1) Are you voting in Ontario’s provincial election on October 10th?

2) If so, who are you voting for?

3) How are you voting on the referendum question?

4) Hypothetical bonus question: If the new electoral system (Mixed Member Proportional) were in effect for this election, which of course it isn’t, would both your votes go […]

I need to start journaling again, at least for awhile, and I’ve had two recent obstacles: lack of a journal and lack of a bedside table lamp. (I’m a bedtime journaler, and I don’t like having to get out of bed to turn the light off when I’m done writing in my journal.)

So the other […]

If you don’t like Mayor Larry O’Brien, you’ll love Dr. Dawg’s recent thrashing of him: Bull in a China Shop.

On the other hand, if you’ve ever wondered how a bull behaves in a china shop, I think you’ll find this quite illuminating: .

(You might need to click the arrow twice.)

And finally, since we’re on […]

I went to the Homelessness Action’s “Lunch and a Nap with Mayor Lar” today.

Hmmm. I’m kind of torn about what to say here. I like these people, I applaud them for tackling this issue, and I support their cause. But in my humble opinion, they need to get a bit more organized and […]

Let’s just say the Mayor started it when he told the residents of Ottawa that homeless people were like pigeons, and if we would just stop feeding them they would go away.

I’ll be at City Hall at lunchtime. I don’t have any dancing shoes, but I do have a blankie.

On a related note: […]