Category: montreal + canada + the world

From what babel fish has pieced together for me … “The Balaklave Submarine Base in the USSR — Constructed between 1957 and 1961 — it is also a high-level atomic…

I’m one of those consumers that notices good service. I have been bringing my car to Mr Muffler every spring and fall to change/rotate my winter rims with my summer…

It occurred to me walking out for lunch today, into Montreal’s current sweltering heat wave… — TWN says it’s currently 28° C and feels like 35° C with the humidity…

“Is the U.S. becoming a police state? Here are the top 10 signs that it may well be the case. 1. The Internet Clampdown One saving grace of alternative media…

This makes me sick to my stomach … in a time when the government to the south of us is “protecting its citizens from the scourge of journalism” … Credit…

Is this for real ? Man.. I love VW — but their latest moves are KILLING ME !!! “In a surprise move, Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that its…

“ISLANDS magazine searched the seven seas and found that while it may be a small world, the globe is definitely a big place, full of surprising and mysterious islands to…

“These photos were found on the street in Cambridge, MA. They were originally glued onto scrapbook sheets like this. I’ve attempted to arrange them in a sensible order based on…

Doing 55 mph … well done short film. You can feel the people having heart attacks in their cars way in the back … A Meditation On the Speed Limit…

We all know where this story is going… ;-) “An astonishing mist-shrouded “lost world” of previously unknown and rare animals and plants high in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea…

“Libya’s Great Man-Made River — an enormous, long-term undertaking to supply the country’s needs by drawing water from aquifers beneath the Sahara and conveying it along a network of huge…

“The work of Buck Forester is featured in the February 2006 issue of National Geographic Adventure Magazine. An editor found his work on Flickr and now he’s on the back…

We stopped by Boa (Peter’s new bar at 5301 St Laurent) to visit some friends and have a beer .. wicked place .. one of my favorite bars in MTL…

The reason VW Phaeton’s are expensive… VWvortex Forums: A photo tour of the Transparent Factory in Dresden

Decemeber 2nd, the first “move-free” parking day of the winter. All montrealers who are part of the “street parking shuffle club” will understand. Now it’s time for those snow clearing…