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Marching with HSSE in the 2010 Victoria Pride Parade
Yesterday I went down to the Pride Parade but instead of merely watching, this year I decided to march with Heterosexuals for Same Sex Equality (HSSE). It was a great deal of fun, mostly thanks to Shona Crisp who did all the organizing and networking to get us all out. There are a great deal [...]
Last weekend on Saltspring…
It may sound like the beginning to a great story, but it is really the intro to a series of pictures I took the last Saturday in June when I visited Saltpring Island with two friends. We hit the Saltspring Market, ArtCraft, and a pair of beaches (including one in Ruckle Park. All in all, [...]
Langford Mayor Stew Young blogs
I failed to notice this earlier this year, but as of March 2010, the Mayor of Langford, Stew Young, has got himself a blog. It is mostly puff pieces and is likely written by the City of Langford’s communications/pr department. This is marked difference to John Luton’s and Cairine Green’s blogs, which are both written [...]
A few pictures from a few block parties
Yesterday I went for a bit of a walk around Oak Bay to 5 different block parties: St. Patrick, Byron St, Pacific St, the lane behind Dalhousie St, and Oliver St. While out for my jaunt I took a few pictures (see them all in my Flickr set too):
Tea Party pictures
I uploaded some Tea Party pictures from sunny Saturday to a Flickr set today. Sadly I missed out on getting pictures of the parade due to me forgetting my battery from my camera at home, but I managed to borrow another camera for the rest of the day. I spent large parts of Saturday and [...]
Why merit pay for teachers makes no sense
First of all, full disclosure. I come from a family of teachers. My mother was a teacher, my maternal grandfather went from school principal to deputy minister in the Dept. of Education here in BC, both my maternal grandmother and aunt taught nursing and my father has taught university biology classes. Suffice it to say [...]
Added calendar of Oak Bay events
I have added a calendar of Oak Bay events, including an iCal feed so you can add it to your own calendar. I will update it as I get new events, but feel free to contact me if you have anything you think is relevant and want to add.
John Luton joins the blogging ranks
As I have lamented in the past, few councillors are using this shiny information superhighway thingy to tell us, their constituents, about what goes on in city hall. Until recently, Cairine Green, District of North Saanich Councillor, remained the only one to harness this power. But she is no longer alone, as John Luton has [...]
A giant pile of web fail
Yesterday, while I was researching the story on the BC Transit Victoria Regional “Rapid” Transit study (VRRT), I came across a whole pile of web fail: As of this morning, the BC Transit press release which must have gone out wasn’t listed on their main page listing all press releases or the VRRT project’s website [...]
