We are presently under attack. Your service is required.

 Please grab a bottle, an appetizer (no nuts please) and some tunes and join us here.

 As is our way, this venue could move swiftly back to Cat's blog because she has the best basement, and the poor sod seems… Read full post »

In ancient teachings, ingratitude is considered a form of cruelty. Each time I hear this, it takes awhile for the meaning of this to sink in. We are taught to do things without the expectation of gratitude or praise. It is called karma yoga. Only with a true heart, does the… Read full post »

  

Some sacrifices should be honoured everyday.

 

 Highway of Heroes by Bob Reid

This is an excerpt from something I posted months ago. It describes a drive I took down the Highway of Heroes back in March, 2009.

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As I approached the 401 Highway, I noticed a… Read full post »

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Written and directed by JKBrady

Starring MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMe and some of you.

(and a Super Special guest star)

Performed nightly on OS.

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Please remember to turn off your cellphones during the performance.

  

Act One - No More Doritos After Midnight

Act 1, Scene 1 

Scene: A woman s… Read full post »

Did you miss Act 1? Were you in the bathroom at curtain call?

If so, click here to start at the beginning GO TO ACT 1 

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Act 2, Scene 1 - You Can't Handle the Truth

As the lights come up, they stand in a library like room full of stacks of… Read full post »

 

Did you miss ACT ONE or ACT TWO. Maybe you shouldn't have had that extra beer before coming to the theatre? Just sayin'

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Act 3, Scene 1 - Who Else Could it Be? 

Our blogger is picking up the fallen newspapers and trying to clean up the living room.… Read full post »

Yet Another Reason to Quit Going to the Gym

Last week, Tripta Kaushal, a 62 year old grandmother, decided she'd go to the gym for a little workout. Rather than walking, she took her SUV to Extreme Fitness in Thornhill, Ontario. Next time she may want to reconsider that.

While I applaud… Read full post »

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After reading mypsyche’s recent post, Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful, and Mark Pritchard’s earlier post, Question for Beautiful Women, I started thinking about French women. The French women I’ve known, and this includes French women from Quebec as well, really do… Read full post »

I am completely confused by the ongoing cover griping - today of all days. And today just seems worse than ever. Instead of celebrating the many GREAT choices on today's cover, we have a full on dust up *minor dissent over one tiny little post.

Normally, I glance at the cover each day.… Read full post »

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After today's failed and incredibly weak sneak attack today by Private Trudge Slurry, we are now ready to wage war on our own terms. As is the way of the world.

Of course tonight's festivities is in honour of Dakini Dancer who we lost earlier this year. Her spirit… Read full post »

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September 11 - Aujourd’hui, nous sommes tous Americains 

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Barry’s (bbd) beautiful 9/11 remembrance post reminded me not only of this quote, but of how this sentiment resonated with me on that day.

 

I imagine that most American’s see the events of this day primarily… Read full post »

I am not quite sure about this open call, because life is a little complicated right now, but this...this... this has always been one of my songs for some strange reason. Hey, I was a product of the eighties. I am still finding shoulder pads in my drawers...not those drawers you doofus; my… Read full post »

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This is the real reason Canadians have universal healthcare.

I received this audio bit via email, so I have no further information on the comedian, but if you need a break from all the bullshit today, take a listen and have a good laugh on me.

(Of course our healthcare… Read full post »

{This is "loosely" based on a recent dustup, but it is merely a representation of too many of them. It is intended to be humorous and not an attack on any specific individual—this is just my view of the world. If you don't like it, you can bite me. If you… Read full post »

I can't really do Gary Justis, (heck, I am not even sure I can give him his due) but I am  constantly fascinated with his view of the world.

The other day, I was sitting on our dock in the late afternoon watching the fish and enjoying a glass of wine.… Read full post »

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Yeah, I used that title as a bit of lure. Did it work? Well, you are here, and I am sick to death about the lies being passed around about the Canadian healthcare system. If you want to continue to be deceived, click away now, but if you are intelligent, and…

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I just returned from a short trip to Montreal and Quebec City. It reminded me that I am actually thankful the Separatist Movement helped to preserve the French heritage in Quebec - La belle province. I know that many Canadians kvetch about the money and the headaches caused by this,/…

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So, I am off to test the Canadian healthcare system. In truth, I am off to likely tax it unnecessarily. According to the nurse on the end of the free TELEHEALTH line, I need to get myself to the emergency department.

You see this weekend, I decided to try to save… Read full post »

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Breaking News: Google Hiring Americans And Canadians To Work From Home

While pretending to work on this the last week of my contract perusing the Internet, I came across this total bullshit scam designed to sucker people who have already lost everything and believe in fairy tales amazing time… Read full post »

So, how to tell of an OS meet up? It is hard to capture the full sense of meeting with someone we all know through the wierd and wonderful world that is OS. On Monday, I had the opportunity to meet with Myriad, our resident pagan. (did I get that right Myriad?)

I was on… Read full post »

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It’s official; summer is here in Toronto. And, just in time for tourist season and our first hot spell, we are heading for a perfect storm of crap.

 

The Toronto city workers have gone on strike, and yesterday at midnight, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (loving referred to as… Read full post »

 

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All these Father’s Day posts are making me feel like crap. They make me ache and, at the same time, they make me thankful and a little guilty I guess. Do I take my Dad for granted? I don’t think so. I appreciate him every day, but then he’s… Read full post »

I was just listening to Danny Mark’s radio show “Saturday Night Blues” when I heard a piece by Jimmy Bowskills and decided to share with my OS friends. This kid is amazing. He was discovered by Jeff Healey.

 

The story…well, his bio tells it better than I can&he… Read full post »

Recently on CBC Radio, I heard a quick clip regarding a fascinating case of crime and modern web-style justice that played out on the Internet here in Toronto in May.

 

It is a complicated little cyber drama that demonstrated that power of the Internet and the communities who form… Read full post »

smarmy: effusively earnest, unctuous

~unctuous~

???

unctuous: characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness

I just read my last 10 or so comments. ...and my last post. All I can say is:

::gah::

pptteew, pppteeww, pppteeww, blech

Really, I used to be cool and aloof. But now… Read full post »