Tag Archives: halifax

Hydrostone, Halifax, Christmas Eve 2009

I took a walk up and down Kane St on Christmas Eve.  It was grey and dreary outside.

airport run

The Short Story: Always check arrival times before picking up friends at the airport.
The Long Story: (a rambling narrative for the locals) I woke up at 4am this morning to pick up some friends at the airport. They were due to arrive at 4:20, and we figured they would clear customs around 5am. [...]

a sort of homecoming

Twitter told me (here, and here) that Sloan has just flown into halifax. the band is playing at the grawood this friday, and i’ve scored some tickets. i’ve never seen sloan before (this is sacrilege, given my age and demographic), so i’m kinda-sorta excited.
the hali airport is the filming location of sloan’s ‘96 [...]

Gmapping Nova Scotia

It’s the beginning of Reading Week, and I’ve decided to have a little fun with Google Maps. Below is the beginning of a Nova Scotia electoral map. I’m building it by spiralling out from Halifax in a clock-wise direction. When it’s all said and done, I should land in Glace Bay, of [...]

housebound

My life has returned to the digital.
After nearly a week consumed by corrugated cardboard and cleansing agents, i’m allowing myself to settle in at The New Place tonight by chilling out in front of the tv with a beer. The New Place is new in the sense that it is newer that the old place, [...]

CBC, Twitter, Print Media

This tweet could have made for an excellent argument or essay last term:
http://twitter.com/cbcns/status/1119790416#
From CBC News Online’s “Nova Scotia Bureau”’s twitter feed comes this tweet, “Halifax Chronicle-Herald newsroom waits for axe”.
Interestingly, it is the first tweet by CBC-NS.  I’m sure some one more eloquent than me could turn a phrase or two about the fact that [...]

school bells. hurry hard. bengal lancers on patrol.

There will not be any “curling rocks” jokes, I promise. The same cannot be said for “I’m a curling hack,” though.

new year’s day items

Some New Year’s Day items

Between the bridges

Imagine that a massive fireball erupts from the harbour this morning, throwing your body half a mile away. Imagine yourself and your town trying to cope with that.

Sackville Creek

Face it Purdy: The Sackville River sucks.