The Academy Awards tried to be more populist by expanding it's list of best movie nominees from 5 to 10 to include movies people had ACTUALLY SEEN and thought were best of the year.
  But then "The Hurt Locker", seen by virtually none of your award show watchers, gets the Best Picture because after all, only the Academy can tell you what's good, yah know.  Old, vain elitists poo-pooing populist choices because the great unwashed just 'don't understand art'....

   In a world where everyone can publish their opinion on any subject in seconds, this is not a quaint anachronism anymore..It's just hopelessly out of date...

 

But that could just be me

Dan Carson 

The goal for today is not to get me killed. That's what my surf instructor, James, has told me. It's good when you and your instructor have common goals. I am going along with Hans Hedemann Surf in Waikiki on a North Shore Adventure. We will be stopping along the way to look at the famous big waves of Banzai Pipeline, Sunset Beach and Waimea. These are the places that professional surfers test their skill and sanity on swells that, in the winter months, can easily reach over 30 feet. I won't be surfing there, James informs me. Good to know.

Hans Hedemann Surf has been one of the premier surf schools on Waikiki beach since 1997. The school’s namesake was a competitive surfer and the first to win back-to-back ASP (association of surfing professionals) World Events. You can take a lesson with Hans himself, or a number of other ...

This year we faced new challenges and a new economy.  We heard from people who've been laid off work but wanted to donate the spare $20 they were able to scrape together and we're humbled again by your genorosity.

This year's Caring for Kids Radiothon brought in $1.88 million and counting.  It will make a huge difference in the lives of the families who go through the doors of the Alberta Children's Hospital every ...

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