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What Was The Big Deal?
Sure, our numbers may be growing but out of a population of 33 million there are only a little more that 7,000 married same-sex couples in Canada. So what’s the big deal? Did the sky fall or something? According to Statistics Canada’s latest census results, gays and...
Referendum Ontario
October 10th is election day in my province and I’m happy to see that we’re having a referendum on electoral reform. I’ve written about this before (Electoral Dysfunction) and proportional representation is something I wished for Canada so I’m glad that it’s...
Post-Op
Gee, did somebody get the number of the bus that hit me? I feel pretty lousy today so I plan to stay in bed, take pain meds and veg out with the TV. Tomorrow I start physiotherapy and I’m so glad that I didn’t arrange it for today and had the presence of mind to give...
Surgery Today
Well today I’m having surgery on my shoulder. I’ve had a “frozen shoulder” for just over a year now and they found a couple of small cysts on my humerus so the doc’s gonna go in with a scope and clean things out. I’ve got the week off work but will be spending my...
Was: Retail Therapy Now: When Does This End?
So, Lise and I are in Ottawa and saw my mom this morning. We stayed and fed her lunch then left the hospital to go have lunch ourselves. We had planned to have lunch, stop in to the Governor General’s place and maybe find a mall for some retail therapy. Then back to...
True Crime
The very first true crime story I ever read was the story of Steven Truscott. I was 14 years old and was horrified to learn that he was the same as age me when he was found guilty of murdering 12 year old Lynn Harper and given the death penalty. Steven was the...



