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Tank Top Tuesday
Green mesh sweater, green tank top, black bra
Fairy tale town
Ottawa, though populated by many types that pride themselves on real-world pragmatism, is a fairy-tale town. If ya don't buy into this a...
The Independent Observer's Summary from the past week
In the spirit of Agatha's update following the memorable Crisis Weekend, here's a precis of the last seven days: 1) After receiving ...
RNDP 26: Still on the path to happiness
I was beginning to to think that the quest for a revolutionary new dating paradigm (RNDP) should be shelved because other pursuits, like wea...
Breaking News: Marketing Opportunity at Fashion Week
I learned from Ottawa Street Style that the Ottawa Fashion Week , Nov 12-15, [Not to be confused with Capital Fashion Week , Nov 21-22] is...
Meta Contest Update
So far we have 5 entries in the new Meta Contest : Urban Pedestrian: one of Aggie's home-made muumuus; Woodsy: the t-shirt with "Ro...
Google Poem: Okay, maybe I am
I'm not harassing you, I'm responding to your repeated continuations of this conversation. I'm not harassing you, I just asked y...
Robbed Again
The Rabid Posse is back at their dastardly tricks! This time, they have kept us off the prestigious Ottawa Xpress Best of Ottawa Readers Po...
Tinfoil hats: a gut wrenching exposé
As avid, nay, militant exponents and proponents of tinfoil hats , especially in dire emergencies , we Irregulars have just gotten extremely...
Minutes: Emergency Meeting 27 Nov 2006
27 Nov 2006 Emergency meeting Minutes by: I.O. Redacted by: █████████ Venue: The Usual Place Present: Agatha, The Chair, Coyote, Fourth Dwar...
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Coyote and Dating
Coyote should not listen to any ESI pressure to enter into dating world. Dating is an evil construct, based on regressive, repressive outdat...
Going begging
It was either extensive research, or insomnia last weekend after one too many beavertails on the canal, that led us to the momentous discove...
I'll Drive up Front with the Boys, Steve
This piece of political theatrics just made me laugh. From what I can see, there is plenty of room for more than one in the back seats. Bu...
Stringin' the blues
A strange brew of sounds Saturday as Bluesfest wailed into its final weekend. Conch Shell and Painted Stick were flatly unimpressed with the...
Publog Research: The Parliamentary Restaurant
Based on fieldwork by the IO, Coyote, 4D, Audrey and the Amazon on 19 December 2006: The Pluses (or things we should try to copy in our spot...
Breaking News: Ottawa River crash debris recovered
Turns out it was just a weather balloon. Nothing to see here. Please move on.
A Taliban bobsled team?
The Independent Observer and me wuz debriefing the other night, after the Games That Must Not be Named©®™, when one of us started asking dum...
Happy Easter
Ah, Cute bunnies , I thought to myself. Then I noticed the carrot.
Tank Top Tuesday
Nursmyra, is this a tank top or a corset?
Minutes: Emergency Meeting 20 March 2007
Venue: The Usual Spot Present: Conch Shell, Fourth Dwarf, The Independent Observer, Coyote (guest: Painted Stick) Late with no excuse: Eig...
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Remember, keep your brush on the ice
City hockey fans have yet to recover from the whooping that Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins inflicted on the Ottawa Senators in t...
How many of us are feeling about this winter in Ottawa
Death, taxes and, oh yeah, annoying phone calls
You might think Canada's tax collectors would be a sharp bunch. Competent, educated, shrewd, with sharpened pencils at the ready. And th...
Avoiding the elephant in the womb
On a recent visit to one of my ancestral homelands, I met up with an old friend who is with child. She was waiting for me on the sidewalk o...
Publog Research: Preston Hardware
Fieldwork by the Research Director and Coyote, Easter Weekend 2007: Pluses (Features to emulate) FREE! ESPRESSO! SHOTS! Minuses (Features to...
Unreasonable demands
A number of demands have been made on me as the new muse that I deem to be unreasonable. 1) That I disclose details of my sex life . The 5th...
Send in the Clowns
Every time that I notice this mannequin, I am startled for a second. But, despite her clownish hair and her maniacal smile , she has excelle...
Wading in to the chocolate morass
As Zoom has noted , these are the dog days of blogging. Oh, hey: I'm a dog. A dog about to risk life and limb by weighing in on the Gre...
People in their lounging robes
I love Le Nordik , the scandinavian spa just 20 minutes from Ottawa. It is amazing, and reasonably priced. Much cheaper than therapy, and y...
Sign Language and Prime Ministers
A little news story about sign language and the prime minister of Thailand sent me on an internet search quest this week. It seems the Thai ...
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