Mark your calendars. After such a long stretch between Ottawa Blogger gatherings, we have tentatively set the next gathering and the details are below. Date: Saturday August 22nd Time: 1pm start (end time is up to you) Location: Mexicali Rosa’s at Dow’s Lake Pavillion – 1001 Queen Elizabeth Drive. Ottawa, Ontario. Parking: Pay Lot available [...]
The past three days, I had the honour of attending the Manning Centre for Building Democracy’s Networking 2008 Conference here in Ottawa. The three days started off with a wonderful reception at the National Arts Centre on Thursday evening at which I got to run into fellow blogger Dr. Roy Eappan and BT co-founder Stephen [...]
I had the pleasure of, once again, passing by the Conservative Party of Canada HQ in downtown Ottawa this past week. It happened to be on Stephen Taylor`s birthday (Thursday) and I saw this and just had to snap a cell phone shot. Does anyone else find it weird that the tailor located on the [...]
Well, it’s that time again. For those of you out there in the Ottawa area, the next Ottawa blogger get together is happening on Saturday November 3rd, at Mexicali Rosa’s at Dow’s Lake. The address is 1001 Queen Elizabeth Drive. The time is 730pm(ish) Please feel free to share this with any other Ottawa Bloggers [...]
I have sat by too long watching as bleeding hearts rip our nation to shreds for the sake of personal gain. *Axe hit* I have listened to far too many lefties spread propaganda about issues that favour their own agendas of make work programs *Axe hit* I have watched too many City of Ottawa vehicles [...]
Well, I have recently discovered a few interesting things that I CAN do (and a few I can’t): 1) I can still attend a blogger gathering in Ottawa and enjoy political banter with Victor (PhantomObserver), Clive (DoggerelParty), Jordan (Clear Conservative Thought) and Jordan’s friend Vanessa as I did last night. 2) I can still post [...]
This is a very hard thing to announce, but due to a commitment I recently made to the political process, I will be stepping away from blogging. The situation is definitely temporary, but it may be an extended period of time. (at least 9 months and no I am not pregnant). I am looking for [...]
… and those are the days you feel light in your step and walk around whistling and making everyone at work despise you for being in a good mood. Sunday I was out all day as my daughter was competing in a local invitational tournament I was emcee-ing. Now for those who remember, Cookie finished [...]
In an assessment of Stephane Dion’s call for aid to help minority’s deal with hate crimes, Jarrett Plonka does a find job dismantling the argument and pointing out numerous flaws with various Liberal’s positions on this matter. But what gave me a smile was his reply to a comment from Stephane Dion’s Blog Campaign Co-Chair, [...]
In 2006, this blog hired no one. But we also did not have to restructure and lay off anyone either. (disclosure: we are not a company and their is only one person who blogs here…me. I am the marketing department, the news department, the sports department, the editorial department, the financial department, etc.) But TorStar [...]
