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Revolutionary Resolutions

I was out for dinner at Pub Italia with Rebecca last night, and she asked about my New Year’s Resolutions. I hadn’t even thought of resolutions this year. I don’t always make resolutions, and I certainly never keep them, but I at least think about them.

But here I am, right down to the wire, […]

I saw a woody!

GC and I always play Punch Buggy when we’re out and about. You may have played some variation of Punch Buggy in childhood, but we’ve developed a more sophisticated and elaborate version for grown-ups.

Here’s how it works.

If you see a volkswagen bug, you punch the other person and shout “Punch Buggy!”
If you see a yellow […]

Christmas Re-Cap

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve GC and I worked our weekly shift in the soup kitchen at the Shepherds of Good Hope, serving up tourtiere pie and cauliflower soup and pastries.

Things were slow in the soup line, and there was a Christmas Eve Mass out in the parking lot at 8:00, so we stepped outside to […]

Where are you on the Christmas spectrum?

On a scale of 1 to 5, how much do you like Christmas? ( polls)

Step into the polling booth and tell us how you really feel about Christmas.

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How much do you know before you start writing?

I have a question for those of you who write fiction. Do you know who your characters are, what your story’s about, and how it’s going to unfold before you start writing it? Or do you just dive in blindly, start writing, and see what happens? In other words, do you write because there’s a […]

Street beat and street art

Okay, I did it. I met with the investigating officers from the Professional Standards section of the Ottawa Police regarding their investigation into the events that led to my Bank Street Bully post. They interviewed me quite thoroughly this afternoon in my living room. (I requested that we meet here because of the bus […]

Everybody’s Art Show at Irene’s Pub

I think this concept for an art show is brilliant. Everybody gets to be an artist. Even you and me!

Where: Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank Street in the Glebe
When: January 6th, 2009 – January 28th, 2009 (culminating in a Silent Auction on Wednesday January 28th)
Who: Everybody
Why: Fundraiser. Proceeds will go to a 2009 graduate from the […]

And now for something completely different

I found this on Schmutzie’s blog.

The next post

You know what? It’s hard to write the next post after the Bank Street Bully posts.

Until this week, the most attention this blog ever got was when the Yarn Harlot mentioned it last January and two thousand knitters came to visit on a single day. The most comments a single post had ever generated […]

Bank Street Bully Update

Over the past couple of days, thousands of people have visited this blog to read about the Bank Street Bully, and many of you subsequently blogged about it on your own blogs. It has generated a lot of discussion, both on this blog and others.

Apparently a number of you also contacted the Ottawa Police […]