Sunday May 19, 2013

Nigel Wright has resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, following revelations he wrote a $90,000 cheque to repay living expenses claimed by Senator Mike Duffy.
My main reaction to the whole controversy is sadness. Between the squalid idea of Toronto's mayor being addicted to crack (something that I have to say doesn't strike me as unbelievable, given his past alleged substance abuse and demonstrated patterns of erratic behaviour), the crowdsourcing of fundraising by Gawker to raise the needed funds, and the whole thing, it's just ... sad.
And you?
Saturday May 18, 2013

When the ducks are sitting on their nests, the drakes gather in groups and hang out. They go from pond to pond, a bit like barhopping, but to be more accurate, restaurant hopping. This pond has lots of duckweed and the drakes are happy.

The Canada Life Building is most noteworthy for its weather beacon, which changes colours to let passersby note the latest Environment Canada weather forecast.

Yet another condo tower rises.

The Four Seasons Centre is a premiere centre for the performing arts in Toronto, most notably of opera.

Campbell House, on the northwestern corner of Queen Street West and University Avenue, is the oldest house remaining in Toronto, dating from 1822 and having been moved to its current location 150 years later.

A typical enough Friday streetscape, this.

Back in the 1990s, 299 Queen Street West was famous across Canada as the home of MuchMusic, Canada's home-grown English-language music video station and star of the CHUM-City empire. As media conglomeration has proceeded and MuchMusic lost relevance as a place for new culture, it has lost much of its charm.

