WTF? Why is Canada supporting Trump’s attack on Iran? What exactly has Iran done? It’s not like they’ve been murdering tens of thousands of civilians in a genocidal invasion. Even that gets you a pass these days.

Rage-farmer before rage farming was cool. Good riddance. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"We only give out one bin and you've got to come get it… half way across town." Great recycling system we've got now, Ontario. Did Doug Ford come up with this? Why yes, yes he did. ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

Barry Hertz's review made me laugh out loud. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Do people like the new #ottawa recycling regime? I just moved and the city has already delivered my new green bin. But I have to drive out to Kanata or the east end to get blue and black bins. Seems to me the private contractor is doing the cheap and cheerless.

Four bedroom freehold house in Old Ottawa South Want to buy a house? I got one for you. It's been a fabulous home for me and my family for the last eighteen years. We've looked after it, built it up, shined and polished it always thinking it would be our forever home. But life makes other plans…

It really seems like the Incels and mass shooters are running law enforcement in the US. All power to those who are protesting. And I hope what’s left of the congressional opposition comes and joins you

New digs Earlier this week I got the keys to my new home, a row house in the same neighbourhood in which I currently reside. It's much smaller, needs a bunch of work, doesn't have the light, amenities etc. But it'll be great, eventually. My partner of 22 years and I are going our separate ways.…

New digs https://cmkl.ca/2025/12/27/new-digs/

Thinking about the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989. It shook the world back then. But the ferocity and depth of the violence and misogyny we've seen since has made it into almost a footnote. My thoughts are of the lives that could have been and of the loss their loved ones felt.

It's good Montréal is building social housing. Do they have to let themselves be swindled? In July, the Guzzo family sold the land for $800,000 to Investissements Denmar Inc. In September, the land was put up for sale for $1,679,000 … just two months earlier." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Overton window in action. There was a time when we were outraged that the construction trades unions endorsed Liberals. Now we get to be outraged that they endorsed DoFo and got rewarded for it. I despair.

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

Good bye Uncle Rusty: N – 1 It's the widely and most resolutely held belief amongst cyclists that the ideal number of bicycles to own is N + 1 where 'N' is the number you currently own. So one must wonder how it is possible that I might even consider actually reducing the herd. But it's true I'm…

So I got the SpikeVax yesterday to fend off the latest COVID. Odd marketing if you ask me. Sorta like Moderna asked RFK Jr for naming suggestions. Though it does hurt more than the others I've had.

Don't know who needs to know this but the best way to give your Canva document to a web person for your website is as a Powerpoint Export. Not PDF. Not JPG. Thanks for reading. This has been very therapeutic.

I had a really pleasant experience at Service Ontario this morning. It was fast. The staff were kind and friendly. It's a shame the premier of the province is such a belligerent ass. Sure he 'walked it back' but you know it's still in his head www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

A bargaining strategy as old as the hills: "We'll have to increase the price of stamps to $5, end door-to-door delivery or get letter carriers to wear advertising sandwich boards." Did CUPW just present a counter-offer today or something? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Canada Post to phase in nose removal for face spite. I wrote about this in 2013 when last it came up. cmkl.ca/2013/12/11/c...

The remaining chord/music books The person who bought my six-string took some of my music books. But there are quite a few remaining. Here are the covers. If any interest you, contact me.

The remaining chord/music books https://cmkl.ca/2025/09/16/the-remaining-chord-music-books/

Three sadly neglected instruments available to anyone who's willing to play them

Here — you play https://cmkl.ca/2025/09/04/here-you-play/

Ode to a tent You're older than the person pictured in it. She is my life, my love. But you were first. Your seam tape tumbled to the floor in a heap one day. Every bit of elastic on you is a flaccid strap of fabric. Like pony tails on balding old men. The corpses of a thousand bugs are ground…

Imagine doing crisis comms where the goal was "Normalize the bombing of hospitals." You'd be pretty damned pleased with yourself right now. Might be hard to find real friends though. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

If they can deport Abrego Garcia (convicted of nothing, charged for driving with other Latinx people) to Uganda, can they deport Donald Trump, convicted of 34 felonies, to Mars? www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...

Really? That's it? That's all she did? I'm on Team Plante on this one. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I was today years old when I learned that if you download Canva files as Powerpoints you can delete the text and just get the image from those memes that all the 'helpful' comms people send you when they want you to make a web page. I am so excited.

Dawn to dusk I didn't plan it that way — I was supposed to be faster — but my ride August 2 was literally my entire day. At 400km, it was always going to be a long day, but I think I have hit my limit. The morning after I felt a bit like I did my first couple of times riding the…

Kiddo and I recently got back from a five day canoe trip in Temagami. It was glorious. And scary

Temagami: Diamond, Sucker Gut, Lady Evelyn River, Bob, Sharp Rock Inlet https://cmkl.ca/2025/08/16/temagami-diamond-sucker-gut-lady-evelyn-river-bob-sharp-rock-inlet/

Amazed they lasted this long. Canned fruit isn't quite the enticing product that it was…oh… in the days of Deadwood. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Now this is some good news. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Sorry, where were our elbows supposed to be going? Up, or cowing in absolute submission to Trump’s demands? apple.news/A0vp4242PQ0O...

I always get a frisson of terror when I log in to a client's Wordpress site, look at their plugin list and see a name that says 'formerly [some other plugin]'. Not as bad as when I see what Donald Trump has done today but still.

cmkl.ca/2025/06/16/e... Bike nerdery post about my recent trip to Italy

Guess who's the front runner to get the contract to build the Golden Dome. Spoiler Alert. And to think. Only $61 billion for Canada. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Dude bought donuts for the Flu Trux Klan. Dude was pushing crypto. Dude is not an 'orthodox conservative'. Dude should be consigned to history. www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...

If by ‘model for the world’ you mean ‘accept a couple of pointless deaths then moan in retrospect that you might have been wrong’ then sure. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Really, why choose? cultmtl.com/2025/04/rach...

Trump's tariffs are bad news for the bicycle industry. Some fairly (possibly overly) calm analysis from René Herse. The tl;dr: worst for high-end parts and small-scale boutique products made in America. www.renehersecycles.com/bikes-in-the...

Today's hero @booker.senate.gov talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...

I'm excited by the idea the Poilievre might lose his own seat as his support tanks. I ride through his riding a lot and if signs are any indication, Bruce Fanjoy will give him trouble. Poilievre has all the intersections sewn up but the Liberals have signs on lawns of actual voters.

The Republicans have thrown Mahmoud Khalil on the Bonfire of American Credibility they’re stoking. We can certainly see the smoke here in Canada, Europe too.

This. Didn't know Trump had a thing for William McKinley. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-tari...

I say it again. It's time for quotas on woodchip exports to the US. I want to see a run on toilet paper all the way to Mar-a-Lago

We mobilized against Hitler. Now we need to mobilize against Trump. In wartime, Canada created 28 Crown corporations operating factories, shipyard, aircraft production. We need that sort of industrial mobilization against Trump. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Love all the empty booze store shots. It's worth remembering these are only possible because (except in Alberta) provincial governments own the stores. We should use this opportunity to acquire more tools like this to fight trade wars.

Or maybe it was an "anybody but Ford" move where voters chose the incumbent in NDP ridings because it was the strategic way to deny the Conservatives the seat. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

How about diversifying Canada's merchandise trading partners to reduce reliance on the U.S.? Great resources from StatCan. This one, quarterly www.statcan.gc.ca/en/stathub (pics for CAN/US, and CAN/Mexico) This one, monthly - look at the differences in scale! www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...