We enjoyed this post by zoom! on knitknut.net, all about a trip on the #14 OC Transpo bus. Here’s a sample: ** ** Tonight I had the pleasure of traveling home from work on the #14 bus in the company of a naked, sweaty, extensively tattooed man and a fat toddler who could make wine glasses explode with his voice alone. ...

Milkman’s Tuned In reports: Astral's lone Ottawa property, 106.9 The Bear finally has some family moving in. The CRTC today granted the company a new license for a soft AC station to operate at 99.7 FM. Meanwhile Frank Torres was granted a license for a Blues/Blues-rock based format to operate at 101. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Logo_Achannel.gif) First it was CHRO, then The New RO, then A-Channel, and now … " A “. We just noticed the new look on their website today – not sure when the rebranding took place. Their web site says ** : ...

** From Milkman’s Tuned In : ** Jungle Jim Jerome returns full-time to his long lost home, Sports Radio TEAM 1200, where he’ll join Steve Warne and Stuntman Stu as one of the three guys on the radio, or “TGOR” as they are referred to by their loyal legion of listeners. ...

Here’s part of a rant (and some constructive suggestions) from Kris Joseph on his blog, Struts and Frets : ** ** The Ottawa theatre scene... is really hopping right now. Due to a congruence of a number of events — a new home for [ Great Canadian Theatre Company ](http://www. ...

“Fashion” and “Ottawa” used to be an oxymoron, but not so much any more. We now have a twice-yearly fashion week , a couple of locally-based fashion magazines, and a growing fashion blog scene. And if that’s not enough to establish some design credentials, how about the fact that Ottawa is the shooting location for Season 2 of Project Runway ? ...

Here’s an interesting approach to a jobs/careers website: hlpwntd.com . The web site says it “is a community of users who spot help wanted signs around the world to help others find jobs. " It features a listing of signs that web site visitors have seen in store windows – and gives job hunters a way to seek out jobs that probably wouldn’t be advertised in the newspaper or online. ...

12:18am on Tuesday morning, August 12th. Just finished online registration for our daughter’s swimming lessons this fall. Today is the first day to register, and registration started online at 12:01am. Sure, we could register in person at 9am – but by that time the coveted Sunday morning swimming timeslots are likely to be snapped up. ...

It’s been a while since we read a good Ottawa rant. Here’s one from blogger Gordon Dewis : ** ** Saturday evening, I went to the late showing of _ [ Hellboy II: The Golden Army ](http://www. ...

Gordon Dewis blogs : ** ** Thursday’s [ Metro Ottawa included a story ](http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/88439) that opened with the following: A suspicious package attached to a pole forced the closure of Riverside Drive and a section of Ottawa’s bus Transitway for several hours yesterday. ...