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That’s my boy!

7 July 2009 How I love the Interwebs

It tickles me that even though there is a fairly fashion-forward store in Canada called “Tristan”, *this* is the #2 search return when you google “tristan fashion“. (Srsly, you must click thru to appreciate the humour in this!)

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Kids and salt consumption

22 June 2009 Mothering without a licence

I found the Globe and Mail’s interactive quiz on sodium consumption interesting and rather alarming. I don’t eat a lot of the stuff on this list, but some of them are staple kids’ food in our house, including the baby carrots. (Who knew there was sodium in baby carrots?)

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Rent a bike in downtown Ottawa

9 June 2009 Life in Ottawa

This is wicked cool! Starting this week, the city of Ottawa is running a pilot project where you can rent a bike from one of four downtown bike stands. Check out the Bixi website for details – and don’t forget to bring your own helmet!

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The mothership believes in the lower case, too

4 June 2009 How I love the Interwebs

I’m not sure what tickles me more about this google query: that people looking for the mothership religion are finding me, or that the searcher is TYPING ALL IN CAPS.

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My internet legacy

1 June 2009 How I love the Interwebs

This search return? Makes me happy. I’m the farkedest thing on the interwebs!

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June 6 is Drawing Day

26 May 2009 Fun for kiddies

I’ll be uploading some of Tristan’s (and maybe Simon’s) drawings to Flickr on June 6 to help contribute to the goal of one million drawings for Drawing Day 2009! “Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help [...]

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Laughter Yoga on Parliament Hill this Sunday

1 May 2009 Ottawa Family Fun

There’s not a huge amount of information available, but this sounds like fun! 11 am to 1 pm on Sunday May 3, join thousands of people around the world in celebrating World Peace Through Laughter on World Laughter Day.

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If I had a million dollars…

28 April 2009 It IS all about me

Anybody got a spare four or five thousand dollars lying around that I could use? Because I think I’d really really (no, REALLY!) enjoy this exclusive photography workshop with Scott Kelby and Joe McNally in St Lucia this summer. C’mon, I’m worth it, right?

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Barrhaven Lions pancake breakfast at the fire station

24 April 2009 Life in Ottawa

For those of you in Barrhaven, the annual Lion’s Club pancake breakfast at the fire station on Berrigan at Greenbank is this week, Saturday April 25. We’ve gone almost every year, and the boys still LOVE the opportunity to clamber up on the big trucks and have their faces painted. The food is, well, um, [...]

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A love letter to Corner Gas

21 April 2009 Canadianisms

Love this delightful essay in the Globe and Mail comparing and contrasting Canada and the United States — via a love letter to Corner Gas. Worth the read!

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