I want my beach back!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa………..

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

… is Ottawa getting snow before Christmas day… no way…

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

…and golf!

It really is October, right?

I wonder if any researcher has ever run a statistical analysis of the correlation between weather conditions on E Day and the success rate of incumbents?

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

…here’s a quote for you:

…the twister cut a path nearly 10 kilometres long and more than a kilometre wide through the centre of town.

Ten. Kilometres. Long. One. Kilometre. Wide.

That is something out of an end of the earth movie!

What’s with all of the wacky weather lately? Doesn’t there seem to be a lot of this going down lately?

And NO, it is NOT a rapture in slo-mo!

One consequence of high GHGs and the resultant change in our climate is the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather. Nature likes balance and it’s a little out of whack at the moment.

Sending good vibes to those affected by this tragedy.

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

My Dad can be a comedic old crank sometimes. In an old crank kinda way. He’s always been like that… smiles, jokes, laughs and wise-ass remarks!

Many of my memories growing up are of my Dad doing or saying something which, at the time, seemed to be completely un-cool or just plain drove me crazy.

Example – he used to wake my brother and I up in the morning by whistling that tone that sailors use when on deck.. you know the one… it starts low and then hits a shrieking pitch before falling low again. I think they used it on Star Trek too.

Anyways, it drove me freakin’ CRAZY!

So I was on the phone with my Mom last weekend and we were talking (as we always do) about the weather, which was really sucky that day in Ottawa. Dad was in the background – and I said to my Mom: “Remind the old man what he used to say when the weather was uncooperative, he would say that “it was time to change the government.”

My Mom passed it on to my Dad and he had a good laugh.

So what’s the point of this?

Well, I’ve come up with a non-exhaustive list of “when to change the government”… feel free to add more if you’re so inclined.

• When it snows in April, it’s time to change the government.
• When the Habs look like they might make another deep playoff run, it’s time to change the government.
• When gas hits $1.28 / litre, it’s time to change the government.
• When candidates running for the ruling party can’t be bothered to go to all-candidate meetings, it’s time to change the government.
• When I nick my head while shaving it, it’s time to change the government.
• When the street sweeper wakes me up at 2 am, it’s time to change the government.
• When my ulcer gives me a harder time than usual, it’s time to change the government.
• When newly purchased BBQs come with assembly instructions that would be incomprehensible to a mechanical engineer, it’s time to change the government.
• When I step into some dog poop that some moron didn’t bother to scoop, it’s time to change the government.
• When I bash my knee on the dashboard when getting into my new car, it’s time to change the government.
• When my son bewilderingly has a hissy fit on the way to daycare because he wants the old minivan back, it’s time to change the government.
• Finally, when the governing party turns to jingoistic, American-style appeals to patriotism in a last-ditch effort to appeal to voters, it’s time to change the government.

Any others?

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Why doesn’t anyone think of the children of Toronto??? Some of them may miss Montessori today!

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

• 8°C High
• -1°C Low

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

That’s what Harperite Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said yesterday after touring the horrific path of destruction caused by the big storm that hit Vaughan Ontario last week.

Putting aside the laughable notion that the ReformCons could ever find the cranial capacity develop anything remotely complex, I do sincerely hope that he speaks the truth and that partisanship, for once, takes a recess.

However, as someone who deals with complex mathematical stuff on a daily basis, I humbly submit the following as the formula to which Mr. Van Loan refers.

TOTAL FUNDING = (pT/pA)*(x+a)^n=∑_(k=0)^n](n¦k) x^k a^(n-k)]*1000 {if∫R=CPC} or *0 {if ∫R≠CPC}
where pT=Total population
where pA= Total population affected
where (x+a)^n=∑_(k=0)^n](n¦k) x^k a^(n-k)] = factorial equation that most of you wouldn’t get
where {if∫R=CPC} = if riding held by CPC
where {if ∫R≠CPC} = if riding not held by CPC

Based on this formula, Central Nova will stand to reap in a big winfall once Mr. Bill has come and gone!

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Look out east coast!

Maybe Stevo should do a fly-over on, oh, Sunday afternoon?

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario