Category: Ottawa
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Satan invented winter. Only explanation.
I made the stupid mistake back in December of showing up to work when I had plenty of warning about a “significant” snow storm that later turned out to be hell, blanketed in white crap. This morning, Environment Canada has released a statement about two potential major storms, one from … Read the rest
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Winter, we need to talk.
I’ve let this little conversation of ours go unhad for way too long, and it shows. Not only are we being hit with snow on average of every second day, but now you go and throw at us temperatures upwards of -18, *before* wind chill, on top of that? And … Read the rest
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I left work nearly 12 hours ago.
I’m back at work now. I’m off at 7:00 tonight, barring another 10.5 hour day. Uh, crap on a cracker? The hours I’m billing Dell for are gonna be bloody well insane… ***************** Ladies and gentlemen. When I left work yesterday, it was snowing like hell. There is more snow … Read the rest
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So yesterday was apparently senior citizens’ day?
So this week’s work routine started off as per usual at 7:00 or so on Wednesday. And… got very different after that. A guy I work with got shown the door due to cost cutting measures, or so that’s what the rumor mill says anyway. So as of that afternoon, … Read the rest
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And this is why I won’t say no to a ride to work.
Ottawa city bus kills 3. They say alcohol was a fctor. I say it still would have been a long night for anyone involved. Not pretty when one has to work the next day. In fact, not pretty… in general. As if OC Transpo doesn’t have quite the brilliant reputation… Read the rest
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December roughly translated is holy crap it’s busy?
Between work, Christmas shopping, and the general insanity that is my life around about this time every year, not surprisingly I’ve managed a grand total of like 2.5 attempts at entries on this here blog in this here month. I finished my shopping for Christmas about a week or so … Read the rest
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This is where I check out.
I have no idea why I think of about 3/4 of the things I do. But apparently some random part of me finds it amusing. I will seak help immediately. ***************** Winter storm warning for: City of Ottawa” Someone tell me they can see why I seriously thought about the … Read the rest
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I have officially lived in Ottawa for a year.
Well, actually, over that now. Over that by… about a week. Which means I’ve almost had internet access from Ottawa for a year. I wasn’t sure whether or not I’d keep my relatively little sanity when I shoved my almost life into boxes and got the hell out of Pembroke.… Read the rest
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‘Crunch’? My parking lot does not ‘crunch’.
At least, it sure didn’t yesterday. But apparently, someone thought they’d be funny and dump a whole crapload of white stuff on it this morning. And in my half-asleep-ness as I usually am, the fact that it was late November didn’t immediately register–so I was, understandably, a tiny bit confused … Read the rest
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The 2007 Ottawa Santa Clause parade…
Well, I do have to say–regardless to what I actually thought about last night’s parade, it was still significantly better than last year’s Pembroke equivalent. That, of course, in the sense that the child we’re forced to affectionately call my brother’s fiance was, in fact, not present at this one. … Read the rest