by John Horn | Apr 16, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
It’s Sunday morning. Last night Michelle and I saw Joel Plakett Emergency (Joel Plaskett’s band is an/the Emergency) play at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, which is a big deal because Joel Plaskett almost never comes to Vancouver. Reflectively poetic...
by John Horn | Nov 23, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
Here in Vancouver it’s November gross outside. “John, what does November gross mean?” you ask. Well, it means that the temperature hovers around 0° Celsius, it’s probably drizzling or raining or slushing, everything is dark and grey, and an...
by John Horn | Oct 31, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
On Saturday, the Horn Family migrated to the seaside retirement town of Sidney – where, recent findings show, everyone’s grandmother lives. And we were there to celebrate the 90th birthday of my grandma, Virginia Horn. One of our family’s traditions...
by John Horn | Oct 26, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
I just got off the phone with this blog’s Managing Editor, Kurt Heinrich. He told me that Vancouver Police have encouraged Occupy Vancouver participants to not wear masks. The theory behind this, I think, is that people behave differently – if not badly...
by John Horn | Oct 17, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
Last Thursday I was playing in my weekly Tier 2 Men’s Basketball League game. We won, but that’s not what this story is about. This story is about trust. As I sat on the bench during the game (I get tired quite easily when games begin at 10pm), a young man...
by John Horn | Aug 23, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship
[Editor’s Note: in 2006 I hosted an event that was playfully called “Mervillemania” – in a nutshell, a few dozen friends camped-out on my parents’ estate/compound in Merville, British Columbia during the August Long Weekend. One of my...
