SALT
Perhaps it’s because I hate leeches, but I really like having salt around the house. Much to the chagrin of Ottawa area locavores, the closest salt deposits are in New York State and Southwestern Ontario. Salt deposits also touch Quebec and three of the maritime provinces up around around Rivière-Du-Loup [Ottawa "area" salt mines] I [...]
Kiteboarding
Out to Williamsburg for the weekend. This is just seconds after Si (middle left) let go of the kite and just seconds before some killer body drag @ ~ 20 km/h. If you know how to snowboard and windsurf and paraglide I doubt you’ll have much trouble figuring all of this out. Otherwise just strap [...]
Fruit Fight.
Here’s a fun link for a rainy day: The CFIA’s Chemical Residue Annual Reports ( http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/microchem/resid/reside.shtml ). I’m looking through the 2004/05 Annual Report for Fresh Fruit & Veggies. Based on their residue tests for fresh fruit and vegetable products, 9.5% of their random domestic food samples tested positive while 10.1% of the random samples [...]