February 2012
10 posts
The Legend Of Cliff Young And The Overlooked... →
All of the professional athletes knew something that Cliff didn’t. They knew that it took about 5 days to finish the race and if you were going to compete, then you had to run 18 hours a day and find some sleep in the remaining 6 hours left each day.
Cliff Young had no idea about this tactic.
In fact, on the morning of the second day everyone was in for a big surprise. Not only was Cliff...
Our Campus: Dan Olson—Wandering entrepreneur,... →
His respite from the academic grind wound up taking him him from pre-med to Deadhead. “For a few years, I travelled and followed the Grateful Dead,” said Olson.
“I lived out of my Volkswagen van most of the time, but there’d always be a pretty bustling parking lot scene. So I could sell grilled cheese sandwiches or beer out of a cooler. You’d actually make enough money that you could buy a...
10 Inspiring Social Networks for Writers →
As a writer, you know how important the literary community can be for your work, but you don’t have to shut your creative front door as soon as you’re published. Social networks can become virtual communities that allow you to extend your influence and continue to develop your content.
Authors and journalists have long been utilizing mainstream social media — Twitter, Facebook and Quora, for...
The Water « atomicpoet →
The Water
When I was 12-years-old, it was the perfect place to go exploring — and get lost.
On a typical foray into Burns Bog, I encountered a hippie-type fellow by a creek. He was shaking uncontrollably, almost in a convulsion — but he seemed all too aware of the creek.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“The water,” he replied in a panicked voice, “It’s going to eat me!”
“Why don’t you just walk...
PICNIC interviewed Bob Masse in early December,... →
Could you describe what started your interest in doing posters… when did that begin?
Well, I actually was doing work for a lot of the coffeehouses in Vancouver, Canada back when Robson street was the big scene. This was in the early 60’s. Robson Street was the pre- hippie beatnik place, folkies - it was called Robsonstrausse because it had a lot of European cafés, we used to hang out...
Lunar New Year is a time for families →
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Anna Bin and daughters Chloe (left) and Cindy stuff red envelopes with chocolate coins in preparation for Chinese New Year in Vancouver on Wednesday. Bin says she misses the taste of her extended family’s dumplings in Guangzhou, China.
Photograph by: Steve Bosch, PNG, Vancouver Sun
When former Vancouver city councillor B.C. Lee was a young man living in...
Um documentário para Jerry Garcia | Bagarai →
Grateful Dead (foto: reprodução / Youtube)
Jerry Garcia era o guitarrista, cantor e principal compositor do Grateful Dead – uma das bandas mais emblemáticas da cena psicodélica de São Francisco no final dos anos 60. O grupo que tinha em suas bases musicais o acid rock, abarcava também em sua música blues, folk, reggae, bluegrass e ao vivo as canções ganhavam improvisações longuíssimas, herança...
"A Short Treatise on Miss Carolyn Mark" by Geoff...
OTE: Appeared in accordionist Geoff Berner’s newsletter
“A Short Treatise on Miss Carolyn Mark”
Carolyn Mark’s wit is legendary. I’m not talking about scripted, tested yuck-fodder. I mean spontaneous, off-the-cuff, whip-smart wit. I once saw her at a summer festival, and some white hippies approached the stage before she began her set. They wanted to know if she...