September 2003 Archives

Some friends recently went to see David Blaine, a magician and performance artist who has suspended himself dozens of feet above the ground in a glass box and is planning to fast for the next 44 days. The reason: fame and fortune and, presumably, lack of anything better to do. Most champion fasters from the past have done it for what they, at least, consider were important political reasons. Not Dave. Chicks and Dough are what he is apparently after.

And thus the above photo where a few members of the public strive through performance art to critique another artist's performance.

A concerned citizen has written to point out to me that the Snowbirds, a Canadian acrobatic team whom I saw recently in Victoria, are in peril. Apparently, they are only funded through to the end of 2006 at which time, unless you act now, their jets might be replaced by propellor-driven aircraft or possibly even decommissioned horses from the RCMP.

Now, I've been on some entertaining rides in a Beaver but I can't imagine they'd be as exciting to watch as a jet.