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Yesterday the news was that the old Ritz Hotel at Bank and Somerset was being demolished. Today it got another little reprieve. And the Concert Hall – whose prospects were looking pretty grim last week – has been given a reality cheque by the federal government. Tags: Somehow the Mayor and I ended up at the same community forum today. I stayed all day, while he just made an appearance. Too bad: there was much he could have learned, since homelessness is one of his more conspicuous areas of ignorance. The Mayor said some nice things about the work of the Alliance […] New legislation has just been introduced by the Harper government. It’s no surprise that Harper’s taking the “Get Tough on Crime” approach: it’s a perfect fit for his George Bush Mini-Me leadership style. These guys are tackling crime like we’re experiencing an unprecedented explosion of it and it must be stopped before the criminals seize […] Elmaks left a clue in the comments about the location of yet another swap box: Where does the Invisible Man pay his late fees? Robin beat me to the Invisible Cinema, and swapped a finger puppet for a button. By the time I got there on Sunday morning, his finger puppet was gone, and there […] The mayor and the police chief insisted we needed more cops, so we got more cops even though we couldn’t really afford them. Never mind that the crime rate has been falling for years. It’s just a demographic reality that crime rates drop as populations age, because people tend to outgrow criminal tendencies. But […] I don’t have time to write anything, so I’m just going to point you in several other directions today. Nursemyra, of the Gimcrack Hospital (where the nurses are pretty and the doctors are pissed), provides intimate details on the thorny details of porcupine intimacy. I was walking to work this morning and thinking about how lucky I am to live within walking distance of work. And not only that, but I can walk the first two miles pretending I’m in the country: I walk through the Experimental Farm, cut through a piece of the Arboretum, then through a park, […] I don’t get attached to all that many projects in Ottawa, but I’ve been looking forward to the Portrait Gallery. I love paintings and photographs and faces and there was talk of combining newer technologies with older ones to have some interactive portraits. The whole project struck an historical/creative chord with me. And then, quite some […] Okay, so I quit smoking two months ago and I gained five pounds. (I’m lying; I gained six pounds.) My pants don’t fit right anymore, and that means I spend a lot of time feeling uncomfortably aware of those six pounds. I could go out and buy jeans a size bigger, but I won’t […] I had no idea Ottawa Centre had seven candidates running for MPP. From left to right: Richard Eveleigh, Independent. Let’s just say he needs to polish his public speaking skills a bit before he tries this again. I felt kind of sorry for him because he doesn’t speak clearly and I don’t think he hears very well […] |
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