Archive for September, 2008

Three Good Reasons To Vote and One Really Stupid One

Monday, September 29th, 2008

In British Columbia [Map, for those not familiar with Canadian geography], we are facing three important elections in the next eight months. There’s the Canadian Federal election coming up in a few weeks, there’s the US Presidential election coming up in November and then there’s the Provincial election coming up in May, 2009. There are [...]

Back on Schedule

Friday, September 26th, 2008

It’s been a busy couple of weeks but I’m back on the horse.
My son - Logan - was born on September 16th and has been keeping my wife and I very busy. We’re just starting to get caught up on sleep and I’m due to get back to full-time work on October 6th (about a [...]

New Addition to the Cruikshank Family

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Posts this week might be a bit spotty because my wife is close to giving birth to our third child. I’ll post a few pics once we get back from the hospital later this week.

As you can see, our other two kids are getting pretty big. Couldn’t do what I do without them.

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Vancouver CERN LHC Armageddon Party Total Success

Monday, September 15th, 2008

At precisely 18:23 (PST) on September 12, 2008 at Steamworks Brewpub (latitude: 49.28482762264301 longitude: -123.1109368801117), the Vancouver CERN LHC Armageddon party successfully fired up with no major catastrophic incidents.
Nearly 60 people attended and had a good time. Check out the pictures of all of the beautiful people who attended:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
Thanks again to everyone [...]

Can Someone Keep An Eye On CERN For Me Tonight?

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Tonight is the big CERN LHC/ARMAGEDDON party in Vancouver where me and 50 of my closest friends are going to tip some pints to celebrate our impending doom. The problem is that I can’t be a dilligent CERN LHC watchdog once my BAC gets over 0.08 so I need someone to keep an eye on [...]

CERN Didn’t Blow Up World Yesterday, Armageddon Now Scheduled For 2012

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Well, I am glad that I was wrong in my dire predictions of the worlds’ doom yesterday. It’s telling that I didn’t seek vengence on my enemies without fear of retribution - maybe I didn’t believe my own predictions as much as I claimed…
Now is not the time to stop panicking. What happened yesterday was [...]

CERN: Will It Tear Earth A New Matter Hole Tomorrow?

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

I’ve been accused of stirring up unnecessary fear and sensationalism around the activation of the CERN Large Hadron Collider - set to take place tomorrow (September 10, 2008). I’m not denying that I am stirring up controversy in my own, small way but I hold that there is still reason for concern. Sure, the scientists [...]

Green Party Not Serious Part of Upcoming Federal Elections

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Under and hour ago, it was annouced that the Green Party of Canada would not be allowed to participate in scheduled, televised debates between Prime Ministerial candidates in October. This decision was made by a panel of five senior television broadcast editors but was backed by the NDP, Liberals and Conservative parties who said they [...]

Why We Should Care That Payphones Are Going Extinct

Friday, September 5th, 2008

While working in a public space at the University of British Columbia’s downtown Vancouver campus earlier this week, I was confronted by a very distraught young man who needed to find a payphone. He’d been looking for 20 minutes. I was in fact sitting where there had once been a payphone just six months prior. [...]

How I Started Reading Banned Books at 13

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

I came to a shocking realization today after reading a post entitled “25 Banned Books You Should Read Today” [READ]- the very first book I chose when I got my adult library card at age 13 is on this list of banned books. Talk about starting off on the right foot!
The book itself - Fallen [...]