Navel Gazing

Final Thought: One Hundred Percent Proof (Sample size of one)

In 2003, Morgan Spurlock set out to eat nothing but McDonald’s food for thirty days, and he brought along a film crew to document...

Final Thought: it’s all relativ(ity)

There’s an old story that goes something like this: (This version is taken from the paper: Verifying the Theory of Relativity by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar) “Sir J.J....

Final Thought: From a simple word…

One of the greatest bands of all times is King’s X.  Yes, I know. Who? King’s X. They were going to be the next big...

Final Thought: Quest for Quality

One of my favourite things to wear is an tee-shirt with a Flash logo on it.  Flash, like the DC comic character. I’ve been reading...

Final Thought: Forty years? No, and yes.

As of Today, April 9 (edit: darnit; yesterday, forgot to hit post) Tumbler Ridge will turn 40 years old.  Sort of.  Y’see, Tumbler Ridge has two...

Final Thought: Two quotes compared without commentary

On June 11, 1963, JFK gave one of the most important speeches of his presidency, addressing, for the first time, the issue of race...

Final Thought: Surviving

I was recently talking—well, texting, as that’s about the closest to talking one can get these days, and, let’s be honest, I’m not the...

Final Thought: Perceptions of a dress

Do you remember the dress? If you were online five years ago, you probably do. It was a terrible photograph of a dress that some...

Final Thought: Math in a time of a pandemic

Trent  I saw it again. The post on Facebook saying between 291,000 and 646,000 die each year from influenza-related illnesses. Meanwhile, the death rate for...

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