Kebab Worths-How may, or may not, be running for mayor

Posted by Trevor Scott Howell in The Howler

Who the hell is Kebab Worths-How and why would you care if he or she is running for Calgary mayor? Well, to clarify, the person in question is actually Ward 4 Ald. Bob Hawkesworth who recently Tweeted he will not be running for re-election in his ward, leading one to believe he's all but decided to run for mayor this fall. Or not.

"I haven't made any decisions on that score," says Hawkesworth, when reached by phone Saturday afternoon. "It'll be some time after Easter before I'm in a position to make any kind of an announcement."

On Friday afternoon, the six-time alderman and two-term NDP MLA (yeah, that's right Calgary, you've actually voted for a socialist in the past and the universe didn't implode) wrote: "I have notified the Ward 4 Communities … Read More

Comments (1)      more in News     |     posted Mar 20th, 2010 at 4:57pm

Double action: The Splinter Cell Conviction Demo

Posted by Kyle Francis in Francisism
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Due to some technical difficulties and generalized stupidity on my part, I won't be able to post the riveting conclusion of my, er, essay on boredom today as I originally intended. I will, however, be able to post some thoughts on the Splinter Cell: Conviction X-Box live demo. So I will. I'm doing it. I'm doing it right now. 

IT'S HAPPENING. 

I realize I'm going to prove, once again, how very boring I am, but even in a game where you can literally punch a man's face through a sink, what I was struck most by was the elegance of SC:C's graphical user interface (GUI) design. Like all it's prequels, the game sticks you in the shoes of Sam Fisher, a Third Echelon (super NSA) covert operative voiced with grave aplomb by Micheal Ironside. Only this time, Sam isn't taking … Read More

Add comment      more in Gaming     |     posted Mar 20th, 2010 at 1:35pm

Nutella Latte

Posted by Julie Van Rosendaal in FFFood
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SHUT UP.

A Nutella latte.

deVille on first street.

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Add comment      more in Food     |     posted Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:40pm

No Action: Why Tedium Can Work in Games Pt. II

Posted by Kyle Francis in Francisism
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Only the most serious art contains scenes of people being sad in the rain.

Click here to read part one of this essay. Or don’t. See if I care.

When I was a kid, I used to separate people into two categories, showing my affinity for pithy reductionism even at that early age: Lego kids and 3d puzzle kids. Lego kids would build awkward structures out of Lego and populate them with whatever characters they had laying around from a dozen different playsets — spacemen, ninjas, knights… other spacemen. Then they’d play with the things for hours, making laser sounds with their mouths, and finish up by smashing it all to bits, acting as the left hand of the plastic men’s God in some imagined apocalypse. 3d puzzle kids would buy a 3d puzzle of a Star … Read More

Add comment      more in Gaming     |     posted Mar 19th, 2010 at 10:31am

Jon Lord announces mayoral bid

Posted by Trevor Scott Howell in The Howler

Jon Lord, a former two-term Calgary alderman for Ward 8, announced his intentions to run for mayor in this fall's election this afternoon. In 2001, Lord ran, and won, as a PC candidate in the constituency of Calgary-Currie. Lord was defeated in the 2004 election by Liberal MLA Dave Taylor, a former radio personality for QR77, by less than 600 votes.

In an email to his friends and supporters press release, Lord says he is "looking for advisors, ideas, organizers and volunteers by the dozens.... people who can phone their friends, circulate fliers, donate their time, and perform dozens of other tasks."

Lord writes that other "high-profile" candidates are also organizing to run and notes that his campaign is "not that well organized."

This makes … Read More

Comments (2)      more in News     |     posted Mar 18th, 2010 at 2:46pm

2010: A Tap Oddity

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No Action: Why Tedium Can Work In Games Pt. I

Posted by Kyle Francis in Francisism
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I am rarely wrong. That is, I rarely admit that I have been wrong, which is pretty much the same. Was it wrong to purchase a Korean manservant over the Internet? Matter of perspective. Was it wrong to place him in a series of underground MMA fights against his will? No more wrong, I’d argue, than his so-called “job placement organization” lying about his God damn glass jaw. Was it wrong to lie about his weight so he would be pitted against men three times his size, potentially inflating my payout? Ethically, but not morally. Learn the difference, hippies. 

But I’m going to admit that I was wrong now, which is even more out of character, because I’ve never publicly stated the opinion I’m about to contradict. It would be very easy for me to say that I … Read More

Add comment      more in Gaming     |     posted Mar 18th, 2010 at 12:42pm

Crumpets with Pierre

Posted by Julie Van Rosendaal in FFFood
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I went for elevenses today; Pierre, author of the (award winning!) cookbook Kitchen Scraps, made crumpets. I know! For real! Crumpets! Only the very best butter transport system ever created!

Crumpets are made out of a wet, yeasty batter - thicker than pancake batter but thinner than bread dough - cooked in a hot skillet in crumpet rings (or cookie cutters, or cleaned-out tuna tins opened on both ends) until they're set enough to flip and cook until crusty gold on the other side. Why pancakes and waffles are so commonly made on Sunday mornings but crumpets aren't I have no idea. It's totally unfair. Maybe I'll go to the UK and ask them. Over crumpets.

The recipe isn't quite done yet. Pierre deemed the batter too sticky. They were quite fabulous, even … Read More

Add comment      more in Food     |     posted Mar 13th, 2010 at 8:58am

Finally, someone tells the truth about the grizzly bear menace

Posted by Trevor Scott Howell in The Howler

Did you know grizzly bears are one of the greatest scourges that has ever set foot upon this planet? Probably not. You can blame the numerous and well-funded environment and conservation astroturf groups out there who really just want to raise your taxes, brainwash your kids' minds with "science" and make you eat nothing but granola and soybeans. 

However, the Alberta Wilderness Association has bravely stepped up to the plate to dispell the many myths about this four-legged menace and the threat they pose to its number one food source, you and me, with this award-winning ad campaign.

So unless you're one of those selfish, misanthropic, rice milk drinkers who, quite wrongly, disagrees with our God-given right to clearcut, pave … Read More

Add comment      more in News     |     posted Mar 11th, 2010 at 2:25pm

Food activist Paul Hughes to run for mayor

Posted by Trevor Scott Howell in The Howler

Local food advocate and urban chicken activist Paul Hughes, chair of the Calgary Food Policy Council, officially declared his run for mayor at a screening of Mad City Chickens at the Plaza Theatre last night.

"I'm the classic outsider, but I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have anything to offer," says Hughes, a single dad of a seven-year-old son. "I felt I could add a voice to the race because I'm very connected to a lot of Calgarians and I speak to a lot of people who feel they don't have a voice."

Hughes, 45, has been ruffling feathers as of late with his push for the city to change its bylaw forbiding Calgarians to raise chickens in their backyards. He'll be appearing in court later this month to fight a ticket bylaw officers handed him … Read More

Comments (7)      more in News     |     posted Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:55am

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