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Senators Desktop Calendar – November 2011

For your enjoyment, here is the November 2011 Ottawa Senators desktop calendar. The photo was kindly given to me by the Sens organization for use in this calendar.

Photo credit: Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images

Note: If you’re unsure what your screen resolution is, follow these steps to ensure you’re downloading the correct background:

  • Windows: Right click any blank area of your desktop and click on Properties. Go to the Settings tab. Screen Resolution is listed at the lower left.
  • Mac OSX: Click on the Apple logo in the top left corner of your menu bar and select “System Preferences”, and then select “Displays”
  • Linux w/ Gnome: Click on System, Preferences and select Display
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Luc "Sandman" G.
Soapbox

Stupid Drivers and Cellphones

Why is it that it seems like most people in Ottawa are blatantly ignoring the no using a cellphone while driving law? Every time I’m behind the wheel, even if its only to run an errand 2 minutes away, I always see at least one person talking on a cellphone while driving. Its not just limited to one age group either (though it appears to be more common with teenagers/young adults). 30-40 year old soccer mom with kids in the back;  a professional in a company car;  teenager who just got his license. It just goes to prove that stupidity does not discriminate. As an aside, if you’re driving a car or truck with a company logo emblazoned everywhere, you’re representing the company you work for (or own). If I see you doing something stupid like talking on a cellphone while driving, I make a mental note to never give you my business.

We had our own close call with a stupid kid on a cellphone last week. It was during the evening last week. We were coming home from visiting with family. In my rear view I noticed a car that was speeding up and slowing down constantly. We were on a 4 lane street, and I was driving in the slow lane. The car beside me wasn’t going much faster than I was. Out of the blue the car that was alternating speeds sped up behind the guy in the fast lane, swerved hard into our slow lane to pass him, narrowly missing my bumper by a mere 2-3 inches, forcing me to hit the brakes.  My wife and I then observed him driving in the middle of the lanes, swerving back and forth and going a good 30-40 km over the posted speed limit. Thank goodness there were no other cards in his vicinity. We get to a (long) red light where he’s been stopped for a while already, I look over and see that he’s chatting away on a cellphone, completely oblivious to what’s going on around him.

I’m sorry, but is your phone conversation more important that the lives of my 2 month old son, my wife and my own? Not only are you blatantly ignoring a law, your stupidity, selfishness and carelessness put other people’s lives at risk. Yes, you, the 18-20 year old driving a black sedan down Innes in Gloucester/Orleans last Thursday around 9:30pm, I’m talking to you. Put down your phone, pay attention to your driving and maybe you won’t kill or seriously injure someone one of these days.

Luc "Sandman" G.
Ottawa Soapbox

Road Maintenance Time Warp?

What do road repair people do? Is there only 10 of them in the entire city? How much work do they actually do in a day? I’m starting to really wonder what the answers to those questions are.

Around 7-8 weeks ago, the street connected to ours underwent some surgery. The road repair crews dug up a section of 30 feet by 100 feet in a couple of days. Nothing too deep, they just removed part of the asphalt, around 2 inches in depth. Since the digging was completed very little has been done, but not for lack of repair crews being around. Two or three times a week they are out there, about five or six road construction workers, along with a couple of dump trucks and other repair equipment. They are there when we leave the house in the morning and they are still there when we get home from work. Yet looking at the street we see little to no difference compared to eight or nine hours earlier. Based on the current rate of actual work being done, I’m guessing the street will be back to normal sometime in 2013.

What the heck are these guys doing all day and why is it taking so long?. These workers are doing nothing but reinforcing the stereotype of city workers being extremely slow and inefficient. I would probably get a pink slip from my employer if I would be even 1/10th as slow performing as these guys appear to be. If they can replace a complete bridge over a busy highway in a couple of days, I cant understand why it would take this long to patch 100 feet worth of residential street.

I’ll take a few pictures tonight to show how little the area actually is, and how little work has been done in around 2 months’ time.

(Edited Jun 18th 12:23am)

Here are the pictures showing our municipal tax dollars hard at work!

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Luc "Sandman" G.
Ottawa

Little Visitor

When we first moved into our house, we’d often see a mother rabbit and two of her baby bunnies in our backyard. After that fall, we would only see one of the bunnies come back for a visit on almost a daily basis. Once our fence went up, the bunny would still come back from time to time, eating our grass and taunting my cats.

Today was the first time I saw the bunny in our backyard since last fall. I recently was wondering where this rabbit went. Did he get too big to crawl under the fence? Did he get hit by a car? Did he find a cute little rabbit to shack up with? Sighting him this afternoon at least tells me that he’s still alive and still around. He even let me get close enough to take a few pictures.

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Little visitor - Peekaboo!

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Luc "Sandman" G.
Graphics and Wallpapers Hockey

Sens Desktop Calendar – 2010 Playoffs Round One

Here’s the first (of hopefully many) Sens playoffs calendar. This one is a first round calendar vs the Penguins.

Note: If you’re unsure what your screen resolution is, follow these steps to ensure you’re downloading the correct background:

  • Windows: Right click any blank area of your desktop and click on Properties. Go to the Settings tab. Screen Resolution is listed at the lower left.
  • Mac OSX: Click on the Apple logo in the top left corner of your menu bar and select “System Preferences”, and then select “Displays”
  • Linux w/ Gnome: Click on System, Preferences and select Display
Screen Resolution Wallpaper size
1024 x 768 1280 x 960
1280 x 960 1280 x 960
1440 x 900 1680 x 1050
1680 x 1050 1680 x 1050
1360 x 768 1600 x 900
1366 x 768 1600 x 900
1600 x 900 1600 x 900
1920 x 1080 1600 x 900
Luc "Sandman" G.

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