by mvboronowski | Jul 11, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Turns out you can’t just come up with a great idea that involves Star Wars and throw it up online. A couple weeks ago a friend of mine who does webdesign posted this nifty little video by Greenpeace that went after Volkswagen for ignoring climate protocols and...
by mvboronowski | Jul 10, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Who are you? My name is Optimus Prime and I am the leader of the Autobots, part of a race of machines who were banished from our home planet Cybertron after we blew up big parts of it up during a long war with the evil Decepticons. Unlike the Decepticons, we believe...
by mvboronowski | Jul 8, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
For at least two federal and one provincial elections, I have been frustrated to see a large portion of the so-called ‘left coast’ support an anti-environmentalist, conservative agenda. A recent visit to Kelowna, located in the interior of BC has made me understand...
by mvboronowski | Jul 7, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
What we read This novel received rave reviews when it came out in 1997. To me, it is a welcome addition to the canon of Canadiana, overly populated with the dryly morose (e.g., Atwood), or the cheesy (e.g, Anne of Green Gables, Who Has Seen the Wind). While none of...
by mvboronowski | Jul 6, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This weekend my partner and I were travelling around Portland, Oregon. It was the July long weekend and we thought quite naturally, what better way of ringing in the 4th then watching Transformers 3. After all, it’s got all the bells and whistles, US flags and lots...
