SaggyBalls

Trains and boats, folks.

Too bad that the teabaggers have thwarted this from happening as smoothly as was on course.

Oh you're cute, Ms. Hux but I was certainly on the West Coast for that one.

Awesome, Alphanerd. I'll have a buddy to make sure I get back to d_rawk's. Maybe you should try to bring a fisherman!

Ambient Setbreak Dub Drums, guitar/melodica/producer, vox. ? The AlphaNerd will be in town...maybe he could bust out.

Think I should do it?

That's right! Thanks for helping me with that part of the jigsaw, Schwa. I was trying to jam that piece in the wrong spot. I always wondered why that mole looked like a nipple.

Something tells me that was the show I missed...but maybe that's why I thought I'd met Northern Wish before I actually had.

I like how the little girl has that 'holy fuck I'm angry, you told me I'd get chips and a pepsi' expression and the little boy looks like he's wearing this on his t-shirt:

Awesome. hope you got your spankings.

You see that as a threat, I see it as an overt reminder. These things just happen sometimes.

Any chance that Dekcuf will still be open to handle partygoers that want a quieter but still social indoor environment? (setbreak, pre party bar?)

Thanks for the plates!

Watching it now...Stone. Mtn gave me his copy of an 'All that' album and everything before the opening credits reminded me of it. Awesome so far.

have a good enough accountant and proper receipts and you can expense anything, on the hill or not.

ICELAND ERUPTS!

'Conventional Ethics'? Brad this is the government.

Canada is second only to the United States in incarcerating people with abnormally high sentences. So we're 4 times more violent than in 1962... Hmm...Looking at these rates as a 'per capita' (which he may or may not be doing)...let's say in 1962 there were 2 violent acts (just for numbers sake) per year. 2x4=8 (yeah I know...how insightful) well in the late 90's there could have been 40 violent acts for all we know, as the decline of crime and violent crime at that was not outlined in this article. Ridiculous. He doesn't even touch on the cost of rehabilitation of prisoners so they can adjust to a life outside the prison when they are finally released... ...that is the most expensive part of the equation that will get thrown out once we start locking everybody up for not playing by the rules. Maybe it's time to learn how to handle firearms.

And I don't entirely disagree with what you've said either - but with the internet between us focused argument is sometimes the only path ideas take. Compromise is really important and in fact necessary - but it's not one of 2 options, it's part of the process in every option. Smaller urban centres and their satellite communities (and close proximity standalone communities) will certainly be amazing to see developed as such rather than just being municipalities in the shadow of, or part of the megalopolis (no longer metropolis) of the GTA I feel kinda like the crazy guy foretelling the end of days on a street corner when I talk about this stuff, but as long as we gut a truly hollistic approach to envigorating society with this-or-that approaches in the name of compromise we step closer and closer to me being right about it...and I really want to be proved wrong when i say that urban planning is going downhill with no hope in sight. Prove me wrong in time or with examples of Rurban/Urban/Rural/Suburban communities that are thriving in a healthy way, I don't care which (but it's always great to read stories about who's making a difference). The auto industry is a whole 'nother story. With all the cars on the road (and easily fixed to be roadworthy) I find it hard to believe that the auto industry will ever be as it once was, but ford and GM are making decent cars and set to turn a profit. Are all of the out of work factory staff back on the lines? nope. When we start demanding other options for travel from our officials then they will start taking those modes seriously - cause their jobs will depend on it. Baby steps are one thing, but having an end goal in mind is imperative, because without it we never really get anywhere...we're just aimlessly walking.

