MSS (Main Street Station), my hotel of choice in Vegas, often has some pretty good room deals, available to everyone and not just those of us who've earned reduced rates by gambling there. This year they had a holiday special for the pre-Christmas days. I can't remember the exact dates the promo was available. When the email arrived in my inbox, I ( Read more... )

Courtesy of our friends Paul and Alex, Nyssa and I are off to the Sens game tonight. Not looking forward to standing outside in the cold to catch the bus to the game. Our arena is way the f**k out in the middle of nowhere and doesn't have regular bus service. Special service for games is ridiculous. It does pass near our house but the buses are so ( Read more... )

to logospilgrim for the gentle prodding by email. Yes, I'm pretty darn slack about posting to LJ. Oh, I draft lovely posts in my head traveling home from work but they tend to fall by the wayside in favour dinner and movie once I get home ( Read more... )

At least not today. Brief respite from the soaring temps, though there's still more to come. Along with a lot of rain in the next week or so. That's not new, it's rained most of the summer ( Read more... )

Yes, that's a comment on the weather here. Those who thought otherwise - get your minds out of the gutter ( Read more... )

of the transit strike with no end in sight. The city has basically said that they'd be okay with the ATU (transit workers union) making them an offer as long as it falls within safety regulations and the city budget. The union says no. Quite frankly, at this point I think they can stay out forever if that's the attitude they want to take ( Read more... )

Yeah, it's December. Time for OCTranspo to decide it's a good time for a transit strike. Thank you, City of Ottawa for the more than useless suggestions on how to get to work if there's no bus service. No, I can't cycle to work. There's one bike here, Andy is already using it. The free parking is of no use, I don't drive. Oh, and I'd have free ( Read more... )

Remember the Lush Fresh Faces contest? I seem to recall resorting to bribery, if necessary, to get you all to vote for me. Well, it worked. Yesterday, when I'd pretty much given up hope that I'd gotten enough votes... low and behold, an email in my inbox letting me know that I've made it to the next round. I filled out a second little questionnaire ( Read more... )

Okay, so where's the warmer weather they promised for this week? The Weather Network is taunting us, always showing single digit temperatures for next week. They never seem to show up. Was supposed to be somewhere around 0 by tomorrow. Fat chance.

glares at the bit saying Windchill -37 C on the TVHave an public transportation strike looming in 2 ( Read more... )