Opinion

What a difference a couple of months and a lot of homework makes.

It seems like just yesterday I logged on to the World Wide Web for the first time (yes, I’m that old), with its dynamic HTML-based pages rising head and shoulders above all the other Internet protocols out there like Gopher, Telnet and Lynx.

I appreciate Councillor Zeidler’s comments that a “China-Tibet conversation is worth having in Whistler” (Pique May 1, 2008).

It was Boyd’s show. The camp was all his idea and no one else’s. And he put the thing together with the same quiet determination that led him to the top of the World Cup downhill standings 20 years ago.

Re: Clean digs in Whistler (Pique letters April 24) Francois Lepine’s assertion that there have been no First Nation archaeological sites found in Whistler couldn’t be further from the truth.

A report is expected to come to council this month that will detail how much Whistler has spent to date in preparing to host the 2010 Olympics.

A few weeks ago I put together a list of time saving software, and referenced a financial tracking and planning website called Wesabe (www.wesabe.com).

It’s not like Whistler has lost its soul or anything… but — “Everything is getting so serious,” says Ace Mackay-Smith with her signature giggle.

In last week’s Pique, Squamish Nation Chief Gibby Jacob stated that: “For us, getting the opportunity to reinstate ourselves back in the Whistler valley is a pretty important thing for us.” I spent 25 years digging holes in Whistler.

“Whistler kills Aspen.” – Gene Simmons, April 21, 2008 on genesimmons.com If the long-tongued Whistler homeowner sticks around, he’ll really know.