Saturday marked the first day of operation for the new liquor agency store at the Plough the Waves Centre in Wood Islands.
3 geeks with their cameras
:: THE SMALL FANCY ::
A bit more detail (Randy MacDonald)
A Manley Life
A Maritime Girl
A quilt and a cake
Acts of Volition
Aiken House & Gardens
All Shanadian (Shannon Courtney)
AmberMac
An Island Walk
Angels in our midst (Sandy Peardon)
Anne and Gilbert: The Musical
April and Jane
Aquilium Group Inc.
Autonorth (Mark Stevenson)
Barnface - Barns that look like faces
Be Humble
Beater Boys (Kier Kenny)
Best Day of my Life! ...hopefully (Marsha Robertson)
Billie-Jane Buell blog on PEICanada.com
Billy blogs
Blog for the Quit of It!
Bloggins for Democracy (Mark Greenan)
Boyfriendly Cooking (Lana Stewart)
Brackley Drive-In Theatre
Brackley Drive-in Theatre
Breaking News (Eastern/West Prince Graphics)
Breath of Balance
Brian Affleck's News and Updates
Butter Versus Burpees
buzzing like a fridge
Caitlin Chic
California Girl in PEI
Canada's Greatest Summer Blog (Marsha Robertson)
candacewoodside
Carol Little
Casa Mia Daily Specials
CBC PEI-Your View
CBC Storm Centre - PEI
CBC | Prince Edward Island News
CDSPEI
CEO Blues
CEO Blues - travel edition
cfyves.com
Charlottetown - Weather Alert - Environment Canada
Charlottetown Police News Releases
Charlottetown Police Police Reports
Charlottetown Police Public Announcements
Charlottetown Teen Zone
City of Charlottetown
Colin Friars-Mckay
CommandN TV (Ambermac, Jeff, Will)
Cory Thomas, City Councillor for Ward 8-Wilmot: City of Summerside
Cosmic Carousal (Jon Grady)
Cottage Industry
Cradled in the Waves
Cre8ive1 by Cuidado
Create the Cupcake
Crib Chronicles (Bon Stewart)
Cultural Musings from Raspberry Point
Cynthia Dunsford, MLA
Delta Tango Bravo
Derek Peters - Island Party Candidate District 27
derekmacewen.com
Designer Decor
Diary of an Archaeological Intern
Doc Grimes Clinic
Don't Feed the Writer (Dave Moses)
Doug Hall's Innovation Engineering Leadership blog
Dreaming Outloud
Dunn Creek Organic Farm
E.T. Concentrators Car Club (Pex MacKay)
Early Childhood Development Assoc. of PEI
East Coast Style (Amanda Bulman)
Eastern Graphic
Eastern Graphic weekly newspaper
EdTechTalk (Dave Cormier)
ellewar
Emily Gray's Jr. Olympics blog
Environment Canada Weather Alert
Erica D Wagner
Erin's Pub
Fighting to Be Frugal
Firth's Hot Hollywood Gossip
Focussed on Light (Stephen DesRoches)
Food Matters (Ian Petrie)
freelantz.ca (Rob Lantz)
fried farts and vinegar (Dale McKie)
FurtherMo
Future Web Design Blog
Gail and Greta's Adventures
Gail and Greta\\\'s Adventures
Gen X at 40
Get Healthy With Me
Gimmemyketchup's CUSTOMER SERVICE Blog
GlobalPOV (David Holtzman)
Goats' Notes
greenspree.ca (Andy Collier)
Grow Business. Live Life.(Doug Keefe)
gwynabelle
Heather Moyse
hobbit / robot
I Do Cake Toppers
If Dating were a Diary (Keely Turner)
In Other Words...
Island Business News
Island Energy
Island Farmer publication
Island Farmhouse
Island Girl's Ink
Island Insider (April Ennis)
Island Musings
Island News from the Millmans
Island Pro Basketball
Island Tweethearts
It's all good. (Lynda)
Jobo Designs
John Morris blog on PEICanada.com
john.morriscode.ca
Journal-Pioneer Arts
Journal-Pioneer Business
Journal-Pioneer Living
Journal-Pioneer Local
Journal-Pioneer Opinion
Journal-Pioneer Sports
Journal-Pioneer Travel
journeywithjoanie
Just another round.
justpictureit
Karma and Shwarma
KATELYN FRASER PHOTO'S BLOG
Ken Wilson's Blog
Kent of the North (Kent Driscoll)
kuhlschrank.com (Andrea Vail)
Kwimu Messenger publication
Lady Teresa's Blog
lauraJmac
Le blogue de Dominique / Dominique's Blog
Leafs4Life (Shawn MacLean)
Liberty PEI
Life a la jen mac
Life in PEI
listening to the wind
Location Independent Living (Gary Gray)
lorimayne
Mann Made Blog
Maritime Penny Pinchers
Mark Hemphill
Marketing Maven (Moe Kerr)
Matt Campbell
Maureen Kerr blog on PEICanada.com
Meanwhile Studios (Troy Little)
Melissa Batchilder blog on PEICanada.com
Mental Trackmarks
Modern Jane
morriscode (John Morris)
Motorcycle PEI
Mussel Beach
My Island Bistro Kitchen
My Island Farmhouse
My Way
Na Ceardan (Reji Martin in N. SK)
nathan rochford:blog
New Glasgow Lobster Suppers
Nissology (Island Studies) PEI
NJN Network
No blog is an island
Not a Plastic Blog
O'Grady Says . . .
Occasionally Wright
Om Nom Noms
onrpei
Ooka Island
Open eyes, open mind, open heart (Martha-Anne)
Our Amazing Race in Europe, all the while drinking beer.
Our Better Place
P.E.I. Royal Visit
Panache PEI
Panther Post
Parents for Choice and Quality
Paul MacNeill blog on PEICanada.com
Peas on the Moon
Pedaling PEI
PEI Beer Guy
PEI Curmudgeon's Blog
PEI Poet Laureate
PEI Political Homepage
PEI Preschool Autism Services
PEI Rink Fries - Who has the best?
PEI Rocket - your Island team
PEI Rocket Blog
PEIBlog.ca - Need peace? Go East!
PEICurling.com
PEIInfo.ca
peiphoneography
peistormchaser
Peter Simpson (Ottawa Citizen)
Phoenix Medical Practice Closing
Positive Change Nutrition (Rachelle Wood)
pottery pei - Right Off the Batt » Clay Blog
Prince Edward Island Deaths
Prince Edward Island Deaths
Prince Edward Island in CANADA
princestreetpuppyproject
Profile PEI (Jeremy Larter series)
quantity over quality
Rachel Peters Photography
Rambling Amazon
Random Thoughts in Random Order
redlikeme.ca
Riot Gear Fashion Show (Melissa Gallant)
ROAR!
Robert Paterson's Weblog
Robert S. Coull, M.D. - Family Physician
Royal Star Foods Ltd - Tignish Fisheries Co-op Assn. Ltd.
ruk.ca from peter rukavina
runty mouse
Save Parkdale School
sawig
ScreenScape Official News
Sean Casey
Seoul Food
shand.org.uk
Shared Knowledge
shift+drive
Shizamo FEED
silverorange
silverorange stuff
Simply Melissa (E. Graphic)
Soccer 365
Socialwrite (Jevon MacDonald)
Spector's Fox Sports Blog (Lyle Richardson)
Spin Free (Paul MacNeill)
Stephen Pate
Stephen Pate and Friends
Storm Watch
Susan on Design (Susan Snow)
Sweet Escape Esthetics
Sweet Spot Marketing
Sysop.ca
Tachyon City (Nathan Shumate)
The (Brian) Langille Show Video Blog
The Addictite
The Annekenstein Monster
The Blog of Jillianne Hamilton
The Cairns Blog (John Cairns)
The Diamond City
The Dominee Huisvrouw
The G! Magazine
The Guardian - Arts
The Guardian - Business
The Guardian - Living
The Guardian - Local News
The Guardian - Opinion
The Guardian - Sports
The Guardian - Travel
The Hallway
The Hockey Professor - Blog
The Island Voice Tribune
The Len Currie Life
The Life and Times of TofuBilly
The Little Red Kitchen
The Monkey Rodeo
The Salt Water Cure
The Sock Project
The Turnip
The Witch's Island
ThinkTech (Jason White)
This is life (Pat Garrity)
This is my world (Yuki Damon)
Tim Banks.ca
timothycullen.com
Today on PEI
tomato transplants
Tonight at City Cinema
Trails of Hats'n Hospitalitea
Tris and Trials
Troy Media » Eye on PEI
Truths and Half Truths
Unmodern Mom
UPEI Women's Basketball
Urban Chic Bridal
Vantage BizServices (Nancy Beth Guptill)
Vegan Talk (Billy)
Veterans Affairs Canada - Press Releases Feed
Village Pottery » Blog
Vinyl Tech Window Blog
Ward 3 Brighton (Rob Lantz)
We know stuff (trivia)
Weather for Charlottetown from the Weather Network
West Prince Graphic
West Prince Graphic weekly newspaper
Whimfield-Modern Pre-Industrial Living
WhY Condos
Will Pate's blog
Wish I Were There 7...
Women's Equality PEI
Wondering Physician
Work. Family. Life (Jane Boyd)
www.bully-me.com
Your Marketing Mavens (Moe Kerr)
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