Put the slicks on today
It was a little chilly today. But the roads are clear of snow and relatively dry so there’s no point keeping the snow tires on. So out came the slicks.…
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Crazy hair day
Irene really outdid herself here. Tremendous hair coloration acumen.
And again with the pre-emptive legislation, Lisa Raitt
I’m beginning to think this might be a pattern. Same company, same rhetoric, same lies. They’re all in favour of letting workers try to defend their livelihoods at the bargaining…
Blackburn Hamlet: 44.85km, 1 hour 40 minutes
And so it begins. Rideau Lakes seems a long way away and Kingston a very daunting destination. But it was a lovely day today. Lots of riders out. But uh……
Mallory on the day she started liking hummous
I was stunned. The three of us had gone swimming at Carleton that afternoon. We were back. Mallory was tired and hungry. Dinner was on the way. I’d gotten out…
Killing the land line on March 21
Yes indeedy. After March 21 we’ll be a mere three phone household. We’re killing the land line and going to dry loop DSL. The land line has become increasingly useless…
Happy International Women’s Day to all the women in my life
Friends, family, comrades, co-workers, store clerks, waiters, all. So much progress made, so much more to do. Personally and politically.
So I’m not blogging anything today and that’s okay
I went out for a beer with my canoe trip friend Martin this evening. We had a great conversation but I don’t feel like sharing any of it. But after…
Back to yoga class this eve
Oh my that was challenging. Leigh who teaches Tuesday evenings gives great instructions, has great energy and wit but I found this class quite challenging. Quite likely because it’s the…
Taxes versus investment, polls versus manipulation
Pollster Frank Graves has an item on iPolitics.ca about the recent spate of polling that media outlets have reported as indicating solid and enthusiastic public support for all manner of…
Looking for kid-friendly Algonquin interior destinations
We’ve thought of Achray. We’re headed to the park (we hope) in August, and were hoping to keep crowds to a dull roar. We’re willing to do a couple of…
Last ski lesson today
Mallory got her certificate, covered in stickers and stamps. Perfect for kids. She really does ski well. Irene and I put on our skate skis and slashed about the trails…
Happy birthday to my sister, Sheila
So both Sheila and I are at the stage in our lives where we don’t get hugely thrilled about marking the passage of time. But nonetheless, I thought I would…
À propos of nothing
A cute Mallory picture. The shirt used to belong to her cousin Abbie, who she doesn’t see often but utterly adores.
Sigh. I’ll say it. I don’t think Thomas Mulcair is a New Democrat
I’ve got friends and acquaintances in pretty much everyone’s campaign these days. So I’m going to disappoint someone I’m sure when I say that I can’t believe anyone who would…
Twenty questions
Mallory, her friend C and I played twenty questions at dinner tonight. What a hoot. But challenging especially when one of the players is but on the cusp of reading.
Lessons three days in a row
Lately Mallory’s been quite sensitive and unhappy around her lessons. I know parents agonize about how much structured activity to give their kids outside of school and I guess Irene…
Train drivers and bus drivers
So there are three train engineers dead after their train derailed in Burlington, ON today. It’ll be a year before we know the how and the why of what happened.
Cell phone plan calculator: an innovative, digital service government would have offered
Had it not been killed by Tony Clement Treasury Board President, mister innovation and open government. Most likely at the behest of the companies whose labyrinthine, usurious and deliberately devious…
Robocall voter “suppression”: who does that?
And more to the point, who orders that done? I don’t for an instant believe it starts and stops with the dude who was offered to the bus wheels this…