Here’s a succinct chart showing the state of issuance of building permits (click to enlarge), comparing 2013 to 2012 for the months elapsed so far. While eight areas show increases compared to last year, the remaining twelve show a decrease. Burnaby is the only big city in the Lower Mainland with a whopping increase, while [...]
The Inferno
It is a fallacy to state that something exists just because it can't be proven that it doesn't
16
Apr
Vancouver Housing Bubble
Published in Real Estate, VancouverUnless you’ve been living under a rock in the Best Place on Earth, you know that the housing market in Vancouver is experiencing a bit of a lull. You have the Real Estate board going overboard in their roseate predictions for the future, while the man on the street disdainfully stares at housing far beyond [...]
Tags: correction, housing bubble, real estate, vancouver
26
Jan
I’ve only ever taken the one course on law, so I’m no legal eagle, but I’ve recently run afoul of some rental condition which I thought I’d been exempted from. I have a portable dishwasher which I’ve been using without any issues in the last few places I’ve rented. This place, in the heart of [...]
Tags: dishwasher, renting, tenancy agreement, vancouver
8
Oct
They found a way to kill me yet
Published in MusicWe saw Alice in Chains at GM Place tonight. It was the first time I’d ever seen them and they were very good. Mastodon bored me to death and I slept through the Deftones, so I don’t know anything about their performance or setlist. Back to Alice. The new singer, William DuVall was alright. He [...]
Tags: 2010, alice in chains, GM Place, live music, music, setlist, vancouver
29
Jul
This train’s (not) bound for Auschwitz
Published in VancouverIt is 5.50 on July 29th, 2010 in sunny Vancouver. We’re seeing sunny weather and the heliolaters are everywhere. The skytrain (Vancouver’s version of the subway metro that rides in the sky on pillars) pulls into New Westminster, arguably one of the more crime-ridden junctions in this fair city (which isn’t saying much, the most [...]
Tags: commute, GVRD, neo-nazi, new westminster, skytrain, SS tattoo, transit, vancouver
24
Apr
Funky Winker Bean
Published in Vancouver“You know you want to dance with me, come on” Normally, such words uttered by an attractive female on a dance floor in a pub would be enough to make you want to join her. Except that, in this case, the lady in question was a little lacking in pulchritudinous charms. She was around 65, [...]
Tags: country bar, drunk, funky winker bean, live music, main and hastings, vancouver, violence
25
Jun
Canadian Carnage
Published in MusicWell, it wasn’t quite Clash of the Titans, but it was close. In all likelihood, a Clash of the Titans for the younger generations who missed the real one. Wednesday night was when Megadeth and Slayer played together in almost two decades. The openers, Suicide Silence and Machinehead were ho hum. Machinehead used to slay, [...]
Tags: canadian carnage, GM Place, live music, megadeth, metal, setlist, slayer, vancouver