The Open Hoot
Open reading at Swizzles, 16 August
2004
Ottawa
We arrived on Queen Street looking for the Dusty Owl 
"Open Hoot," at 
Swizzles, and 
were greeted by 
K8. We went downstairs, 
sat down and ordered a beer,
and after preliminaries, including the introduction of the "Object of 
Desire" 
by K8, people who had signed
up 
got up to read.
Some were new, 
and hadn't
been here 
or done this 
before, 
and were welcomed. 
Others were
old 
hands. At
one point a hat was passed by K8, 
hiding behind a pillar. After everyone had read,
there were 
readings of
poems written -- by these intrepid folks 
-- about the Object of Desire. The
"Applause-O-Meter identified the Winner, Nedra, who was presented 
with the Object itself.
Afterward. we walked back to 
find Frederika and we went off to the Market to find dinner.
Back to Hunts News
Swizzles, and 
were greeted by 
K8. We went downstairs, 
sat down and ordered a beer,
and after preliminaries, including the introduction of the "Object of 
Desire" 
by K8, people who had signed
up 
got up to read.
Some were new, 
and hadn't
been here 
or done this 
before, 
and were welcomed. 
Others were
old 
hands. At
one point a hat was passed by K8, 
hiding behind a pillar. After everyone had read,
there were 
readings of
poems written -- by these intrepid folks 
-- about the Object of Desire. The
"Applause-O-Meter identified the Winner, Nedra, who was presented 
with the Object itself.
Afterward. we walked back to 
find Frederika and we went off to the Market to find dinner.