Musings of a Tech Writer Podcast

Join me on a visit to my counselor.

I count down my top ten favorite gay-themed movies.

I talk about my new friend's podcast, dealing with Dad's bank, Olympics fatigue, HST, and TCB for 2010.

From a noisy mall in Richmond, I talk about the decline of U.S. manufacturing and Harold Lloyd.

This is my annual year-in-review episode, clocking in at 90 minutes. Thanks for listening to me in 2009. I'll be back in January. Happy 2010!

I introduce Bert Pierce and Heather in Coquitlam. I also present Ruby Romaine, star-maker.

I unveil my new intro and talk about being sober for two years, the critic in my head, and Adam Lambert.

It was a warm sunny afternoon with a brilliant clear blue sky. I sat at a picnic table with my lunch from Safeway: broccoli salad and a turkey wrap. Usually from this park I could see planes taking off from SFO and the Oakland airport. Not today. No planes would fly today. "There's a three-hour time difference. So there probably weren't many people in those buildings," my boss had said on the phone. My mind numb, I didn't catch her mistake. But wait. Six a.m. on the west coast mean nine a.m. on the east coast, not three a.m. Those buildings were horribly full. There was no work that day. There would be no trip over the Bay Bridge, which now appeared vulnerable and exposed. Sitting there on Bay Farm Island, eating a turkey wrap, I was glad that planes for one day weren't shattering the peace and quiet.

Join me as I wander around on a rainy night, trying to find the Chan Center at UBC. The outro music is Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral by Richard Wagner.