Happy CANADA Day!
NOT Dominion Day! Today is to celebrate the birthday of a great (though currently politically misguided) and independent country. While our Constitution may refer to the land as a “Dominion”,…
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The “royal” visit – and why I am glad I’ll be outta town!
I detest hero-worship in any form… and the fawning over the “royal” visit is the epitome of hero worship! Not that I am implying in any way that they’re heroes…
Turkeys! Lots of turkeys!
Turkeys are causing havoc…. HAVOC I tell ya, in the burg of Barrie, Ontario! No, not the kind who you address as Senator or Minister, but the real feathered kind.…
Friday, er, Saturday miscellany
OK. I didn’t get to the Friday Miscellany thing yesterday. My bad. I was golfing in the afternoon – and dodging lightning – and had to work like the dickens…
Just because this tune sooo rox…
And hearing it is a great way to start a Friday! That is all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tj3_bIAbE Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario Tweet This Post
Brands that will disappear…
… some of them are rather surprising. Check it out… A&W is particular holds a lot of memories for me. I remember rolling up to the drive in with my…
Anyone that claims that climate change…
… is a buncha crap, should consider this forecast for Inuvik. Yes, this is “weather” as opposed to “climate”. I know the concepts and terminology very well…. but if these…
Trashy goes to Parliament!
For a political junkie like me, last night was one of those “special” times of my life. Courtesy of an invite by an ex-NDP MP through a colleague of my…
When questions were answered…
Before scripted responses in QP. Before “messaging”. Before every utterance from a Minister’s mouth had to be cleared by the PMO, sitting MP’s actually communicated directly with their constituents and…
So that’s why the beach was closed!
The fam and I were going to head off to Britannia Beach the other day for some water-based recreation-type stuff. But, upon checking the City rwebsite, we discovered that the…
Pro soccer comes to Ottawa!
Even though we have known that this was coming for some time (tough to keep a secret of any kind in Ottawa), I am ecstatic to see a NASL team…
Boy, do I feel stoopid!
This popped into my Inbox this morning. I thought it was a recruitment drive for the NDP… I was going to send back a note asking them to cease the…
Listening…
…to my 7 year old Princess singing to Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”…. while listening to it on Randy Bachman’s “Vinyl Taps”…. Love being a Dad… Nothing better, man… And…
Do as I say, not as I do…
Given the hoops that Public Servants are forced to jump through to be able to have coffee available at a meeting, this type of stuff REALLY pisses me off! Prime…
Betty Fox
I’m very sad to say that Terry Fox’s Mom, Betty, has died. Terry was a Canadian hero and so was his Mom. She kept the fight against cancer very much…
Friday miscellany – schools, Pink Floyd and a moron in a bad suit…
The Ontario government announced the other day that 4 new schools will be built in Ottawa and a 6 room addition will be tacked onto an existing school. On Wednesday…
Rioting in the streets of Vancouver
I don’t know what to say. I am almost speechless. Almost. This was shameful. No. Excuses. Whatsoever. Congrats to the Bruins. And as a sidebar, I really hope that, when…
‘Nucks or Bruins? Does Orr trump all?
For me, this is more complicated than it seems. I grew up just outside Parry Sound, Ontario – the birthplace and hometown of Bobby Orr – the best player EVAH!…
Another financial meltdown in the U.S.?
President Obama is warning of one if the debt ceiling is not lifted. The American government will exceed its legislated debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion in August. Trillion. 14,300,000,000,000. Holy…
In some States in the US…
…carrying guns is permitted. Even in the open. In a holster or shoved down your crotch. Your choice. Amazing, eh? And even I, Trashy, the despiser of all things Harper-ish,…