Beyond the Rhetoric

Vancouver experienced its first major snowfall (it’s all relative) last night. In the city, most of that has already melted from the rain that ensued, but there is still some slush on the ground. Depending on where you are, that rain may have been more snow. I heard on the radio that SFU (Burnaby Mountain) [...]

Fast and Furious. It’s faster and furiouser than ever before. Well, not really, but that’s the kind of intensely creative dialogue that you should be expecting from this fourth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise. Don’t expect anything close to sophisticated rhetoric and mind-twisting conundrums, because that’s not how Dominic Toretto and Brian O’Conner [...]

Since we were already downtown for the Vancouver International Game Summit, Stephen Fung and I decided to take a quick jaunt over to the Art Gallery. It was there that they were holding an opening day reception welcoming both guests from VIGS and folks there for VidFest. Unfortunately, there was no open bar (you had [...]

I had the opportunity to check out the 2009 Nissan GT-R when I was in Tokyo late last year and then I had another look at it when it rolled into town as part of the 2008 Vancouver International Auto Show. There is no denying that the Nissan GT-R is an absolute beast of a [...]

[Flash/Javascript needed. If you can't see the video, go to Beyond the Rhetoric.] Zoom zoom zoom. Just as I attended the 2007 Vancouver International Auto Show last year, I had the opportunity to head under the dome at BC Place Stadium for the 2008 Auto Show earlier this month. Because I write about cars as [...]