Category Archives: Observatory

Anthropology of the School Concert

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

I attended the school’s variety show yesterday. I LOVE school concerts. I love the earnestness, the nervousness, the vulnerability. It makes me cry when the school band plays a song together. It’s an amazing accomplishment really to be playing a song … Continue reading →

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Stupidity Fatigue

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

If it isn’t safe to text while driving, I assume it must also be true that it is not safe to text while directing traffic through a construction zone. I’m right about that aren’t I? And to you, Miss Texting Flagperson: You know, … Continue reading →

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This just in — Proofreading is Impotant

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

So, I found myself at a temporary page in the Minsitry of Education’s website. Did you catch that typo? Let me emphasize…the Ministry of Education‘s website. <sigh>Boggles the mind really. Although I can’t say I’m truly surprised, considering some of the … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Zander on TED

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

I am very excited today, because WordPress will now let us embed TED talks into posts. Let the trumpets sound, or at least some inspirational, insightful and entertaining lectures. Benjamin Zander is the co-author of The Art of Possibility, one … Continue reading →

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Bzzz. Smash! Bzzz. Ouch! Bzzz. Wap!

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

Do you ever have days where you feel like a bumblebee caught on one side of glass, banging yourself continuously in an effort to get through this invisible force field, when there’s a crack in the window just a foot … Continue reading →

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And while we’re on the subject of driving…

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

I have a few choice words for a few of you, if you can read, and I highly doubt that, but it needs to be said anyway: If you drive a big-ass truck, you DO NOT qualify to park in … Continue reading →

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And to think that I saw it on 6th Avenue

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

Driving down 6th Avenue around Cambie and that godawful mess created by the construction of the Canada Line, a black limousine catches my eye. It’s driving in the fast lane–slowly. Very slowly. As I get closer, the reason for it’s leisurely pace becomes apparent. There is … Continue reading →

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Applied Kinesiology — Woo woo or Real?

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

I’ve been going to a naturopath off and on for a few years, mostly off. But, since my mother got breast cancer, I decided it was time to see this thing through. You see I’m overweight. Something shifted when I had … Continue reading →

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Stages of Creativity

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

I found this on the internets and although it’s focus is photography, something I’ve never wanted or tried to be really good at, you could pretty much substitute any of the creative forms and it would be true: acting, writing, directing, … Continue reading →

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World Theatre Day Message 2009

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Tentative Equinox North

International World Theatre Day Message by Augusto Boal. (Also plans for the weekend.) Continue reading →

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