4TheRcrd Mag.

Once again I have picked up the metaphorical quill and began to dampen it’s point into the ink pot of life. Or less pretentiously, it’s mother-fucking rant time. Have you ever tried to quit smoking? I don’t recommend it. If you’re tired of smoking, try sucking on the barrel of a shotgun. It will be [...]

Here’s a thought about entitlement. Before we started pumping it all out, there were about 6 trillion barrels of oil on our planet. By the best estimates, we’ve got about half of that left. There is currently a population of 6.5 billion people on the earth, and, if we all get a good crack at [...]

Mass transit makes sense. We are living in an alienating society where people are much more inclined to stay in their own world, hence the ridiculous amount of cars we pay to accommodate every day of our lives. Can you imagine how much more beautiful a Vancouver without cars would be? Vancouver was originally based [...]

Ya, let’s buy a t-shirt and save the environment — that’s the second-most stupidest thing I’ve ever heard! The MOST stupid is this: “A Vision Vancouver motion to phase out plastic bags in Vancouver was opposed by the NPA in Council Thursday, despite past promises from Mayor Sullivan…” Of ER patients who stand to live [...]

Hydro prices are growing like crazy soon. Looks like those gas furnaces are paying for themselves. Maybe we need a hydro freeze and more hydroelectric projects around the province. I wonder how much of our energy costs result from the selling off of the waters, and state facilities to private hands. The excuse that “A [...]

Yes indeed, I too am a social media slut — I too will jump in bed with fancy media sites. And so are you. You are here. So what’s the problem? Yes Plaxo is making everyone’s lives difficult, but you’re putting your information out there, what did you expect pony? Here’s the THIRD near-fatality in [...]

Did you know that acts of non-violent civil disobedience against the war in Iraq could bar you from ever returning back to Canada after a holiday, after a short-trip, provided any of the Canadian security databases have records on you being unsympathetic to the war efforts in Iraq or elsewhere. Yes, this is not the [...]

I tell ya, exploding batteries in children’s toys is just about as perverse as you can get — what are we going to think of next. And, ok, so what if we have a gang violence problem developing just like the one in Calgary, perhaps something to look into is why they are thriving and [...]

Here are rants for Friday, January 04. Do people really need to hear about exercise being good for them, is it not self-explanatory? If you haven’t heard of jPOD check it out, we’re talking Douglas Coupland way higher than Microserfs ever was, and far more current than you’d expect him to be — this is [...]

After writing the last post I heard from a colleague that yesterday, the 27th, Kerrisdale had a similar accident, where an individual was hit by a travelling car, at an intersection. There has as yet been little media attention of this so, I urge everyone, to look into this and share the links. I’ll keep [...]