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As my loyal readers know, I like few thinks more than a cold pint on a hot day. But if I ever saw a sideways-stumbling friend of mine about to get behind the wheel of their car, I’d give them a karate chop to the throat and liberate their car keys. And I’d expect the same courtesy from my colleague if I ever tried to do the same thing.

On that note, I’m pleased to offer this public service announcement:

Impaired driving can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Come out and Walk in support of keeping our roads safe.

Bring your friends, family, and your co-workers to the annual MADD Metro Vancouver 5km signature walk, Strides for Change!

Every step taken and pledge made will help raise funds and awareness for MADD Metro Vancouver’s programs and services that will serve to keep our children and communities safer.

When: Sunday, September 12, 2010
Registration: 10:00 am, Walk begins: 11:00 am
Where: Central Park, Burnaby (near picnic area)
What: A 5km non-competitive walk/wheelchair event
Why: To raise awareness & to enhance the health & safety of our communities!

A memorial wall will be there for family and friends to
remember those loved ones injured or killed by
an impaired driver.

www.madd.ca/vancouver for more information

Finally.

Now, how do I get paid?

And so should you. Well, let me clarify that. You should attend the Vancouver Blogger Meetup today if you:

1. Live in Vancouver
2. Have a blog.
3. Want to promote said blog and other literary, artistic, theatrical or otherwise creative projects you’ve been busy with.
4. Might enjoy meeting other members of the west coast’s creative class.
5. Wouldn’t mind a pint of beer, glass of wine, or coca cola served with a straw at one of Vancouver’s finest spots on Commercial Drive.

Here’s the details:

Location
St. Augustine’s
2360 Commercial Drive
Vancouver

As usual, feel free to plug this event in your own blog post, tweet or message in a bottle. If you use Twitter, the official Twitter account for the Vancouver Blogger Meetup is @yvrblogmeetup.

Lately, I’ve been devoting a fair bit of blog space to Turkey’s role in the Middle East, so I’ve been receiving attention from a new class of weirdo.

I get a fair bit of hate mail from people who can barely spell, but this rambling stream of consciousness from muavenet_06@hotmail.com seemed funnier than usual. I especially enjoyed the part about genital herpes.

Jonathan narvey called sucka.someone is using your name to ask questions on yahoo travel Turkey section.

So don’t you get in to those matters again.

On a side note, someone really was impersonating my in the Yahoo! Travel Answers section. They were mis-spelling my name, but their intention was clear, since as far as I know, there are no other Jonathon (or Jonathan) Narvey’s in the universe. So I did report the impersonator.

By the way, muavenet_06@hotmail.com, I hope you noticed that my latest piece on Turkey got picked up by the National Post this morning. Enjoy.

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.

Right now, it looks like it’s lights out for Canada’s top military blog. It’s a sad day.

H/T to Adrian MacNair.