Almonte: 122km, 4:42 hours
Great day for a ride. Sunny, 16 degrees, winds mostly polite if not obliging. And I made a new ‘neat road’ discovery.
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One of the best things I get to do
Has to be putting Mallory to bed. Reading the stories. Cuddling. Telling her how much I love her. Listening to her fall asleep. I love it.
It must be said, the Tories’ budget bill is a draconian heap of nasty
It’s amazing that they’ve found the hubris to throw several hundred pages of non-budget, non-monetary legislation into the budget bill. It’s all about gutting environmental protection regulation – nothing to…
Parks Canada: firing staff, shortening seasons privatizing hot springs. What’s next? Branded elk?
This week’s announcement of federal government layoffs featured a lot from Parks Canada. And then, a day later, the agency announces they’re going to sell off three of its most…
Morning house extraction panic conversation
So I’m rushing to get out the door this morning. Mallory is already ready and is sitting in the chair in our bedroom, waiting for me.
Merrickville, 134km, 5 hours, 21 minutes
It’s only 13km more than I’ve cycled so far this season, but the trouble with those extra kilometres is that they always come at the end of the ride.
Tabatha Southey FTW
Her column today, The form letter to cure all Harper government missteps is great. She’s got to be about the funniest columnist out there.
Myself, I’m downgrading Moody’s
That’s right internets. I’m rating them ‘negative’. I am earnestly and sincerely advising my friends family and blog readers to not buy their shares, not apply for jobs there and…
Same old debates over and over again. Why oh why?
Probably the biggest reason I left student politics when I was in my early 20s was the feeling of repeating myself over and over. I know I’d really only been…
Giant squirrel unleashes flu on you
The Tories are up to some serious shit shutting down science and research in the federal government. Wreaking having with important, successful programs. Sorta like this squirrel.
Bib 183, riding the Cruise
I just got my confirmation for the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour today – in the email. Bravo, Ottawa Bicycle Club. You’ve made it to the age of email. As snarky…
Rockland via Navan, 121km, 5 hours ish
Bleargh. Today’s ride featured cold, a long pitch down Navan Road straight into the wind, and my GPS’s maddening route recalibration yet again.
Can I use a sea kayak in the Algonquin Park interior?
Well, it’s not against the law. And you probably won’t die if you do. But my strong suggestion would be ‘no’. Why? Three reasons: the portages, the portages and the…
Oh now there you go, Dalton. That wasn’t so hard was it?
You’re almost there, premier McGuinty. Just a few more items and we’ll have something to be proud of. Something that runs counter to the current of nastiness emanating from the…
Virtual private server, shared hosting or dedicated what sort of web hosting do I need?
Really the question is how much are you paying now and how much can you afford to pay? Though generally speaking, for the most part, shared hosting is fine. If…
Yes, you can pass a tooth through… you know where
I’ll spare you the photo and even the details but sufficeth to say that the tooth fairy believed the note, and the tooth caused no further complications or unhappiness. And…
Think she’ll buy it?
Much trepidation over the tooth that fell out during lunch and got swallowed. My reassurances were inadequate so she wrote the note. With help.
Niceying up the wealthy so we feel bad for them when we want to tax them more
There’s this refreshing counter-melody threading in and out of the deafening cacophony of rhetoric around cutting our way to greatness and the great quest for lower wages and cheaper stuff.…
Winchester, 121km, 4hrs 25 minutes
That ramped it up a bit. Distance wise anyway. I must figure out what to do with my upper body to avoid stiffness and other discomfort in my neck, back…
Dropping the landline redux
So we now have no landline. There’s a whole mess of places where I have to replace that phone number but never mind. It’ll happen in good time.