Has laid off all of its staff as it restructures the organization, a result of decreased subscriptions and ticket sales. Needless to say, I am quite concerned, particularly since having just purchased four tickets to the Nutcracker. However, the board will continue to manage the organization and has put all of its hope [...]
Entries from November 2008
Ballet B.C.
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Ballet British Columbia · Moscow Classical Ballet · Nutcracker · Tchaikovsky
Wide Open
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments
At the end of the week, I will be purchasing the much anticipated, long awaited Canon 16-35mm Mark II lens. I have been wanting a wide-angle lens for some time now, but have taken my time researching the quality of the available wide-angle lenses while saving up for one. It took some time [...]
Tags: 16-35mm · canon · photography · wide-angle lens · zoom lens
Leopard
November 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Finally, a year later, I’ve installed Leopard. It’s been a slow progress as it required copying all the photos from my hard drive and any other documents I had wanted to preserve. I know this wasn’t necessary, but in case the install failed, I wanted to have everything backed up. Once all [...]
Tags: apple · technology
Kick-a-Ginger Day
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Last week, one of my bosses was explaining to me that he was writing a letter to the school regarding “Kick-a-Ginger Day” (KAGD). His daughter had come home from school explaining that her day at school was fine except the whole KAGD thing was a bit “annoying”. Naturally, he asked about KAGD. Well, anyone with [...]
Tags: awareness · canada · vancouver
SPAM
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Not the fill-your-inbox kind, but the consumable kind, has seen a rise in consumption. Manufacturers have doubled their export of the salted pork as more countries sign up for its nutritious benefits. Domestically, consumption is on the rise. The manufacturers are working around the clock to keep up with demand. Have [...]
Tags: economic crisis · health

