College football starts tonight with five games including a good one, North Carolina State hosting Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks of South Carolina.
Check your local listings.
And closer to home, at least my home, the University of Ottawa plays the University of Western Ontario Sunday afternoon at 5 pm, Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario.
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Showing posts with label University of Ottawa Gee Gees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Ottawa Gee Gees. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
754...Play Hooky From Work Today?
Drop by Ashbury High School at 1 o'clock this afternoon to see the University of Ottawa women's baksetball team play the America East champion University of Vermont Catamounts.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
12...Racial Profiling
A quick note.
I got racially profiled last night at MacLaren's, a poolhall/bar on Elgin Street in Ottawa.
I was, and this is relevant, on my way back from the U of Ottawa/Queen's basketball game, wearing a Syracuse hoodie, a 'cuse hat, watching Nate Robinson win the NBA All Star game dunk contest when it happened.
I was talking to this East African man, I will call him Jamal [because that is what his name is] about the dunks, the green uni Mr. Robinson was wearing, whether the Raptors will ever go deep in the playoffs, trying to sell him on going to see U of Ottawa play Carleton next Saturday at the U of Ottawa and on and on and on while watching the dunk competition. Not a lick of ice in my field of vision.
And then it happened.
He asked me, no, he told me, told me, right out of the blue that he didn't understand or care much for hockey but I obviously was a big hockey fan ['cause I am a middle aged White guy] and that was the end of that.
The knife cuts both ways.
Pretty Darn Strange, eh?
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I got racially profiled last night at MacLaren's, a poolhall/bar on Elgin Street in Ottawa.
I was, and this is relevant, on my way back from the U of Ottawa/Queen's basketball game, wearing a Syracuse hoodie, a 'cuse hat, watching Nate Robinson win the NBA All Star game dunk contest when it happened.
I was talking to this East African man, I will call him Jamal [because that is what his name is] about the dunks, the green uni Mr. Robinson was wearing, whether the Raptors will ever go deep in the playoffs, trying to sell him on going to see U of Ottawa play Carleton next Saturday at the U of Ottawa and on and on and on while watching the dunk competition. Not a lick of ice in my field of vision.
And then it happened.
He asked me, no, he told me, told me, right out of the blue that he didn't understand or care much for hockey but I obviously was a big hockey fan ['cause I am a middle aged White guy] and that was the end of that.
The knife cuts both ways.
Pretty Darn Strange, eh?
WFDS
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
3...Tomorrow
Tomorrow on the wireless, http://www.ckcufm.com/ and 93.1CKCU over the air in Ottawa/Gatineau at 6 am I, the World Famous Dan Shields, will, theoretically, be chatting in studio with Brad MordenArtistic DirectorLittle Voice Big Sound...he says he is bringing me a coffee...I like him.
Brad is promoting Ottawa's Art Out Loud Opening Show - January 30th. Little Voice Big Sound is launching the first in a full year series showcasing the diversity of Ottawa's artistic talent. Over the course of 2009, Little Voice Big Sound will bring together visual artists, local musicians, poets, dancers and actors to share their artistic expression of solidarity for a more positive world. Venues will range across the city and integrate all elements of Ottawa's artistic and cultural communities.
The Grand Opening EventDate: Friday, January 30thPlace: Don Monet's CUBE Gallery, 7 Hamilton Ave. N., right next to the Ugly Club [aka the Carleton Tavern]. Just get off the Queensway at Parkdale and head north to Armstrong and hang a left.
This is going to be a brilliant show and I am looking forward to talking to Brad and maybe schmoozing a bit with the glitterati of Hintonburg at the event.
Also tomorrow morning, tic, the man with the 7 person fan club [which is 7 more than I have...] and I will argue about something inane from 6 30 am til 7.
Finally, tomorrow night, in my living room, on The Score, Carleton men, number 1 in Canada play the Gee Gee's D'U of Ottawa, the number 2 team in Canada live from Scotia Bank Place. The women's teams who are also quite competitive this year, play at six pm. If you come over, please, bring libations.
Libations.
That is why I got a degree in English.
So I can use words like libation.
Without sounding like a toff.
L8r.
WFDS.
Brad is promoting Ottawa's Art Out Loud Opening Show - January 30th. Little Voice Big Sound is launching the first in a full year series showcasing the diversity of Ottawa's artistic talent. Over the course of 2009, Little Voice Big Sound will bring together visual artists, local musicians, poets, dancers and actors to share their artistic expression of solidarity for a more positive world. Venues will range across the city and integrate all elements of Ottawa's artistic and cultural communities.
The Grand Opening EventDate: Friday, January 30thPlace: Don Monet's CUBE Gallery, 7 Hamilton Ave. N., right next to the Ugly Club [aka the Carleton Tavern]. Just get off the Queensway at Parkdale and head north to Armstrong and hang a left.
This is going to be a brilliant show and I am looking forward to talking to Brad and maybe schmoozing a bit with the glitterati of Hintonburg at the event.
Also tomorrow morning, tic, the man with the 7 person fan club [which is 7 more than I have...] and I will argue about something inane from 6 30 am til 7.
Finally, tomorrow night, in my living room, on The Score, Carleton men, number 1 in Canada play the Gee Gee's D'U of Ottawa, the number 2 team in Canada live from Scotia Bank Place. The women's teams who are also quite competitive this year, play at six pm. If you come over, please, bring libations.
Libations.
That is why I got a degree in English.
So I can use words like libation.
Without sounding like a toff.
L8r.
WFDS.
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