The annual March For Life received more media attention than usual this year. Normally the media ignores the event completely. Thursday though there was a tempest in the Ottawa teapot. A pro-life flag was raised over Ottawa City Hall. It was quickly removed. Accusations were hurled. The Mayor was blamed (he’s pro-choice and says he […]
I had this nagging feeling I shouldn’t accept the request to speak to the seniors’ group at church on May 11, but I couldn’t remember why. So I said yes. That was yesterday, the day of the annual March For Life. Because I was speaking in the late morning I didn’t get downtown until after […]
They are going to be on Parliament Hill this afternoon, thousands of people with a cause trying to make their voices heard. For the most part, what they are saying will fall on deaf ears. Today is the annual March For Life, a celebration of humanity and a rejection of abortion and euthanasia. It is […]
Frequent flyers tune out the pre-flight safety instructions. They’ve heard it all before. They know how to fasten their seatbelts. Just how likely is it that the plane will go down? And will those instructions actually help you? The rare times a plane crashes you don’t hear about people being saved because they had their […]
I’m not sure where the weekend went. I had about a dozen different ideas that I wanted to use for today’s post. Turns out that was too many – I couldn’t decide which of the posts I should finish. So instead you’ll instead get some visual humour I found online that amused me. I hope […]
It is May, not March. There is not supposed to be even a hint of snow. Is there someplace I can go to get a refund? –
I noticed this notice by the pool (actually it is a splash pad) next to my local library. I’m sure the area was open last summer, so I guess keeping information current isn’t a priority for the City of Ottawa.
With a title like that, borrowing from the United Airlines slogan, I know you are expecting something about air travel. Not today. Consider the title my version of clickbait. Tuesday morning I noticed, while checking news updates, that the famed Canadian Forces Snowbirds (and their French counterpart, Patrouille de France) would be doing a flypast […]
Given a choice between watching NHL playoff hockey on television and editing a post for today, I chose the hockey. Given that the team I was cheering for lost, it probably wasn’t the smartest move. I didn’t want to leave you with nothing to contemplate, and I’m going to ignore Star Wars day tomorrow, but […]
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