it's raining (police)men

the grey drizzle of dreary skies makes the cozy insides of coffee shops particularly alluring. this has never been more true (it seems) than for the male police officers of ottawa this morning. they are not only fulfilling everyone's favourite stereotype -- though mixing it up a bit by favouring the danish over the traditional doughnut (this is a classier bunch than you might have expected!) -- but also doing it all in impressive numbers. within less than two hours, four groups of three (or more) cops have visited. and these are just the ones in uniform! who knows if the elderly guy in the trenchcoat behind me -- the one who's loudly claiming to be a professor researching the FLQ (pfff, a likely story!) -- isn't actually an undercover constable.

and now back to translating...