http://blog.bigsnit.com From Podcast to Broadcast Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:11:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its not too often, in fact it's never happened to me before, that you get offered a free book while waiting in line to see a stage play. The man with the bag of books is director Brian Anderson who's done an amazing job with Gutenberg! the Musical! The free paperback ... http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/09/06/gutenberg-a-must-see-at-the-vancouver-fringe/ Two can be as bad as one, its the loneliest number since the number one. -Lyrics from "One" by Three Dog Night It's been five years since I worked at CBC - but this week I've been pummeled with questions about CBC Radio Two. Oops. Sorry. Radio 2. Once known as CBC Stereo, and ... http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/09/03/the-loneliest-number-since-the-number-one/ We were shooting some new promo picture for Garnet today. Behind the backdrop, happily snoozing throughout the whole thing, we found Serena, with a pillow all her own. http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/08/31/bananagram-anyone/ Saying goodbye to August with an afternoon on Madsu in Howe Sound.  Plenty of puffs interspersed with dead spots made for a challenging hopscotch across the sound. http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/08/31/sailing-august-away/ We had every intention of getting up early today and doing a circumnavigation of Bowen Island. But given that this is the last weekend before school starts, we decided to let the boys sleep in. So we got a late morning start on the boat, and managed to catch some nice in-flow ... http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/08/30/summer-never-ends/ Just how much traction has the organic food movement developed ? Apparently enough to attract Blueberry Hijackers. Ever wonder why you keep getting so much spam ? You'd think those spammers would call it a day considering we throw all their stuff in the junk heap. Or ... http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/08/26/go-figure-aug-27/ The day's rain scented the neighbourhood with freshness impossible to duplicate. Grouse Mountain was nowhere to be seen, engulfed in a thick cloud that drifted down to the street and hung on the neighbourhood trees. So I turned my lens on what was close at hand, fruit and flowers hanging ... http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/08/24/liquid-sunshine/ Some of my neighbours find it odd that I've got fruit trees in the front yard. They seem to think that front yards are for golf-course-like-manicured-lawns that you pour water and chemicals on all summer, and heaven forbid you should walk or play on it. Not sure they appreciate the tether-ball in ... http://blog.bigsnit.com/2008/08/18/pie-in-waiting/