There was never a dull moment with Hunter S. Thompson. He wrote this cover letter in 1958. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times shared it today with his Facebook fans and remarked that it was the best job application letter he ever read. It also appeared in the Fear and Loathing Letters Vol. 1. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vancouver’
How Hunter S. Thompson Looked for a Job
Posted: January 14, 2012 in News and ViewsTags: blind alley, Canada, Colorado, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, job application letter, Journalism, marquis de sade, new sun, New York City, New York Times, Newspaper, Nicholas Kristof, Vancouver, Vancouver Sun, Woody Creek
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Tim Horton’s Coffee Commercial
Posted: March 3, 2010 in Africa, Canada, Children, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Canada, Coffee, Immigrant, Olympics, Television, Tim Horton's, Vancouver
Just another couple of days and I’ll be heading home from Vancouver. Didn’t want to leave the Olympic city without sharing this commercial with you. Over the course of the games, out of the corner of my eye, I kept joining this television ad in progress. I never quite grasped what it was about because [...]
Olympic Moments
Posted: February 26, 2010 in Canada, Children, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Canada, Joannie Rochette, Olympics, Vancouver
It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are almost at an end. It is already Day 15. Soon the closing ceremony will be here and the torch will be extinguished and it’s all over. Vancouver will be back to its old self with perhaps a wicked Olympic hangover. It happens every time a city returns [...]
Hockey Night in Canada
Posted: February 21, 2010 in Canada, Children, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Canada, Hockey, Hockey Night in Canada, Switzerland, USA, Vancouver, Wayne Gretzky, Yaletown
I was in a beer garden in Vancouver’s Yaletown when a guy draped in an American flag strutted in. He was carrying on like Superman, all layered up in red, white and blue and making lots of noise. Boy, did he rile up the Canadians. After all today is the Canada versus USA men’s hockey match and as [...]
Why I Work at the Olympics
Posted: February 12, 2010 in Canada, Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Politics, Random Thoughts, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Broadcasting, Canada, NBC, Olympics, Opening Ceremony, Television, Today Show, Vancouver
My 16 year old son is mad at me. When I call home his anger is palpable. He does not understand why I leave home for extended periods of time every couple of years to work at the Olympics. He won’t listen when I try to explain so I’m putting it out to the world. [...]
Enlightened Canada
Posted: February 5, 2010 in Africa, Canada, Environment, Gay and Lesbian, Homelessness, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Politics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Travel, United States of AmericaTags: America, Canada, Diversity, Environment, gay marriage, Homeless, Mozambique, Recycling, Sikh, Vancouver
I walked out of my hotel room this morning carrying a plastic bottle of water and by the time I was at the front desk it was empty. I handed it to the concierge and asked if he could throw it out. Before I could correct myself a hotel manager did it for me. Recycle! From what I [...]
Olympics: Canada Style
Posted: February 3, 2010 in China, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, TravelTags: Beijing, British Columbia, Canada, Canadians, Hockey, Olympic Games, Olympics, Vancouver
I walked out of my hotel room in Vancouver this morning to see a flock of seagulls squacking their heads off. That’s the most noise I’ve heard since I arrived in Canada. Toto, we’re not in Beijing anymore. In 2008, with the Olympic Games a week and a half away, the city was buzzing with anticipation [...]
Greyhound Bus to Vancouver
Posted: January 30, 2010 in Children, Education, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Beijing, British Columbia, Bus, California, Canada, Greyhound, Long Beach, Olympics, Oregon, Pacific National Exhibition, PNE, Vancouver, Washington
This blog was born so that I could post to my friends, family and anyone else interested from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Now on the eve of 2010 Olympics, as I prepare to board an airplane for British Columbia, I find myself blogging again and reflecting on the only other time I was in [...]
