Editorials

Mermaid or Whale

Feb 1st, 2010 | By Kiwi | Category: Editorials, Health and Beauty

It’s early morning and we get inter-office emails like any other day. But today’s message caught my eye. I guess it was suppose to inspirational, but it irked me to no end. The story goes:
Recently, in a large city in Australia, a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of [...]

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No Swift Victory?

Nov 13th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Celebrities, Editorials, Workplace

Can Taylor Swift ever be allowed to have a victory without some fooney commenting on her as an artist?
I am by no means a Taylor Swift fan but her songs are somewhat catchy and speaks to a generation of tweenies. Now who doesn’t wish to be the Juliette to their high school jock’s Romeo? Or [...]

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Pregnancy is not a “seat reserved” pass

Sep 8th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Around Town, Editorials

First of all.. this whole pregnancy women on the bus thing is getting out of hand.
It all started when some guy named David Mann wrote into the Vancouver 24hrs daily paper with a comment saying he will not willingly give up his seat on the bus/train for a pregnant women because pregnancy is a choice. [...]

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“Oral Sex is the New Good Night Kiss”

May 27th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Editorials

I read an article in the Metro newspaper today about how teen girls are using sex as currency. Girls as young as 12 are trading oral sex for pretty shirts. Some even pony up their virginity for $1,000.The authour was apparently appaud by this trend and attributes this to to the media and internet.
Frankly, if [...]

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Bus Driver Fired Over Blog

Feb 11th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Editorials, Internet

Michael Cox, a former bus driver for the Coast Mountain Bus Company (better known to Vancouverites as Trankslink), was recently fired for his blog “Short Turn” describing his experience as a new driver in training. Because Cox was a new probationary driver, he was let go “without reason” as detailed in his contract. However, the [...]

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Full Circle

Feb 4th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Editorials, Feature, People I Can Do Without

Like many days where idle thoughts float across my head only to be side swiped by me and pulled down to the abyss that is my morbid mind, today’s topic is no longer a stranger to the abyss.
I was working away on my computer at work when a lovely little Outlook pop-up notified me of [...]

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No one likes 5th row

Jan 30th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Arts, Editorials, Entertainment

Today the SYTYCD Canda top 10 comes to Vancouver GM Place to start off their tour. Being a fan of the show I had gotten tickets. Also not wanting to go alone and suspecting with the show’s popularity that I would not have trouble finding someone to go with me among my friends.
Little did I [...]

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Tact

Jan 7th, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Editorials, Workplace

Yesterday the management team (consisting of two managers and a director) and I had a meeting to go over some of the stuff that I’ll be developing for them in the new year. One of those managers was the completely untactful woman I’ve complained about in previous posts. Sure enough she had no troubles demonstrating [...]

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Awesome

Jan 3rd, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Around Town, Editorials

This is a picture I took at the BC Ferries terminal. The sign says:
SUPER C x 2 = Awesome^2

Frankly, I have no idea what this advertisement is for, nor does it make much sense to me. I can only imagine them trying to infer that something is awesome. So let’s [...]

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Depressing

Jan 1st, 2009 | By Kiwi | Category: Editorials

pCame back two days ago from a short vacation to the Vancouver Island. Just in time for New Years. /p pAlmost as soon as I walked into the house a depressing air loomed over me and continued to bother me even now. It was hard to put my finger on what exactly was giving [...]

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