Opinion

Do you consider yourself an artist? It’s the question every creative, inventive person most dreads. Do I say yes and sound pretentious? Or do I say no and betray my passion? It’s the kind of conundrum that no one likes to address.

“The community will notice that $6 million doesn’t go a heck of a long way.

In my many years as a desk guy, I’ve grown to loathe many software programs. Office 98? Formatting a large Word document was impossible, as whole sections of text would suddenly change formats with no explanation.

Given the town’s roots as a purpose-built resort community, I’m always curious to hear people’s stories about how they ended up living at Whistler.

Hydrogen not viable as a fuel Thank you Pique Newsmagazine for the well balanced article by Matt Palmquist regarding hydrogen fuel, its current usage and future possibilities.

When the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami struck countries surrounding the Indian Ocean, killing more than 200,000 people and displacing over 1 million, people around the world rallied to the cause. Some donated money, others contributed time and effort.

At the risk of sounding like a lunatic, sometimes you have to listen to the tinfoil hat crowd. Sometimes conspiracy theories are just theories — insane, irrational theories — and sometimes there’s a real conspiracy.

In this fast-paced, modern world of ours, we tend to compartmentalize social functions. Thus, the local museum (and/or the library) becomes the official “institution” to warehouse community memories. And in that respect, Whistler is no different.

Angry and praying for change For a month now I’ve been waiting to calm down and write this letter in a manner that is not so angry. I now realize that my anger is justified and if ever there is a good reason to use anger constructively, this is it.

It started off with a simple challenge. Unable to reach a consensus on one format, Toshiba went their way with HD DVD, and Sony went theirs with Blu-ray — and let the best high-tech giant win.