Sin, has already shaken the Russian literary world with a bold and honest description of post-communist Russia’s past, becoming a national bestseller and earning multiple literary awards.Critics in Russia dubbed Zahar Prilepin as a ‘new Dostoevsky’; in the West, he is compared to Hemingway.

Last year, Michelle President and Zara Ansar, were bouncing at trampoline class as they gabbed about fashionable cyclists they encountered during their commutes to work. The avid cyclists realized they had found a hole in the blogosphere, which would later manifest into their biking fashion blog, Ottawa Velo Vogue.

Ottawa Life Magazine is pleased to announce that actor/pundit Michael Moriarty is now a regular columnist in our pages, offering his incisive, visionary and sometimes controversial observations on various topics including politics and the arts. Mr. Moriarty’s views are in no way a reflection of the beliefs and views of Ottawa Life, simply the opinion of one individual.

Given the recent Federal Budget announcement, two things are certain in life: death and taxes. For this reason, I decided to devote this month’s blog to the former; specifically, Deadiquette. Or in other words, a do’s and don’t’ cheat sheet when saying goodbye to the dearly departed.