from the "abnormal weather" dept.

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Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

Yep. Snow. Vancouver. Go figure!

from the "time for a slideshow" dept.

While I'm out shooting new pictures, here's a slide show of my favourites. Just click on the image:



Cheers!

from the "mad men" dept.

This old MAD magazine cover shows that U.S. politics have always been kooky. When I was a kid, I didn't care. Now, I love it. Argh. I am getting old. Blerk!


Oh, and I just ordered one of these:

Cheers!

from the "old news" dept.

[image courtesy Mike Wile]

The budget cuts at Global Television went down last fall and brutalized the spunky little television station that I helped launch in Halifax, N.S. w-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-y back in 1988 (20 years ago!).

Tonight, I stumbled across an opinion piece by former MITV sports director Alex J. Walling. He wrote it in October, immediately after the cuts were announced.

It brought back a flood of memories and made me feel really, really old.

[Audio God & Mark & Vanda in Labrador, circa 1992]

[Revisiting the audio room in 2005]

Thanks Axel K. Appalling! No donair for you!

Read A.J.'s words HERE.

I'm still planning to put together some sort of pub crawl in Halifax to mark the 20th anniversary. Can't wait!

Cheers!

from the "tooheys old, please" dept.

Happy Australia Day to Ad, Cel, Ange and Angela... Looking forward to getting down there again... one day soon.

Cheers, mates!

from the "reeling in the years" dept.

Feel like a trip down memory lane? Here's some great radio airchecks from decades ago... click on the logos above.

Cheers!

from the "I have kooky friends" dept.

While I write this and that on the West Coast, my buddy Blair does morning drive at Q104 Halifax... on Canada's East Coast.

A little ditty by B.J. and the morning crew is HERE.

Cheers!

from the "wish I was there" dept.

[Ghana's Junior Agogogoes, No 9 centre, celebrates with his team mates after scoring against Namibia's during their African Cup of Nations soccer match in Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)]

Ghana has won another one... against Namibia in their second match at the 2008 African Cup of Nations. Oh, how I wish I was there!

There is no television or radio coverage here in Canada, but I did manage to find the game (s) streaming online -- free! Click HERE. Unfortunately the play-by-play is Arabic, but the on-screen text is in English.

Cheers! Go Ghana!

from the "mirror image" dept.

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Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

It was another clear (and cold) day in Vancouver.

I had the day off, so I decided to get out of the house and take some pics.

After Tuesday's ride on Chopper 9, the pressure was on.

I headed east... to Buntzen Lake. And I was rewarded with more stunning B.C. scenery.

The rest of the images are HERE.

Cheers!

from the "natural high" dept.

On Wednesday I had the opportunity of a lifetime: I hitched a ride on CTV Vancouver's news helicopter... Chopper 9.

Our nearly two hour flight took us over much of the city and the North Shore mountains. The view was almost indescribable.

I brought my camera, of course, and shot a few hundred stills. I've taken the best and made a little slide show. Enjoy!




If you'd like to see the images full size, click HERE or HERE for a slide show.

Thanks to CTV flight cameraman Murray Titus, pilot Peter Murray (yes, three Murrays on one helicopter) and the fine folks at CTV News.