→ May 1, 2008: Global Food Crisis — There has been a lot of information in the "news" recently about the price of various staple foods pricing it out of reach for the poor (at least the billion people who live on less than $1US/day). As usual, the real underlying issues are left alone and only immediate triggers looked at (for example, "biofuels" as a common culprit).

→ April 15, 2008: City of Calgary Cycling Policy Comments — The City has recently asked for comments on their Draft Cycling Policy. These are mine.

→ April 15, 2008: Bisphenol-A — BPA has recently received a lot of attention as an endocrine disrupter and estrogen analog. This shit is in many plastics (hard, shiny ones like coloured Nalgene bottles) and as "food safe" liners in all sorts of packaging, including cans.

→ esther on 262 (May 06, 2008) 1 photos: Esther, Brad, Eric and I headed out for a mostly-leisurely ride to Cochrane to meet Jenny and Meghan for coffee -- which ended up being Esther's longest ride of the year (about 45km). Woo!

→ Tasered by Staff (May 06, 2008) 1 photos: After reading the article, I was a little disappointed as it wasn't quite what I first pictured. Funny, still. (I bet they didn't shock him 3 or 4 times and then kneel on the back of his chest, though).

→ old men in comfortable shoes? (May 06, 2008) 1 photos: Brad and I's first rock outing of the season saw us heading (predictably?) for the afternoon shift on the West end of Yam.

→ Coast Trip 2008 (April 03, 2008) 23 photos: Neil, Brad and I drove out to Vancouver to meet Florian (who recently moved there) and Rene (who flew there) for a bit of a spring ski adventure. We did a day trip up the Duffy Lake Road, then headed in to Keith's Hut for a couple nights. We liked it enough to come out for burgers, beer and more food and go back in for another couple nights. Let me say for those who haven't tried: 5 dude's ski stuff in one hotel room "drying" out isn't the freshest scent in the world...