And up to the farm
Mallory and I threw a bunch of stuff into the car and drove off to visit Grandpa Mike today. Despite the Ottawa area getting 30 cm or so of snow…
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Gift orgy part one: Mallory gives us gifts
For the first time ever, Mallory gave Irene and I presents. And handmade ones at that. I got a paper snowflake and Irene got a bunch of ghosts. I love…
The night before… you know
Mallory got to open a present tonight. Think she looks excited? She was pretty keen on going to bed, too. Sooner she sleeps, sooner Christmas comes. There are probably a…
Off work for a bit
So today was my last day of work for this year. I’m back in early January, but I’m quite relieved to be having a bit of non-work time, however busy…
Gerry Nicholls has my blood boiling
This Postmedia item has had me in a lather all day. It’s not just that they’re whipping up the faithful against the people I work for. That always bothers me…
Power failure
Well I had the most amazing insightful post compete with witty turns of phrase pathos and a gritty authenticity that I was prepared to post, but then the power went…
Flaherty tells the provinces ‘take it or leave it’ on health care funding
Well I feel better now, knowing that provincial governments have now joined the ranks of the scorned and disenfranchised. Unions now have some company. That whole no negotiation this is…
My Review of Phone Stocking Case for the iPhone4
Originally submitted at Timbuk2 iPhone4 case that protects while you swipe & type. Phone Stocking Case for the iPhone4 Cute concept. Implementation wanting By cmkl from Ottawa, ON, Canada on…
Further progress on sleep self-sufficiency
So last night Mallory went to bed at the usual time. As often happens, I hear her fumbling for her water bottle. This is followed by a short period of…
And now there’s a tree
And lights on the house. First time ever. We’re uh… really getting into this Christmas thing.
CAW and CEP talking merger? Wow
So this is me talking from a great distance, I hedge. I remember when CEP was formed in 1992. It was, itself the product of a merger of three unions:…
A quiet pint with Black Sabbath
Cheers to all. Hope you are enjoying your evenings. Even Peter Kent you climate change denying piece of shit.
This time the giant squirrel goes to the supermarket
The video is about cuts to federal food inspection programs which were found wanting by an inquest into the 2008 deaths of 22 people from eating contaminated meat. Watch til…
So Alterna has a new website, including online banking
I’ve been anticipating the relaunch of Alterna, the former CS-Co-op which bought some of the Capital Community Credit Union, where I do most of my banking for some time now.…
Well it was redneck hot button day today, wasn’t it
First there was this. Combining flag waving patriotism with Islamophobia and use it to take a stab at “the other”. The Globe item has 1779 comments on it. I’m going…
It was Mallory’s idea
She was talking about going to summer camp at dinner time tonight too. Afterward, she wanted us all to go watch TV together. We said ‘sure, but daddy will join…
Piano recital
I had this plan to take a picture of Mallory playing at her first piano recital this evening. She wanted me to sit on the bench with her and I…
So… crawling in from the work Christmas party
I went up to say goodnight to Irene and she told me that the evening had been uneventful but that Mallory had been sad that she wouldn’t say goodnight to…