An (arguably) softer logo? A small “name” change? The world’s largest public company, Wal-Mart, is looking for a fresh start, according to a report yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. In addition to a new orange and blue logo, the company appears to want folks to decapitalize the “m” and drop the [...]
Posted in companies on Jun 29th, 2008
Jewel has a new album out, and it’s a little more firmly in the country genre than she’s done before. Her songwriting and singing are just as great as always, like in I Do:
One song, in particular, that I love from the new album is “Two Become One.” It’s actually a remake from [...]
Posted in music on Jun 11th, 2008
It’s been four years since Alanis Morissette last released a new studio record. Yesterday, her new album, Flavours of Entanglement, went on sale, and it really is amazing. Under Rug Swept, from 2002, and So-Called Chaos, from 2004, both were great, lyrically and musically… But the new record has a whole range [...]
In 2003, I had the enormous privilege of meeting Dr. Hedy Fry, who is the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre. As a physician, she brings an invaluable perspective to the range of issues raised in the House of Commons. About two weeks ago, she wrote a guest editorial for the Calgary Herald, [...]