This is the last week of my medical clerkship up in the Sunshine Coast. I have had a marvelous time; beautiful scenery, wonderful staff in the clinic and in the hospital, basically nothing I could complain about. I now see why the university sends us away from the main city to do this clerkship; […]
Jun
25
The last of the series…
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Jun
2
Thoughts, transitions and adaptations…
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I still cannot believe I survived what is considered the worst exam period of all of med school. It seems so long ago too for some reason, but the last set of exams was just this last Wednesday. After that, I had 3 days to finally spend some time with […]
Feb
2
VIVO Preview: Hito Steyerl
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4TheRcrd Magazine in partnership with VIVO would like to give away a few passes to this spectacular event. Curious what this is, read on!
Visiting professor for Cultural and Gender Studies, at University of Arts, Berlin; Steyerl has published filmic and written essays centered around questions of globalization, urbanism, racism and nationalism. She […]
Jan
4
Jail cells pack, Elders Race, Fast Food Arrests, Exercise is good for you?
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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 […]
Dec
28
Yet Another Fatality in Vancouver: 2 Days in a Row
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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. […]
Dec
28
Tragedy on Broadway
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This is not the real picture of the event, cuz I couldn’t have possible taken it — it was too tragic to take one. I was walking along Main St when, just about 20 feet before me at just around 5pm, an old Chevy pickup crushed a person who was crossing the street. […]
Jun
19
Transit Fare Increase: 11% or $150 per Year
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I remember reading, way back, that Translink was planning a six percent (6%) fare increase earlier this year, and I thought hey, that’s reasonable, it’s just a bit over inflation, that’s reasonable, considering a fare increase takes place around 2-3 years. But wait! Now I hear something different, wow, not only a whopping […]