Ford and GM are in the clear but their workers remain in limbo, Birdy. Instead? How do you still live in a world of this OR that? Small towns and cities make up a strong portion of this country's population and certainly a strong part of its economy. Downtown cores are important, but an intelligent approach to suburbia and urban planning and renewal also need to occur in rural and semi-rural areas as well. People want houses and lawns for reasons other than the city not offering it. Suburbia doesn't really offer nature either. Just look at what happened to big cities in the last century - Housing projects. Planners that didn't like vibrant urban neighbourhoods tried to eradicate them with super dense faceless buildings and courtyards/small clinical 'parks' there will always be people that like cities and people that don't and as long as the people that DON'T like cities try to develop them, then cities will never thrive in a truly healthy way. I certainly agree that efforts are well directed at making downtown cores or major urban centres more dynamic and liveable, but in focusing solely on major urban centres, small towns, villages, and small cities - that have downtown cores - will only see developments on their outskirts. It can easily be argued that the downtown cores of most MAJOR urban centres are mostly ultra-liveable. Without a realistic and openminded approach to growing small communities, these small communities stand the chance of stagnating further and withering. I think that bringing nature back to the city is a great idea, but please be open to bringing nature back to the country, introducing it to suburbia, and also bringing it back to nature. A golf course is certainly unnatural. City parks are rarely at all natural and rarely as nice as golf courses. Green maybe, but certainly man-made and decidedly UNnatural. While I think you're onto something with our desire to be in lush surroundings, I suggest that people prefer houses with lawns not only because apartments fail to offer them access to nature, but that the design of the apartment or loft is wholly unattractive to most people - especially those with kids. Usually one level, sardinecan-packed on top and beside their neighbours like they're on the shelf at the supermarket. No big open spaces, no dynamic design, no multi-use living, no garden space. Ugly buildings that are built as cheaply as possible for the project (for the most part). It's truly unfortunate that corners are cut so often in major developments instead of real attention being paid to quality and design. When an individual can have a 'custom home' built on a plot of land - be it in the country, on a reclaimed town lot, or in a subdivision, the feeling of individuality is certainly there and that - to an extent - drives an industry. When you're busy saying 'instead of focusing our efforts on (insert faraway issue here)', the issues in your area remain ignored and unanswered. Keep in mind also that 'downtown urban cores of major urban centres' are few and far between. Here's an exercise for you: add up the number of people that live in London, Guelph, K-W, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Oshawa, Ajax, Markham, Acton, Woodstock, Hamilton, Stratford, Goderich, Aurora, Newmarket, Clarington, Orangeville, Brampton, Cornwall, Brockville, Kingston, Collingwood, Owen Sound, Petawawa, Pembroke, North Bay, Sudbury, Bline River, Sault Ste. Marie, and Thunder Bay... ...and all the little towns around them...and all the truly rural inhabitants around THEM and compare that to the number of people that are affected by the planning and redevelopment of the downtown cores of Major Urban Centres. Which is greater, and which has a greater impact on the greater good of our overall society, and which has a greater tax base and voting base? How are cities more important than rural areas again? Where is food grown? (yes I know...mostly across the globe in some faraway land) Urban where it matters, with Rural aspirations and processes where it serves to nourish us. Rurban Living. I'm not trying to say that urban centres don't matter, but so few places termed 'urban centre' are actually urban and are more specifically Suburban. My original post was regarding communities that are even past that and are sadly becoming suburban when it is entirely unnecessary for them to do so, mostly because of a lack of planning and foresight. It's so easy to get caught up in the 'it's never going to happen' that 'we want this and we need to work around such and such (insert problem here)' gets replaced with 'focusing on cities is a better idea and we should do that instead' So for all the little towns, hamlets, villages, and housing developments - a shift to Rurban living may just be the renaissance that we thought was only possible with a shift to being ultra dense and 'Urban' Although it would be great to have an easy convenient solution in a box, our problems are far too complex for that. The Urban solution is not appliccable to 90% of our people. We could come much closer to success in the next decade with a fusion of rural living and urban lifestyle. Getting into actual solutions for housing, business and industry would be a great discussion indeed. (Perth ON) Mass transit and public transit are certainly great solutions that are absolutely necessary to circumventing congestion and saving our public works for truly important projects instead of focusing on the money-pit of our roadways. Commercial and independant CoHousing, new approaches to dense design, community gardens, community/city owned agribiz, as well as neighbourhood-based Business development incentives to spread business and industry around a community, for example, could be a great asset to any growing rural or urban (or rurban) centre.

Fantastic.

I am but I too need to find a park bench or fridge box or place to pitch a tent.

I think Jesus was wearing a wetsuit when he posed for that picture. Proving that Jesus surfs in Tofino.

Hey AlphaNerd - I can keep you warm on that bench.

Awesome! Tooly: Do you have enough amps for parallel lines to trip yourself out in surround fashion?