Monthly Archives: April 2015

On Tanking, Part II: Tanking Might Not Even Work

Posted on 27 April 2015 by zolltan

Previously, we discussed that tanking was happening, and that it shouldn’t be. I was going to lay out the different ways tanking could be curtailed in a continuation of this set of posts. Sadly, I was scooped on this by Down Goes … Continue reading →

Posted in hockey | Leave a comment

Advice on Buying a Car in the US and Importing it into Canada

Posted on 24 April 2015 by zolltan

When we started this blog years ago, we had hopes that it would be useful to somebody as well as entertaining for ourselves. It has been entertaining for me, but I don’t think I really wrote anything that would be of … Continue reading →

Posted in personal | 1 Comment

Songbook of Days: UN English Language Day I

Posted on 23 April 2015 by zolltan

Today, the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, is also UN English Language Day. To celebrate, I wanted to link to songs by some songwriters where I appreciate the use of the English language. But there are a lot of such songs. … Continue reading →

Posted in songbook of days | Leave a comment

Zuuko Makes His Triumphant Return To Blogging

Posted on 19 April 2015 by Zuuko

hello everyone. It’s been a while…

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

s/plan/flan/

Posted on 14 April 2015 by zolltan

I realize you can get a slightly better version of the same joke in Russian without even having to change a letter, but still… A secret flan The man with the flan Time for flan “B” It’s all a part … Continue reading →

Posted in whimsy | Leave a comment

Prediction Special: 2015 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 12 April 2015 by zolltan

My favourite job on this blog is predicting things, and although I’ve had fun going through the brackets of nuclear bomb threats, resolutions of the Fermi paradox and the like, sometimes we have to turn our attention to matters of … Continue reading →

Posted in hockey, The future | 1 Comment

Transit Referendum Part II: Development Politics in Vancouver

Posted on 11 April 2015 by zolltan

A lot of people, for various reasons, are not planning to vote “yes” in the Vancouver transit referendum. I don’t agree with a lot of their reasoning (See Part I). But there is another thing happening here that’s probably even … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, The future | Leave a comment

Reading List

Posted on 7 April 2015 by zolltan

It used to be the case that blogs put up “blogrolls” but for some reason that has fallen out of fashion. I wanted to do that in post form to just document where I get my information and opinions. While … Continue reading →

Posted in media, meta | 1 Comment

Transit Referendum Part I: An Overly General Dislike of Overly General Arguments

Posted on 6 April 2015 by zolltan

Talking to people about the upcoming transit referendum, I have noticed that a surprising (to me) amount of people are not planning to vote “yes”. I believe that you should vote “yes” roughly for reasons outlined here: greater Vancouver’s public … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, The future | 3 Comments