by Rob Cottingham | Mar 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Each of these makes me grin to look at them. Partly because of what’s there, and what he chose to remove. (Pacific Centre? What Pacific Centre?)
luclatulippe:
edwardjuan:
Vancouver, British Columbia
“By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper”
A city map of Canada’s Pacific Northwest city. Neighborhoods from Gastown to Mount Pleasant, and local landmarks from Granville Island to the Jimmy Hendrix house. All connected with bike trails and greenways.
Purchase it at store.forestandwaves.com
Loving this beautiful poster of my city by local illustrator/cartoonist Edward Juan. Also, I love finding out about new talent in town!
by Rob Cottingham | Mar 11, 2013 | Everything Else
Last week, I tweeted this:
In moving ceremony, Lieutenant Governor formally adds “Embattled” to Christy Clark’s title of “Premier”. #bcpoli
— Rob Cottingham (@RobCottingham) March 2, 2013
Today, I give you the second sentence of this Gary Mason interview:
by Rob Cottingham | Mar 8, 2013 | Everything Else
One idea that keeps popping up in the gun debate is that you have a different relationship with guns if you’ve ever actually used one. And that’s true in my case: I became familiar with guns, and they don’t hold much sense of mystique.
The damage they can do, though — that still preys on me.
by Rob Cottingham | Mar 7, 2013 | Everything Else
I’m always ambivalent about using legislation to change behaviour. You have to be smart about it; blanket bans can wind up backfiring. (Memo to self: confirm there’s no legislation banning blankets.)
But my immediate reaction to the proposal in Ontario to ban marketing junk food to kids is pretty unambiguous: go for it.
by Rob Cottingham | Mar 6, 2013 | Speechwriting
Presidential communications are seamless, hermetic; they betray no sign they were ever hashed out at 2 am over cold Chinese food. But now and then, we get a glimpse of what goes on.
