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Pique'n Yer Interest
Pique'n Yer Interest
Word war, too
What's in a word? Well, by dint of existence, generally something. Rarely little; more often much. Especially if that word is a label.
Mar 6, 2013 8:00 PM
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Mountain language
In a previous life I was a climber in Britain — on the weekends, of course. Nothing serious, nothing involving sponsors, my vertigo would never allow for that sort of thing.
Feb 27, 2013 8:00 PM
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Oil protests: Alberta vs. B.C.
During an interview recently a source asked me where I was from. "I grew up in northern Alberta in the middle of oil country," I told him. I could almost hear him cringe on the other end of the line. "Had to get out of there ," he said.
Feb 20, 2013 8:00 PM
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One for the haters
I love my wife. I love my daughter. I love my mom and my family and my stupid dog. Valentine's Day is a good time to express these things, and to appreciate the people and things that I love and that I sometimes take for granted.
Feb 13, 2013 8:00 PM
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The Great Unknown(s)
On 12 February 2002, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made this widely cited observation: "As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
Feb 6, 2013 8:00 PM
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Austen's power
In September 2008, I found myself in the town of Winchester in Hampshire for a work meeting at a magazine where I freelanced.
Jan 30, 2013 8:00 PM
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Ode to the endangered record store
Our landlord jacked up the rent to five times more than what we were paying. They're turning this building into a bank.
Jan 23, 2013 8:00 PM
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The crash that wasn't
If you keep making that face it might stay that way... don't crack your knuckles or you'll get arthritis... don't sit too close to the TV or you'll go blind... don't touch yourself or you'll go blind...
Jan 16, 2013 8:00 PM
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Tow this
On December 16 my girlfriend and I attended the annual Pique Christmas party at Le Gros restaurant.
Jan 9, 2013 8:00 PM
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Happy 2013...
New Year's resolutions, sigh. So many to make, so many to break, so little time — only an entire year.
Jan 2, 2013 8:00 PM
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