What to do with the books
I have a lot of books. In hard copy. About a decade ago I pledged that no hard copy books would enter my home by my hand. But still I have the ones I accumulated in the previous 40 or…
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The button collection
Of late I’ve been clearing old cruft out of cupboards: old slides, photographs etc etc. And I happened upon my collection of buttons and other wearable memorabilia. It brought up lots of feels. And cringes. See, some of them are…
The City of Ottawa’s active transport infrastructure is almost entirely awful. I want what Montréal has.
I recently spent a couple of weeks in Montréal. Biking both as a commuter and as a lycra-clad warrior. I had heard that Montréal had gotten a lot more progressive in the active transport department over the years, but that…
Getting to know Cuba in seven days
Me and the fam just got back from a seven day March break-ish vacation in Cuba. It’s the first time I’ve ever been. I loved it and would definitely go back for many reasons but mainly to discover more and…
They closed the Commanda bridge for the winter
Sometimes I feel like I live in a city designed and built by people who drive everywhere. Even when they do build something for those people (eyeroll) who actually move themselves places, they do their level best to keep it…
The enemy you deserve
I will probably lose friends over this. But I have to say something. There are dead kids on both sides of the war being fought between Israel and Hamas. But I think if you look at the totals you’ll see…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
I don’t know how else to interpret today’s media event wherein UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias and OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared in Milton praising Doug Ford’s plan to increase the minimum wage. It seems like they’ve thrown in the…