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Jan. 04, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Reflective Prognosticator

Especially this time of year, predictions pop up like the daffodils of spring. But here’s a rarity — Michael Geller…
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Jan. 04, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Vanier Park

Late evening, December 12, 2016.…
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Jan. 03, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Jericho Beach

December 21, 2016.  Cold and damp.…
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Dec. 31, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Happy New Year

2016.Go.A.Way So Glad This Is Your Last Day . . .   2016.Go.A.Way So Glad This Is Your Last Day…
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Dec. 30, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Thoughts On 2016

Many thanks to Brian Gable in today’s Globe and Mail. Here’s wishing that 2016 is the apex of awful, and…
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Dec. 30, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny — Stick'em Up, Frosty

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Dec. 30, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File: Using the GPS jogging app as Art Form

  In a brilliant flash of seasonal inspiration, The BBC reports on the jogging patterns of Owen Delaney who is using his…
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Dec. 29, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Spot the Red Cedar

Out on the Stanley Park Seawall.  About as far west as the seawall gets.…
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Dec. 27, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Lost Lagoon Iceguard

Saturday, December 24, 2016.  A lifeguard ready and equipped to rescue anyone who takes to the ice on Lost Lagoon.…
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Dec. 23, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny — Location, Location

Keep those cages locked, will ya fellas?…
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Dec. 22, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Season's Greetings

To PT readers, to friends and family, and to all who may find this somewhere in their electronic world —…
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Dec. 17, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Burrard Hotel

It’s the time of early nights and festive lights.  Here’s the Burrard Hotel and St. Paul’s Hospital, a lovely scene…
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Dec. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Friday File-And Bill Gates' New Place

  “It took Gates seven years and $63 million to build his Medina, Washington, estate, named “Xanadu 2.0” after the…
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Dec. 15, 2016 / Ken Ohrn

Bringing Rigour To Whimsy

Here’s a fun and thoughtful response to a recent bit of whimsy on PT — the Bubble Diagram.  The author…

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