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On the same day that many people officially imbibe more alcoholic beverages than their body-weight I’ll be turning 28, and it really, truly, just feels like I’ve gotten started.
I’m leaving Toronto tonight and I gotta say, I had a fantastic time. I have the very best friends and I’m extremely fortunate – if I was a more spiritual man I’d say I was blessed. Thanks to Rainbow, Andrew, Mike, Jay, Will, Dan, Glenda, Sandra, Eda, Megan, Natalie, Joe, Owen, Elias, Nick, Andrea and […]
I’m a huge wuss. No joke. I have never been in a fight, and in cases where a fight MAY occur I completely puss out and try to Walk away Talk my way out of it Never leave the house
Sterling’s got his PHD AND is single. I know there’s a high ratio of women to men in Ottawa – so who’s lookin? He also looks a bit like Neil Patrick Harris but like his character Barney on “How I met your Mother” – AWESOME.
I once tried to “eyeball” level a shelf in my basement. I don’t know how I justified the act – inebriation is highly likely, as are most of my “fix-it” projects – but I put up a shelf, in the middle of a wall that shouldn’t have had one… so I could place a lightsaber […]
Things get really quiet in Ottawa when the sun goes down.
I had the privilege to attend one of the cooler high-end fund-raisers I have been to: Fight for the Cure. Despite owning a, technically, “sports” camera, I’ve never actually gone and shot any with it. So I volunteered and took many many photos – most of which didn’t even come close to turning out. I […]
Question: Who mails stuff anymore? Answer: THIS GUY! Getting stuff in the mail is awesome – I’ll admit it, even bills. Mail has my name on it, often is personalized to me (yes I did make those long-distance phonecalls!), and often comes with added literature to keep me informed (I will call before I dig […]
A convenience store a few blocks away from my work burned down last month. A few weeks before that a restaurant across the street from it was also set alight. A month before that a house a few blocks from my house was on fire. And last year an entire building at the corner of […]
Only in Ottawa can you commute to work by skating. Well… I think it’s just in Ottawa – if you’re reading this from another skate-to-work community, or if you have an equally interesting/unique method (dog sleds, submarine, unicorn) drop me a comment and enlighten us all. And if you haven’t yet, please sign up and […]
Mel and I visited Petit Bill’s Bistro in Westboro last weekend. They had Lobster Poutine – delicious – nuff said. And if you haven’t yet, please sign up and vote for this blog!
I’m starting to wonder if a robot uprising is really just a self-fulfilling prophecy waiting to happen. We, as a society, already fantasize heavily on the subject: Blade Runner, The Matrix Movies, The Terminator, all Japanese Anime, and The Muppets. All robot propaganda subverting our psyche until the day our artificial overlords take their place […]
Why do babies insist on IGNORING their toys, and going straight for the real thing. It’s like they know quality when they see it. I’m not sure, but I think even if they made replicas that looked real (a la Ikea fake-TV’s), the kids would still skip right by them so that they could bang […]
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Staring down at the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre in Ottawa – lots of great intersecting lines and stuff at this place. Also – good food.
BSG starts in 10 minutes, so I’m throwing this online and MAYBE some of you will comment. Have a great weekend – stay warm.
Okay – I’m defeated – even WITH GUIDE LINES I can’t take a straight picture. I have a bubble level and plan on using it from now on… I’m sorry. One shot with my Panasonic LX3, single image processed in HDRMax with some blending in PS and lots of little layers on top.
My co-worker killed the crap out of this Orchid. I kept pointing out to her that it was dead, and I don’t think she was in denial, but she still didn’t see the need to get rid of it. Anyways, she dropped it in the trash Monday – RIP pretty hard to care for flower.
Thus continues this weeks theme of stuff that’s dead in Ottawa.
I haven’t really done much this weekend, save for some harder-than-it-should-have-been grocery shopping, so I really don’t have much to say either. Just pounding away at a few different projects, personally and professionally. If you are looking for TEXT though, of a ramblingly intelligent nature (no clear direction to be defined) check out my buddy […]
I liked the lines.
Obviously the most active elderly in Ottawa.
This past weekend was Owen’s birthday so we went to “his” bowling alley. I’m not even sure if anyone other than him played – but it didn’t seem to matter – he would have enjoyed himself without us.
