Category Archives: Ottawa

My daughter died while being delivered on Friday afternoon

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Gabriel

. Evangeline, my daughter, died while being delivered on Friday. My girlfriend’s water broke last Tuesday, while Evangeline was in her 22nd-week. The doctors and nurses at the Ottawa General did everything they could to keep Diane healthy, and Evangeline … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangeline's Week In Review, Health, Ottawa, Parenthood, Parenting, Pregnancy, Vankleek Hill, Victor's Week In Review, Writing | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Little Victor Update | One year ago today

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Gabriel

. Victor finally has an age. He is a full year old. His original due date was January 10, 2010, and his original name would have been Victor Binary Landriault… so his being premature might have been a good thing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Diabetes, Little Victor, Ottawa, Parenthood, Parenting, Photography, poverty, Vankleek Hill, Victor, Victor's Week In Review, Writing | Tagged , | 5 Comments

This week in totally inappropriate ad placement

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Gabriel

Recently I surfed to the online edition of the Ottawa Sun, and I saw the teaser headline and paragraph about the Ottawa Senators’ team doctor having been hospitalized in critical condition after a collision while riding his motorcycle. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Entertainment, Hockey, News, Ottawa, Reporting | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Nineteen Years Later And I’m Still Walking Like My Knee Was Busted

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Gabriel

Vulgaires Machins: Canadien “Puits sans fond”; ‘Compter les corps’ (2006) . Weird juice with fruit chunks on a French magazine… — Photo by Me, Feb. 08, 2008 . . . I was grocery shopping recently for the first time since… … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, CSN:AFU Aboot Canada, CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Entertainment, Ottawa | 3 Comments

Canadian Snow Job Part Two: Reclaiming The B Word

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Gabriel

Bass Is Base: Canadian “Funkmobile”; ‘First Impressions For The Bottom Jigglers’ (1994) Click Here For More Canadian Music… do it kids, stick it to The Man. . . Fifty centimetres of snow dropped on my Little Village yesterday. Depending on … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Canadian News, Climate Change, CSN:AFU Aboot Canada, Humor, Humour, Ottawa, Pot, Punk | 1 Comment

No Snow Job Like A Canadian Snow Job

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Gabriel

Death From Above 1979: Canadian “Romantic Rights”; ‘Romantic Rights EP’ (2004) Click Here For More Canadian Music… do it kids, stick it to The Man. . . I’m flipping between the classic “Requiem for a Heavyweight“, starring Jackie Gleason, Anthony … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Climate Change, CSN:AFU Aboot Canada, Entertainment, Humor, Humour, Ottawa | 1 Comment