Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ January 27, 2005
The guy who put the “Tony” in Tony’s Smoke and Roma Barber Shop at 233 Elgin Street passed away suddenly last week. A hand-written note on the door announced the sad news.
It’s a tiny shop where you can buy bus tickets, scan dusty old National Geographic magazines […]
Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ January 20, 2005
For a woman to tout the achievements of her gender with praise and admiration does not mean automatically she’s a feminist. And, far from being a judgmental anti-feminist, when one female points out another female’s shortcomings — such as cheating on a boyfriend or maybe dressing inappropriately for […]
Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ January 13, 2005
Waiting for the bus on chilly mornings, I really have to do something about the way I view presentable, professionally dressed women in winter. I fear I may be too critical of their gear. In my diligent study of women’s outdoor appearance — delightful hats, flimsy scarves, thin […]
Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ January 6, 2005
Growing up in the 1980s, the extent of my sexual education involved a book my mom had lying around called Our Bodies, Ourselves, and serious investigation into why dudes got retarded over Daisy Duke.
The book didn’t help.
Its content-depicting mammas with full, hanging breasts the size of […]