Today, May 21st is the day 69 of my indefinite hunger strike protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cruel new crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, formerly omnibus crime Bill C10. This potentially-fatal ac…

You know how Jose Canseco gets on Twitter and is all like “I’m the best at everything. I challenge you to challenge me”? Or, in the man’s own words: Why did Jose canseco cross the road ,,,,,,,,,to slap you haters— … Continue reading →

What an eyesore!I drove past this bridge the other day. What a mess. It has been stalled, with financial issues. The equipment on the site cannot be used until the company, ConCreate, pays the company that owns the shoring and scaffolding. They are owe…

We dropped our daughter #2 off at a Brownie camp yesterday north of Kanata close to Dunrobin. We took March Road off the Queensway and I completely expected that, shortly after exiting, we’d be zooming past farms and trailer parks as we traveled …

I’m really happy to welcome Ten Thousand Villages to the Fishbowl family. Not only are they one of my favourite shops in Westboro Village but I really admire what they do.

We took a road trip to check out the Sunday brunch at Montebello. And this is what we found.

Occupied Ottawa will be baaaaaaaack on May 12th. But we didn’t really go away. In this blog, allow me to present guest bloggers Matt Morgan and John Bainbridge w/ an interview of Squid Murgatroyd, writing here to give you all an update.
N.B. The opinio…

This weekend was a blur… a blur of East-end traffic and money leaping out of our wallets.
We crisscrossed Ottawa looking for the best deal on stoves and fridges and we eventually found them at Universal. (See previous.) We also took a cursory lo…

… peeps think it is somehow cool to vandalize someone else’s property. I did a lot of crazy stuff in my youth but never once did I intentionally wreck or deface something that didn’t belong to me. I just didn’t. And it is quite …

… shooters and omnibus bill edition… =================================================================================== You might remember a post I scribbled a little while back about a “new” shooter that is perfect for O-Town …

… of the freak who has been sexually assaulting women in the Alta Vista area. Please feel free to copy and paste into any media where we can get some broad coverage. SOMEONE has to know this freak! Call the cops if you do! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario

The $17-million expansion plan announced March 7, 2012 by the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority to develop the Ogdensburg’s Airport rang a few alarm bells this past week. “If you plan on opening a new business in the Ogdensburg area, the cost is very cheap and being so close to the border does make it [...]

The left in the province of Alberta will never merge. There are four core reasons for this to be the case. Firstly, the NDP is directly tied, through its organization, its employees (many of whom who work for the federal NDP as well), and other means, …

Unlikely, because more often than not the stereotypical view of mountain bikers is more likely to be as trail villains rather than trail heroes. First, we have the well meaning but uninformed view of many who call themselves environmentalists that moun…

If you are a high school student in the Alta Vista or Canterbury areas in Ottawa, this might be of interest to you!   CANTERBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The annual scholarship program, started in 1996, was develope…

I always thought it’d be kind of cool to create a list of “must see must do” things in the Ottawa area, although as I started writing this life list I quickly realized that there was a lot to be said for Gatineau, the Ottawa Valley, and a bit beyond. I…

I enjoyed all three of the videos that play in succession on this CTV page. Kady live blogging in the background is amusing. I supposed most people get funny facial expressions while they are writing, I can only imagine mine while I’m blogging. Her crack up at the revelation of the VikiLeaks password (StrongStableConservativeMajorityGovernment) was [...]

I appreciate it when companies make my life easier in a way that make sense to me. That’s why I’m very pleased to welcome a new patron to the Fishbowl, it’s a website, nay, a mini-social media empire (!) called Help We’ve Got K…

Full disclosure: I’m getting the Indochino treatment and a complimentary suit. A suit that fits at an affordable price. How hard could it be to find? Apparently harder than I thought, which has forced me to cave in on fit to accommodate my budget. If you’re like me, you’ll want to thank the boys behind [...]