Shotgun / August 2005

Store Wars

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – August 25, 2006 Some people would like to know how they get the caramel inside a Cadbury’s Caramilk bar. I would be happy knowing how they mapped a constellation of my birth sign in blue-green mold on the underside crust of the apple pie I bought at a big corporate [...]

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The Look of Love

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – August 18, 2006 Do I look like I’m getting laid? Pass me the mirror; let me see this. Inquiring minds want to know. Online reader Brad Thomas wrote, “Last article [I've Been So Lonely, Baby, July 21] you were looking for eye candy in Quyon, and now you’re writing an [...]

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The Lost Boys

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – August 11, 2006 Listen to the signs, to the sounds Too many mansions coming down My brown-eyed boy you can run Take all I taught you. Take my gun. ~ El Hula, “Songs of Violent Love” Love sucks. It’s like a vampiric craving that clingwraps you to a nasty force, [...]

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The French Connection

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – August 4, 2005 There’s much to love about the French – their food, their sexual energy and their movies. Thanks to the French, we’ve learned a thing or two about feeding the stomach, heart and soul. And how to do it with panache. The baguette is always fresh, French lovers [...]

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