The giant squirrel and fish this time
Earlier versions of this one had an end-of-reel shot of the squirrel fishing, which I quite liked. But in the name of brevity, it’s gone.
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Toronto stops fielding email inquiries – oh what have you done?
So the City of Toronto’s answer service is going to stop fielding queries by email as of March 15. Because Mayor Rob Ford wants to save $280,000. Because he doesn’t…
Connecticut, Serbia and the North Pole
Three places Mallory suggested this evening for our summer vacaction.
Full day kindergarten or… pointless tax breaks for profitable corporations
Economist Erin Weir digs up an interesting nugget about the results of the McGuinty government’s changes to corporate tax structure in the Drummond Report. The government claimed that adding HST…
Jillian Jillian Jillian Jiggs the crafts in your books make me need a swig
Of something. Mallory and I spent the better part of an hour this afternoon – after we all got back from Irene’s parent’s place – making a pig according to…
The Cookie Race
Mallory took part in her first ski race today. A gruelling 500m event at Nakkertok they call the Cookie Race, Girls, 2006 birth year division. I was a touch nervous.…
Numbers or it didn’t happen: Mark Blevis on #TellVicEverything
Mark Blevis, mister podcast now digital public affairs specialist has some numbers on yesterday’s Twitterstorm/party around C-30, the Tories proposed legislation on “Lawful Access” to internet use data normally considered…
So the world may be headed to heck in a handbasket
But I had so much fun with #TellVicEverything that I’m okay with it for now. Tomorrow, I’ll be right back at it working to lessen the stupid and increase the…
Michael Geist on the Harper government’s new “Lawful Access” law: it’s bad
University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist has a really good summary and critique of the Tories’ new bid to give police “Lawful Access” to ISP data and to require ISPs…
The census is invasive, but warrant-less monitoring of internet use is not?
Is it me or do the Tories seem like they’re trying to suck and blow at the same time? Perhaps not, because of course the mandatory census is done as…
I think it’s really cool that where I work
We have a strategic communications plan. And for the second year running, we’re going through this exercise wherein we all fill in the parts of our jobs that apply to…
My two favourite grrrls
All in all a pretty good day.
Don Drummond will propose eliminating full day kindergarden
I will get to some evidence as to why killing the still-not-completely-implemented full day kindergarden in english public school boards is a really bad idea. I swear. But first, some…
Save the ecoEnergy program
I’m a homeowner. So that puts me in a fairly privileged position, I admit. Nevertheless when the federal government came up with the notion of the ecoEngery program the environmentalist…
I’m not too bothered by infill
This will lose me my shot at being editor of the Oscar, but I have to say it. I live in Old Ottawa South and I’m not too bothered by…
Pyjamas marking the passage of time
Mallory likes to track her growth. So every month or so (sometimes two or three times a month) I get her to stand up against the door and I measure…
Crèpes – my fabulous birthday
So to cap off a lovely birthday, Irene Mallory and I had a lovely meal at Da Sergio and then went home for presents. The day actually began with presents…
And now, more squirrel. Search and rescue this time
Hard to argue with this. These cutbacks aren’t out of necessity. They’re choices. Harper’s government would be happy to blow you out of the air with a stealth fighter (assuming…
Just sent in my cheque for the 2012 Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour
My road bike is in the shed, trapped behind several feet of snow blocking the door. We have six more weeks of winter and I’m not done with cross country…
Clip ‘n’ climb
Mallory was at her friend F’s birthday party today. F’s parents held the party at the kiddie part of Altitude Gym called Clip ‘n’ Climb. It was brilliant. There’s kids.…