Some of these things have little to do with Ottawa, but...

... permit me to say how refreshing - if not terribly cheesy - it is that The O.C. tonight went gay. And not "gay as adjective" where they're been since Luke repeatedly called Seth a fag in Season 1, but gay as in two boys in a bed, getting busy, albeit completely under the covers. What's more, it happened on the day the House defeated the long-awaited Marriage Motion. I wonder if the O.C. producers timed it this way. They're so with it.

Something else that's with it? The new record by Toronto's Rock Plaza Central. It's called Are We Not Horses, and it's completely fantastic. Apparently, they're coming here in January, which will be great. On that note: I'm hoping to check out Les Georges Leningrad this Sunday at Babylon and Montreal's Malajube next Wednesday at Zaphod's. Reviews will follow in due course.