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Constance Bay, it turns out, has not designated its downtown a red-light district, despite what its signs may have indicated.

The City of Ottawa sign, which was erected about a month ago, directed travellers to Constance Bay's "business district" with symbols indicating various amenities.

One square was left blank. Bad move.

Sometime last weekend, a vandal filled the blank spot in with a pair of stick figures who appear to be particularly engaged.

Don't let the saucy pair fool you, though, West-Carleton March Councillor Eli El-Chantiry said. It's business as usual in Constance Bay.

From chuckling photographers snapping pictures to e-mails inquiring about Constance Bay's new swingers' club, El-Chantiry seemed on Thursday to be tiring of all the attention the sign was getting.

"There was one spot missing; it was perfect," said Ian Glen, president of the Constance and Buckham's Bay Community Association, adding he may consider a picture of the sign for the 2010 Best of the Bays calendar.

"Everybody just thinks it's pretty funny. I don't think anybody's going to take terrible offence to it."

Work - work and more work. Yep keeping myself as busy as a one legged man at a butt kicking contest. Hopping from one place to another, spreading joy wherever I am.

Okay now that you're busy laughing, I'll continue on.

Reading the papers, it seems our (ahem) beloved leaders have decided they can't do much about the world economies but they can control the weather! Alrighty then, lets have a couple of more degrees heat around here and a lot more sunshine please. Does this mean countries can have their very own individual thermostats?

Speaking of weather, it seems today is the one day of summer this area is going to get. Yes folks, Ottawa has packed summer into a 24 hour period and today is it. Average temperatures so far have been way below normal, rain fall is up and the lack of sunlight has led to an increase in the use of tanning salons.

Tanning beds have one city councillor here up in arms. Alex Cullen thankfully not my councillor wants to put a ban on under 18 year olds using these tanning devices. He's also responsible for wanting to put hand sanitizers on the buses, attempting to ban trade shows at city owned facilities, increases to bus fares after a 51 day strike by drivers; the list could go on but you get the idea.

Pictures are worth a thousand words.

It would take a lot more than that to explain some of the photos over at Awkward Family Photos. We've all got them stuffed away in shoe boxes hidden under beds or buried in closets, why not show them off!

Got an hour to kill? Then head on over and enjoy the photos! Seeing other people looking silly might make you feel better about the photos you've got hidden from from sight.

Who the F#%K dresses up as a bear?




Speaking of family life

I found this really interesting site Why Not, Right? The site is devoted to the joys of parenting by obviously pretty bad parents.

Around here, you need a license to have a dog but it seems anyone can have kids. Looking at some of the photos I've got to wonder if this is the norm these days.

God help us all.


It's Friday I'm out of here - Bluesfest is up and running.