http://cmkl.ca Chris Lawson's personal website Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cmkl.ca/2012/01/04/skate-skiing-at-mooneys-bay-my-new-favourite-thing/ http://cmkl.ca/2012/01/04/skate-skiing-at-mooneys-bay-my-new-favourite-thing/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:06:16 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=2165 Mooney's Bay ski centre and I think I've discovered my new favourite thing. Technically speaking this lesson was about free skating. No poles. The idea is to get the basics down - the stance, the weight transfer, the glide, etc. A perfect way to start: get the fundamentals right. ]]> http://cmkl.ca/2012/01/04/skate-skiing-at-mooneys-bay-my-new-favourite-thing/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2011/11/28/united-way-ottawa-de-funding-progressive-groups/ http://cmkl.ca/2011/11/28/united-way-ottawa-de-funding-progressive-groups/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:57:20 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=2004 rightward direction of the United Way Ottawa under its current CEO Michael Allen. Don't know the man and know nothing of him but I find the de-listing of organizations that mainly service women and immigrants to be deeply disturbing.]]> http://cmkl.ca/2011/11/28/united-way-ottawa-de-funding-progressive-groups/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2011/03/18/property-taxes-got-paid-yesterday/ http://cmkl.ca/2011/03/18/property-taxes-got-paid-yesterday/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:58:17 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=1217 http://cmkl.ca/2011/03/18/property-taxes-got-paid-yesterday/feed/ 1 http://cmkl.ca/2011/02/11/suv-hits-cyclist-only-this-one-has-a-video-camera/ http://cmkl.ca/2011/02/11/suv-hits-cyclist-only-this-one-has-a-video-camera/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:49:44 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=1117 this guy videos his bike rides. This time an SUV gave him a 'love tap' on the behind when he dared to take his lane to avoid a dooring. ]]> http://cmkl.ca/2011/02/11/suv-hits-cyclist-only-this-one-has-a-video-camera/feed/ 5 http://cmkl.ca/2009/10/26/lansdowne-live-should-be-put-in-a-medically-induced-coma/ http://cmkl.ca/2009/10/26/lansdowne-live-should-be-put-in-a-medically-induced-coma/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:12:16 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=881 Let's get it right. You should send one too.]]> http://cmkl.ca/2009/10/26/lansdowne-live-should-be-put-in-a-medically-induced-coma/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2009/01/15/im-voting-for-clive-doucet/ http://cmkl.ca/2009/01/15/im-voting-for-clive-doucet/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:31:29 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=641 Stupid city council talking about sanctioning him. Sanction Larry O'Brien. Take away his car for the duration of the strike.]]> http://cmkl.ca/2009/01/15/im-voting-for-clive-doucet/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/17/ottawa-police-beat-up-woman-outside-hartmans/ http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/17/ottawa-police-beat-up-woman-outside-hartmans/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:14:32 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/17/ottawa-police-beat-up-woman-outside-hartmans episode of police brutality (that's what I call it anyway) on her digital camera. Which part of 'working together for a safer community' is that?]]> http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/17/ottawa-police-beat-up-woman-outside-hartmans/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/15/ottawa-transit-strike/ http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/15/ottawa-transit-strike/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:52:36 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=616 http://cmkl.ca/2008/12/15/ottawa-transit-strike/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2008/11/18/yay-film-buffs-the-mayfair-is-saved/ http://cmkl.ca/2008/11/18/yay-film-buffs-the-mayfair-is-saved/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:59:14 +0000 cmkl http://cmkl.ca/?p=593 A group of film buffs is pitching in to re-open the Mayfair Theatre. Yay them. Now if they could just do something to squish the Shoppers Drug Mall and bring back the fruit and veg shop.]]> http://cmkl.ca/2008/11/18/yay-film-buffs-the-mayfair-is-saved/feed/ 0 http://cmkl.ca/2008/04/24/ottawa-bribes-claridge-over-portrait-gallery/ http://cmkl.ca/2008/04/24/ottawa-bribes-claridge-over-portrait-gallery/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 cmkl call bullshit on Ottawa City Council's increasingly desperate effort to keep the National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa.]]> http://cmkl.ca/2008/04/24/ottawa-bribes-claridge-over-portrait-gallery/feed/ 0