Temporarily Torontonian
With my Beaver Barracks apartment fully packed, I am leaving Ottawa tomorrow. In parting, I would like to thank all the people who made my four years in Ottawa such a worthwhile and pleasant experience. That includes everyone who I have worked with as well as my friends. I will miss caffeinated meetups, spring cycling [...]
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Packing has become a task that seems to involve odd metaphysical complexities. For days and days now, I have been packing and packing. Boxes get filled and added to the pile in the corner. Papers are sorted and then either filed or discarded. Closets are cleared. Food is eaten, packed (for stuff that has unusual [...]
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Tomorrow’s informal chess at the Bridgehead at Bank and Gilmour is probably the last session I will attend for a long while. I hope the group keeps going while I am traveling and after I have moved to Toronto.
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Ottawa’s Apartment613 arts and culture blog now does an hour-long radio show on CHUO (89.1 FM in Ottawa). The show runs on Thursdays from 2:00pm – 3:00pm. You can download a number of them as podcasts on their website.
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Six months after the last time I moved (with much very appreciated assistance from Andrea, Mehrzad, and Lauren), I am packing everything up again. I guess my life in the Beaver Barracks will never involve the stage between when you have unpacked everything from moving in and when you start packing it up again to [...]
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There will be more informal timed chess in Centretown tonight: 5:30pm – 8:00pm Bridgehead at Bank and Gilmour Bring boards, pieces, and clocks if you have them. Players at all levels of skill are welcome.
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Around Canada Day, I wrote a letter to Paul Dewar, my Member of Parliament, about Canada’s export of crysotile asbestos. It seemed classier than holding up a giant “Shame on Canada, Asbestos = Cancer” sign during the Royal Visit. Today, I got a response setting out his position on the issue: Any pro-asbestos residents of [...]
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If I have lent you something in Ottawa, I probably forgot about it a long time ago. If you want to return it, please do so soon as I won’t be in town beyond the beginning of September.
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Everything seems to have come together for me to relocate to Toronto by early September. There will be much to do, winding down life in Ottawa, sorting out the move, finding somewhere new to live, and applying to doctoral programs for the fall of 2012. I am still not sure if I actually want to [...]
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Previously, I mentioned the idea of free informal chess in Centretown. Tomorrow – July 19th – I will be at the Bridgehead at Bank and Gilmour at 5:30pm. I will bring along one chess set and my chess clock. Anyone who is interested is encouraged to stop by, bringing gear if possible. I will be [...]
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