week in review

I read this story over and over again and still cannot quite wrap my head around the fact that a man was beaten to death for blogging about a protest he witnessed. i appreciate being able to express pretty much whatever I want, whenever I want, however I want.

have you been working on a new years resolution? is there something you intend to do differently as you move through your life this year? ChangeEverything is running our second annual Viva la Resolution contest on the site. You could win a grand prize of $1000 read more

Vancouver finally has its first retail biodiesel station. If you drive a diesel engine, fill 'er up at Autogas on Main Street at 5th Avenue. Or find a biodiesel station in your area.

I have been happily nudging people on ChangeEverything.ca this week, it is really fun! Have you tried it?

I discovered this week that the smurfs turn 50. and that my smurfy counterpart is Clumsy smurf (he also adores rock collecting)

carbon free city in the UAE! I am intruiged to learn that the people sitting on oil reserves want to 'diversify' nice!

Dine-Out Vancouver is up and running now! You have until February 3 to try out new restaurants around town for just $15, $25 or $35

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning
submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to
supply alternate meanings for common words.

The winners are:

1. Coffee (noun), the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you
have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a
flat stomach

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which
you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up
after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted
by proctologists.

13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist

14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation
with Yiddish isms.

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die,
your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer
shorts worn by Jewish men.