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 [...]
Read more »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 [...]
Read more »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, [...]
Read more »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 [...]
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