympics - a Gift That Keeps On Taking
- Old Barry Goldwater and the young me
- I'll see your Milton Friedman and raise you four J...
- Pfizer and Off-label Marketing
- John Baird Lacerates My Ears
- Email exchange between Chuck and I
- The Arts and Culture Fist Fight
Archives
- November 2006
- December 2006
- February 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007
- June 2007
- August 2007
- November 2007
- December 2007
- March 2008
- July 2008
- August 2008
- September 2008
- December 2008
- January 2009
- February 2009
- April 2009
- July 2009
- April 2010
- April 2012
- March 2014
The righteous care for their animals, but the wicked are cruel
Proverbs 12:10The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he who listens to counsel is wise
Proverbs 12:15Deliver us, O Lord
From our contempt for other lives
Deliver us, O Lord
From our lack of shame
Deliver us, O Lord
From our inability to repent
Deliver us, O Lord
From our obsession with ourselves
from a Litany of the Anglican Church