|
|
||
|
Watch my life unravel...
|
It was a year ago today that I stopped smoking. I haven’t had a single cigarette since then. Not even a drag. Not even a deep inhalation as I pass through the cloud of smoke outside the L’Esplanade. Not even a bit of tobacco rolled together with something else. Nothing. I’ve quit smoking more often […] You may have seen Mayor Larry heralding the news that Ottawa’s crime rate fell 5% last year. He certainly seems pleased with himself about it. In fact, the crime rate has been trending downwards since 1991. It’s not a result of anything Mayor Larry has done, it’s the result of demographic shifts in the population. The […] Bob died on Sunday, “unexpectedly at home.” I found out from a group email, sent with the subject line “With great sadness.” I didn’t know Bob well; I met with him occasionally on business. He was a pleasant guy. I read his obituary this afternoon, to glean a bit of posthumous insight into his […] As you’ve probably heard, the funding for two residential drug treatment centres for youth was announced Tuesday – a 15-bed facility for English-speaking kids, and a 5-bed facility for French-speaking kids. Better than nothing, I suppose. But I predict the effects will be negligible. Most of the addicts I see would not qualify for treatment […] Today was a lump-in-my-throat emotional kind of day. It got off to a lumpy start, and then the lump just stayed pretty close to the surface for the rest of the day. On my walk to work, I came across a dead duck on Prince of Wales Drive. Roadkill. It was very sad. And pointless […] I’m not scared of flying like I’m scared of public speaking. The prospect of public speaking fills me with mortal dread which intensifies right up to the appointed time. (But I usually find a way to weasel out of it before the appointed time.) Flying doesn’t fill me with dread. It’s not until I’m going through […] It was a year ago today that Sam took his last walk, and his last breath. Time has done that weird elastic thing time sometimes does, and that year feels like a lifetime and a heartbeat at the same time. For awhile there, he remained imprinted on my senses all the time. His almost-thereness echoed in […] “Anybody who suggests that our job is not to combat every crime and combat every criminal involved in every crime, then they are idiots,” said Chief Vern White, “We pursue these folks in every possible way using every tool we have.” I would suggest that the police enforce the laws somewhat selectively. They have priorities. They […] Note: I wrote and posted this a couple of weeks ago and then pulled it almost immediately because of queasy second thoughts about its appropriateness. But after mulling it over in the background for awhile, I’ve decided it’s okay. At least I hope it is. I have mixed feelings about blogging my thoughts about this out […] They didn’t use a wrecking ball; they used a giant set of jaws. That’s as far as they got before the engineer or architect (John Cooke? Derek Crain?), ordered everybody to stop the demolition of the Somerset House/Ritz Hotel at the intersection of Somerset and Bank Streets. Apparently they were doing it wrong. From what […] |
 |
|
Copyright © 2024 knitnut.net - All Rights Reserved 174 queries. 3.136 seconds. |
||
Popular Posts