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Duncan’s been immortalized!

Today was a most excellent day. So excellent, in fact, I can’t possibly fit all that excellence into one blog post, so Part II will be published tomorrow.

PART I

I went downtown and discovered a new street art installation by Maks on Slater Street just a few steps east of Bank Street. And if that […]

Mayor Larry’s Snow Job

A snow tax! Can you believe it? As if we haven’t suffered enough this winter. Talk about adding insult to injury.

I only heard about it a few minutes ago, but right off the top of my head, I have three problems with Mayor Larry’s proposed $50 per household snow tax.

1) If I’m not mistaken, we […]

Random tidbits

Just a few random tidbits today:

1. I’m looking forward to learning the details of the latest Mayor Larry scandal. From what I can gather, it has something to do with his ex-wife allegedly raising funds for his legal defence. The mayor has taken a pre-emptive strike by calling a press conference to react to the […]

Little things are pissing me off

Little things are pissing me off today and I don’t know why I’m wasting cycles on them. They’re not worth getting pissed off about, and if they WERE worth it, I’d be pissed off all the time because there’s nothing unusual about any of it – it’s just normal everyday stuff.

1. The mail I […]

Street Heart

Look what popped up on Slater Street today: Ye Olde Apothecary, starring MAYOR LARRY O’BRIEN!

Here’s a closer look. (All the pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them. You probably knew that already.)

“This piece of art is intended as a conversation starter.”

This is what they sell at Ye Olde Apothecary: Medicines and Tonics for the […]

A Cautionary Tale for Mayor Larry the Rock Star

Mayor Larry O’Brien showed up at the police station yesterday in his gold Mercedes-Benz for mugshots and fingerprinting, and to be formally booked on charges of bribery and influence peddling.

Apparently, upon seeing the crowd of reporters waiting for him, the mayor said “I feel like a rock star. I’m just absolutely amazed at the number […]

Crack kit program gets an infusion

Good news for Ottawa’s crack addicts and those who care whether they live or die: the province has stepped in with funding for our Crack Kit Program.

As you may recall, Ottawa City Council withdrew its share of funding for the program earlier this year. Evidently Council thought the lives of all of our addicts […]

If Larry O’Brien Ran Bethlehem

Look what I found at lunchtime today! It’s a modern day nativity scene, called If Larry O’Brien Ran Bethlehem. It’s on a telephone pole on Elgin Street, near Somerset.

It’s not a Swap Box (it’s got a glass or plexiglass front), but it looks to me like the work of Maks, the Swap Box […]

Kindness Meters?

Don’t you just love how Mayor Larry comes up with all these facile ‘solutions’ to complex problems? Scrap the crack kit program to get rid of addicts. Bribe the competition to bypass democracy. Install “Kindness Meters” to eliminate panhandlers.

The Kindness Meters, if you haven’t heard, are refurbished parking meters, now being used as the […]

Portrait Gallery Consolation Prizes

As reported earlier, the Prime Minister axed our Portrait Gallery project so he could claim the building for himself. It’s the old US embassy across the road from Parliament Hill. He’s planning to use it for important meetings with foreign dignitaries. And, as you know, a few dozen foreign dignitaries are much more important […]