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The big news in BC yesterday was that Gordon Campbell stepped down as Premier. Some were loudly proclaiming victory, or expressing happiness of his departure. As he put it in his statement: When public debate becomes focused on one person, instead of what is in the best interest of British Columbians, we have lost sight [...]

Eagle-watching at UBC Originally uploaded by theducks I spent about an hour before work yesterday stalking some of the bald eagles that hand around UBC. Unfortunately this is about as close as I could get, and even then it’s not that good of a photo. But eagles! Yay!

We went to a place called Moose’s Downunder for lunch on Sunday, who bill themselves as providing a little bit of home and a unique Australian experience in Vancouver. Well it’s certainly as described on box. It seems to be staffed entirely by Australians, many of whom are from Perth like the owner. I had [...]