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This blog still exists, in case you are wondering. Maybe you are a regular who is surprised to hear from me again after so long. Or you're here for the first time because I gave you a business card or you clicked my link on Facebook, or you Googled me for some reason.

Bike polo. It's popular in many cities and now my neighbourhood is home to the first bike polo court in the world.

This is the name used by a woman I follow on Twitter. The Imp. It's what she calls her son online to protect his privacy.

The kid in this picture has a big cast on his arm, but this doesn't stop him from doing risky things. We met at Leeside Park, near Hastings and Cassiar, in an underpass and had seen him around at other parks.

It's been a busy time at the mainwriter headquarters. The "new year" isn't even that new any more; in fact, the first month of it seems to be whipping by pretty quickly.

I am officially on vacation - and enjoying lots of offline family time. This year Santa brought my son a PlayStation 3 and we cleared out a spot in our little townhouse now known as "The PS3 Lounge."

A contact asked me to support an online publication in Vancouver called Granville Online. I checked it out, to see if it was something I’d want to recommend to my readers – and indeed it is very cool, featuring many Vancouver restaurants that I love. “From Japanese and Indian to Chinese and West Coast...

Our local school - Laura Secord - is trying to win votes for a new playground. About 9,000 kids in the area would be served by the new playground, including an estimated 350 children with disabilities.