(Port) Coquitlam Odysseus

(Port) Coquitlam, Classics, Culture, and the Confessions of a Returned Expat

Archive for July, 2009

The New Mark II 1400 Skytrain Cars

Posted: Monday, July 13th, 2009 @ 6:04 pm in BC & Vancouver, Photoblogging | No Comments »

(UPDATED) The New Skytrain Mark II 1400 Car Yesterday for the first time I rode in the new Skytrain Mark II 1400 car (see Translink’s press release). This is–for Vancouver transit riders–a second generation Mark II car. The first Mark II (1300) car is below, with the Mark I car after that: Mark II 1300 [...]

The Best Ever Evaluation of Sarah Palin…

Posted: Thursday, July 9th, 2009 @ 10:58 pm in American and Foreign, Politics | No Comments »

…is here. Peggy Noonan is right on the money. Hint: don’t stop at the beginning: read all the way through to the end.

A Few Photographs from a Recent Trip to Tofino

Posted: Friday, July 3rd, 2009 @ 11:55 pm in Life of Nathan, Photoblogging | No Comments »

My family returned a few days ago from a very short camping vacation to Tofino, BC. I love Tofino, mostly on account of the Roy Henry Vickers art gallery there. The view of the stars that we had from our campsite was amazing, and I enjoyed running around with Chae Young and young Telemachus on [...]