http://achangeofvenue.com Status Quo Vadis Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:10:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On a day that is synonymous with, arguably, the most important election anywhere in some time, and quite possibly the most significant one in at least my lifetime, I offer the following missive presently arrived from American friends in Northern California. They, like many of their sentient, concerned acquaintances, are ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/313 It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here they got the range and the machinery for change and it's here they got the spiritual thirst... Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. - Leonard Cohen § § § Photo ID: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum As ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/299 Bwa ha ha! Found this receipt from four and a half years ago. It's from my birthday dinner in 2004 where a couple of us were celebrating at Havana Restaurant on The Drive here in Vancouver. Check out the bill and count the number of alcoholic drinks served. To wit... 2 ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/284 Yeah, okay - maybe I'm being a wee bit hypocritical here considering what I said about them in an earlier post, but Gadling picked one of the photos from my Flickr account as their 'Photo of the Day' - again. Sweet! Click the 'Gadling' link above to see their original ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/282 This was too funny not to post! I'm a big fan of Bizarro cartoons in much the same way I was a big fan of Kliban and Gary Larson's Far Side. Gary's "Latte, Jed?" still stands as one of the hands-down funniest single cartoon frames of all time! These guys belong in ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/279 "I always gagged on the silver spoon." - Charles Foster Kane § § § A mini rant here. Those of you who have wandered by this blog every once in a while to have a quick look-see, or even spend some quality time perusing the content, might recall that I incorporate some ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/278 "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." - Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove § § § (* Please note: The original upload of this post included a YouTube video of the Al Gore speech referenced here. However, that video link came with an 'undocumented ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/275 I've rarely linked to anyone else's site on this blog, at least not as a direct invitation to visit another's venture. I'm quite careful of doing that lest I piss someone off with someone else's offensive material - I'm quite offensive all by myself, thank you very much. ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/273 More photo uploads to the Flickr account. Mostly Hawaii from a recent business trip, but also some others - Alexandria, Egypt from my cruise last year, for instance. Photos should be coming fast and furious over the next few weeks as I work through my backlog. The book continues, ... http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/272 Just because I'm not writing on this blog as much as I need to be (or should be), doesn't mean I can't post photos. Click on FLICKRUS above right for new pix. http://achangeofvenue.com/archives/271