‘Honest’ Ed Mirvish passed away yesterday at the ripe old age of 92. I’d never heard of Ed Mirvish before I moved to Toronto, but once there, stories of Honest Ed’s department store drew me like a magnet. A gigantic kitch bargain emporium of a decidedly old-school bent, I found it a welcome, tacky respite…
Author: Eric, your haikuist
SPOILER: it blends
Oh sure, the iPhone will change your shorts, change your life, change into a nine-year-old Hindu boy and get rid of your wife, but… will it blend?
The Haiku Factory One Hundred
These are 100 movies that are my favourites — they’re movies I enjoy, and that I enjoy because they’re genuinely great films. Some are masterfully made, some simply hit a powerful personal chord, and few have a single element so brilliant they make up for other flaws. Following the critical concensus is not even an…
Vancouver Zombie Walk 2007
Oh my, yes. Mark your calendars, boys and girls: August 25, 2007, at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The original 2005 Zombie Walk was a blast: 200 zombies shuffling through Pacific Center mall and taking the Skytrain to Main Street. Last year, I skipped it to go the the Flugtag, which was kind of disappointing, especially…
in a gloomy woods
hikers in a gloomy woods, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Hiking the Baden-Powell trail through the decidedly murky rainforest of Vancouver’s North Shore.