by Tyler Laing | Jan 21, 2014 | Features, Stories
I stood there, straddling the white line that separated shoulder from highway, wondering whether I actually wanted to do this. The cloud cover broke and allowed the April sun to warm me from above. I closed my eyes, lifted my face toward the heat, and let that warmth...
by Tyler Laing | Apr 22, 2013 | Video
Recently, the Martlet dropped by the office of ForkJoy, a startup company with a website and iPhone app that gives users the ability to review and upload pictures of a restaurant’s individual food items. ForkJoy Project Manager Mike Rowe fills us in on the...
by Tyler Laing | Mar 28, 2013 | Humour
Man embodies an inextricable dichotomy: the need to be one with nature while simultaneously needing to best it. To overcome that which we came from. To show nature that, sure, you might have made me, but I have since mounted you. Think of extreme mountain climbing,...
by Tyler Laing | Mar 7, 2013 | Culture
It wasn’t so long ago that I bore witness to — and maybe a little responsibility for — my underage cousins doing a bit of underage drinking. Zach was 17, Jake was 15 and I was 23, visiting them in Ontario. Living in B.C., I didn’t get to see them often, so when they...
by Tyler Laing | Jan 17, 2013 | Culture
The older I get, the less I care about New Year’s Eve (NYE). When I was younger, it was all about excess — especially when it came to the booze. It was like I couldn’t get it in me fast enough. Beer, liquor, whatever. Bottle, bottle, shot, smash. Pound it. Get...