Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Boy Hat

By Em | Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
So, I made this hat a long time ago, or at least it seems that way. It was a birthday present for my brother, so I think I finished it in mid-January. I was hoping to get a photo of him wearing it, but since that pretty much never happens, I was smart enough to [...]
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CBC cuts

By Em | Published: Friday, March 27, 2009
CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio I love the CBC. I have been a listener/viewer since I was a young child. I grew up with the radio and tv channels, and still listen to Radio One for at least a few hours a day. It’s where I get most of my news, including my [...]
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The Crap and the Cool

By Em | Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Crap - ballet flats (on non-ballet dancers, not dancing ballet) To be clear, I don’t think Amy Winehouse is crap. She’s awesome. She’s just a good example of this footwear in action. They make me cringe just looking at them. Protection & support-wise, they’re pretty useless shoes. They’re usually light-coloured satin, which means they almost [...]
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Baby Sweater & Hat

By Em | Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I guess I never posted this set.  I sent it off to its new owner a few weeks ago. I started this little set a few months ago. I made a post about it when I started it, and I had a good chunk of it done then. Baby stuff is fun. It usually goes [...]
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LED Sheep. Yes.

By Em | Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
This has been floating around the net for a few days. It’s goofy, it’s funny, and while I’m not entirely cool with strapping lights to sheep, I must say, it looks quite pretty. It’s also an ad for Samsung.* A real update coming soon. Promise. * There’s a lot of these “ads” around lately – [...]
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City Centre :(

By Em | Published: Monday, March 16, 2009
Someone posted this on the Ottawa LiveJournal community, and I thought I’d share the news here. It made me that sad. They recently took the letters off the City Centre building in Ottawa. You know the one I’m talking about – the decrepit-looking off-white building out by the Bayview OCTransit stop. The above pic obviously [...]
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more Noro knitting

By Em | Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
I’ve finally got around to taking some pictures of this scarf.  Getting anything half-decent out of my camera is very torturous at the moment, but I’ll spare you a rant today. This is a smaller version of Knitty’s Clapotis. I’ve made a giant (wrap) sized one of these a while ago, but decided to do [...]
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Volunteering in Ottawa

By Em | Published: Sunday, March 8, 2009
I thought I’d ask here first, since I imagine a lot of you are in the know. Are there any organizations in Ottawa that really need volunteers right now? I’ve got some time on my hands while I’m waiting to start work, and I’d like to put it to good use. I would be interested [...]
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Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out

By Em | Published: Friday, March 6, 2009
I am so thrilled that John Tory was defeated last night. A little background here. I grew up in the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding. I lived there for 19 years. Voted in an election or two. Elections in that riding were a perpetual disappointment for a left-leaning gal like myself. It was always conservative. It’s a [...]
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Kenny Glenn or why I love the internet

By Em | Published: Wednesday, March 4, 2009
This is pretty amazing. Disgusting, horrible, and rage-inducing, but amazing. This little fuckface, Kenny Glenn, had his brother, Weston Glenn, record him abusing his cat, Dusty. In the video, he’s an arrogant little asshole, punching his cat and smashing it against the wall, before spraying it with water in the shower. You can hear the [...]
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