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Nobody Walks in L.A.?

People will tell you Los Angeles is all about the car. That’s partly true, and much of the problem, although they have been trying lately by building new transit lines and bike lanes. But the city-wide no-walking-zone rumours are not … Continue reading

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From garden city to farm city

The Vancouver Sun has an article in this morning’s paper about (kicking my instep and tugging my forelock in embarrassment)… me.

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So long, Methuselah

Dang, another one of those thousands-of-years-of-life-about-to-end tales. This one is about the venerable bristlecone pines of high Colorado California. They’ve evolved to withstand almost every harsh condition there is, dating back to before the time of Alexander the Great, but … Continue reading

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O No Canada

Of all the smoke-churning, oil-sloshing, toxin-weaving, carbon-spewing, lie-mongering nations of the world, which one is the most despicable? Read it and weep, Canadians. We’re a menace.

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