Sometimes I miss Larry O’Brien
The main drawback of Jim Watson being elected mayor of Ottawa is that we don’t have Larry O’Brien to kick around anymore. He was such an irresistible target. I don’t…
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A Hipstamatic kind of morning
I took all these pictures of Canada Geese with my Hipstamatic while walking to work yesterday morning. Digg this! Share this on Facebook Email this to a friend? Stumble upon…
About that birthday video
So. Remember the time it was my birthday and I promised to post a video of all the birds singing Happy Birthday? Well…let’s just say that they all got camera-shy…
Happy Birthday to Me!
Here are a few things you can do to celebrate my birthday today! The Fabric Flea Market – at the Glebe Community Centre from 10:00 to 2:00. All proceeds go…
Jack is not his real name
I’ve known Jack (not his real name) a long time. We were room-mates when I was still in high school and he was in university. He was never a shining…
Saying goodbye
The art-making party for Elmaks was wonderful and fitting, and the service the next day was lovely. I don’t usually say funerals are lovely, but this one was. His art…
Blessing of the Animals
We started the day at an estate auction run by a crabby auctioneer, followed by breakfast in a Glebe diner. Over breakfast, GC and I wrote a note to Elmaks,…
Goodbye, Elmaks.
Maks and OboeElmaks, local street artist, inventor of The Swap Box, and all-round nice guy and gentle soul, died on Thursday. I’m told that his body was found in the…
I got in an actual fight
Yesterday afternoon I was walking down Merivale Road, nursing a migraine, when the guy walking in front of me grabbed an election sign out of the grass and tossed it…
Meet the Folkers
So a while back The Ottawa Citizen asked if anyone was interested in blogging about any of the local music festivals for them, in exchange for festival passes. I applied…
Saying goodbye
I went to Parliament Hill yesterday, to pay my last respects to Jack Layton. It was a very long, very slow line which stretched pretty much around the whole East…
Goosebumps and tears
I’m heartbroken about Jack Layton’s death this morning. We all knew it didn’t look good a month ago when he stepped down temporarily from his job so he could get…
Ottawa Police break sleeping man’s bones
Once again, there are more horrifying allegations of brutality lodged against members of the Ottawa Police Service. A woman and her teenaged daughter found a man sleeping on the sidewalk…
Kathleen Petty
I listen to Kathleen Petty on the Ottawa Morning Show on CBC radio every morning. Just for a little while…from the time I wake up til the time I get…
A whole bunch of stuff
The Baseline Cowboys raised $300 in empties and spare change for Christie Lake Kids on Wednesday! Rumour has it they’ve also volunteered to help out with Christie Lake’s cooking program.…
Lost dogs: Baloo and Solo
I’ve been looking for Baloo, a half-groomed lost dog this week. He’s a rescue dog. The Rescue had him at the groomer’s to get his matts cut out. Poor little…
The Cowboys and the Kids
The Baseline Cowboys were catapulted into the local celebrity spotlight over the past few weeks as bloggers blogged, reporters reported, and photographers photographed them. They’ve been in the Ottawa Citizen…
Standard operating procedure vs police brutality
I’ve been thinking more about the Roxanne Carr videos. About the way she was handled by the police in the cell block. The officers seemed so calm and methodical, as…
Roxanne Carr cell block footage released
The videos of Roxanne Carr being checked into the Ottawa Police cell block are now public. You can see them here. Roxanne Carr left the following comment on my blog,…
A fan of The Fan
We went to see The Fan in Strathcona Park last night. It’s Odyssey Theatre’s 25th anniversary production. The Fan is a big fat rollicking farce with lots of big, over-the-top…