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 »

 

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I’ve read a number of childhood memory posts of late, and these leave me thankful for so many of the teachers who passed through my life. I was fortunate. Most of the really good teachers I encountered when I lived in a small town in British Columbia. In my memories,/…

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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 »

First, just let me say that I don’t purport to be entering menopause, but as usual, my body has a mind of its own. It is probably just peri-menopause, but still, it makes me feel old, and denial is my middle name. As much as I try to ignore all the… Read full post »

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I doubt this will get much coverage in the US press, but today, Jack Layton, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, will deliver a speech in Washington on universal healthcare. Published in The Toronto Star this morning, an excerpt of his speech can be found here

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I have been… 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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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 »

 

 

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 »

My fellow Canadians here on OS, I regret to inform you that some of the American's here on OS have declared war on Canada. In reponse to Nanatehay and Grif82600's plan to take over Canada, Cynarra and I are planning a little response of our own. We've started to sk… 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 »

Some of my favourite days of the year occur when winter leaks slowly into spring. The sun is still low on the horizon, but the days have grown longer. The pails that hang on the maple trees may be full of liquid sap, or red squirrels may be licking the sweet icicles that… 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 »

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 »

{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 »

 

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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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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 »

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 »

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Does the fact that your identity can be hidden make it okay to be an asshole, not just on OS, but anywhere? And what does this level of anger and aggression cost all of us? 

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I’ve been pondering this for awhile, not just in relation to OS, but… 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 »

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 »

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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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It hurts

I’m sitting here and I ache

Think, ache, think, ache

I have no right to this pain

No right to request a salve

I just have to move through it

Focus on what’s important

Go for a walk

Let my pale winter skin drink in… 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 »

When I was 16, we moved across the country, and my mother took great pains to choose the “right” neighbourhood in the hopes that her children would find a good mate and an easy life. I wasn’t much for conformity, so I passed on a few good prospects in high school,… Read full post »