Me – Version 2.0: The World Wide Web Edition
I choose my book self because, true or not, I think it’s the most interesting part of me (see avatar: nose in book). It’s also the most reliable, consistent part of me that has been a character trait for as long as I can remember. Also, I could talk books all day.
Read articleSt. Matthew’s Island
Working in a microbiology lab, I’ve seen my fair share of bacterial growth curves. They all follow the same pattern: a lag phase or period of…
Read articleWhy I Skate 4 Kenya
This summer, Sauder Africa Initiative team member Leslie Robertson (MBA 2009) and alum Rob Foxall (BCom 2010) traveled to Kenya with a mission to Longboard (Skateboard)…
Read articleA Life Worth Living: considering the limits of science in medicine and life
Horatio: O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! Hamlet: And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and…
Read articleTo look at Times is to gaze into the void.
—Here’s my first Terry* Blog post!— I’m a wordy. I consider my Roget’s Thesaurus a close personal friend. I wait for the perfect opportunity to use…
Read articleTerry readers, help me along in my self education. Teach me the art of moving.
Terry lovers, I’ve met my ‘almost twin’ in a Bollywood movie. Confused? This weekend I saw a delightful film titled “Wake up Sid!” and fell completely…
Read articleCool Research at UBC: Is Success Written in Your Genes?
Of all the poems she wrote, few evoke Sylvia Plath’s own particular torturous reality as plainly as “The Disquieting Muses”. By the time it was written,…
Read articleWaiting for … the World or The Trouble with Consumerism
A One Act Tragicomedy based on the style and characters of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot – – – A city street in Vancouver. No trees.…
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Climate Change “Inconsistent with current Agency policy” -or- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Geoengineering
By Dave Semeniuk,
From Nature News Blog: After raising various objections, Anderson says, the TCEQ recently moved to delete references to rising sea levels — regardless of cause —…
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