AUBREEVISION - Observations from the far side of the dial

Got the hiccups, or hiccoughs as I've occasionally seen it writ. I remember the mother of a childhood friend claiming that you can't hiccup more than 52 times in one hiccup fit. It isn't true - I counted.

Recent visual delights:

• Large-bulbed old fashioned Christmas lights still holding their own on a February night, bright gumdrops of light on a little round shrub
• The formica-patterned ceiling (gold starburst motif) of what must be the oldest bus in the City of Ottawa fleet