Warm Head/ Cold Feet

Kristian Urstad
March 07 2010 11:51PM

Black and white ying and yang seeds

Sometimes it’s difficult to express exactly what concerns me about the Canucks this year.

Dr. Seuss comes close though

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Team Canada and Luck

Kristian Urstad
March 02 2010 12:04PM

Olympics Day 9 - Table Tennis

In Woody Allen’s opening shot of Matchpoint, we see a tennis ball suspended directly above the net, having yet to give us any indication of which side of the court it is going to fall down on. During this static shot, the protagonist, off camera, yields the following monologue

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Will to Power

Kristian Urstad
February 26 2010 06:18PM

According to the great German philosopher Nietzsche, there are two types of people in this world, the Last Man and the Ubermensch (or the Superman).

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The Team Canada God

Kristian Urstad
February 17 2010 11:58AM

Olympic News - February 16, 2010

Dionysus was the ancient god of wine. He was the god of Release. He served to liberate the Greeks from the constrictions of everyday social life by getting them to surrender control.

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Team Canada: What's The Worst That Can Happen?

Kristian Urstad
February 15 2010 10:55AM

There was an old proverb which said that misfortune weighs most heavily on those who expect nothing but good fortune.

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