Shotgun / March 2006

Save the celebrities!

Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ March 30, 2006

Bardot the babykiller? (Photo: Aaron McKenzie Fraser)
Celebrities from far and wide are being tortured in Canada. That’s right, last week media and pundits abused and ridiculed the McCartneys and Brigitte Bardot for speaking out against Canada’s seal hunt, or “massacres,” which they call horrific.
Being the polite, reciprocating Canadians […]

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Telemummies

Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ March 23, 2006
I can’t have a baby now, my outfit is all wrong!
According to 99 percent of the television commercials featuring wives and mothers and laundry detergent or minivans, without high-waisted beige chinos, I’m nothing.
Add to that the absence of matching pastel knit co-ordinates and a delicate gold […]

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The Exphiles

Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ March 16, 2006
Being in a relationship is a lot like gambling. You play your cards, hedge or make your bets and hope you don’t get fucked up the ass. Unless, of course, you’re into that.
But let’s say you get royally screwed. How long do we have to listen to you […]

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When getting drunk is too loaded

Ottawa XPress │ Shotgun │ March 2, 2006
If you’re not sorry for who you are
Why are you sorry for where you been?
~From “Wasted,” by Joseph Arthur
Inebriation.
Is it about celebration or medication? Jubilation or depression? Can you remind me again why it’s ever a good idea to get wasted?
I gave up drinking in July when […]

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