Category Archives: Things to Do

Monthly Museum – Canadian War Museum

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Richard

Today I continued my monthly museum visits with my first visit to the new Canadian War Museum. I had been to the older museum about a decade ago. The new building, which opened in 2005, is much nicer with more … Continue reading →

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Crash and Brass

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Richard

This evening, Rosa and I had tickets to see Canadian Brass at the National Arts Centre. We thought we should have a date night, so we went out for dinner before the performance. We chose Milestones (as if I don’t … Continue reading →

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Douglas Coupland

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Richard

Continuing with my previous posting about doing more in Ottawa, tonight I went to see Douglas Coupland at the National Arts Centre. He was reading Chapter 4 (of 5) from his new book Player One: What is to Become of … Continue reading →

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William Gibson

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Richard

As part of my new resolution to take in more of the opportunities here in Ottawa, I bought tickets to see William Gibson at the Mayfair Theatre. It was part of the 2010 Ottawa Writers Festival. I brought my camera … Continue reading →

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Kennedy Space Center Vistors Complex

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Richard

Today, I visited the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex. I spent about 10-hours there, seeing everything I could possibly see. I got up early and arrived just after the doors opened at 9:00AM. I checked the schedule and saw that … Continue reading →

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STS-132 Video coming

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Richard

Just before I went to bed last night, I remembered that I had shot a video of the entire Atlantis launch. Before I traveled down to Florida, I searched the video-sphere for very wide-angle shots of a shuttle launch. I … Continue reading →

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STS-132 Atlantis Launch

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Richard

It’s all over and I’m in the 4-hour traffic jam leaving the causeway for Cocoa Beach. I’m overwhelmed and even a little melancholy – it all happened so fast did I miss anything? I woke up at 5:00am. I was … Continue reading →

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10-10-10 Progress Update

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Richard

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10-10-10 Photography

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Richard

Walking through Chapters the other day, a book caught my eye with the title “10-10-10″. It was about setting goals for the next 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years. I thought it was an interesting concept, and I started … Continue reading →

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Two Small Steps for Me

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Richard

I am so proud of myself this evening. I did two things for the first time. The first is that I finally took my Clearwater kayak out for the first time. I found that, despite my optimism, it was too … Continue reading →

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