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Welcome to bobalicious!

bobalicious is the completely free to join social network of backofthebook.ca, Canada's online magazine. You might think of a social network as a big old apple tree -- branching out every which way, bearing all sorts of delicious fruit, and cultivated by you.

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Blog Posts

David Stanley

Central Asian Journey

Kyrgyzstan goes to the polls today to elect or reelect a president in a process which is somewhat less than democratic. I just returned from a month in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. I spent most of my time touring the cities with their theatres, monuments, parks, and museums rather than hiking in the mountains and feel I got a good sense of the social atmosphere in those countries. All three are former union republics which have retained many of the old Soviet ways… Continue

Posted by David Stanley on July 23, 2009 at 8:17am

Frank Moher

Todd Butler: funnier all the time

Seeing Todd Butler in Nanaimo this past weekend, at the 50 seat Blues Underground, reminded me of just how good and freaking funny he is. The video below contains the bit from his act where he plays his guitar on his back -- no, not lying on his back -- on his back (as you'll see).




Okay, so maybe it's on his shoulders. Still pretty impressive. As for the rest of his act, see him live sometime -- the other videos on the web just don't do him justice. Continue

Posted by Frank Moher on July 20, 2009 at 5:53am

Jane Dawson

Paintitpinkcanada.com

Hey All!
As a supporter of breast cancer research, which I'm sure many of you are, I need to tell you to check out paintitpinkcanada.com to see what Avon is doing. It's such a different approach to raising funds. Please check it out and let me know what you think!!
Jane

Posted by Jane Dawson on June 24, 2009 at 4:56pm

Lindsay Szymanski

A Slice of Bankruptcy Pie

Yesterday morning, GM International filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with an estimated debt load of $172.81 billion dollars. GM Chairman Kent Kresa said in a written statement, "Today marks a new beginning for General Motors... The board is confident that this New GM can operate successfully in the intensely competitive U.S. market and around the world." This high-profile industrial bankruptcy comes on the heels of a report last week from the Certified General Accountants of Canada wh… Continue

Posted by Lindsay Szymanski on June 2, 2009 at 1:30pm

A photo essay

Currently touring BC's Gulf Islands and Washington State's San Juans, The New Old Time Chautauqua is the only known chautauqua currently in operation, and certainly the only floating one. (Much of the cast travels by boat.) Chautauquas, named for the upstate New York lakeside community where they originated in the late 19th century, reached their peak of popularity in the 1920s, bringing entertainment, culture, and moral edification to out-of-the-way places throughout North America.

This one is strictly secular, but, with its mix of music, clowning, and acts of derring-do, not to mention pre-show workshops in mask-making, solar water heating and the like, retains the mix of fun and betterment that made these events more than just a travelling circus. They were "edutainment" before there was such a thing. When I heard that the "aqua chautauqua" was coming to my own out-of-the-way place, Gabriola Island, I knew I had to be there. Below is my pictorial record of their two day visit. May they float back our way, and towards yours, soon.

- Frank Moher

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