It’s unfair, I suppose, to draw parallels between blog commenters and their hosts — especially since, like me, my commenters are so goddamned smart and sexy — but it’s fitting, somehow, that John Tory’s biggest fans are so… articulate. John Tory, for those not aware of the small-mindedness of Ontario (Canada) politics, is seeking leadership [...]

On the street:
Gay 1: Oh, god, look at her. Baby-blue Crocs™ to match her spaghetti-strap tank-top!
Gay 2: You know I hate it when you refer to gay men as “her” or “she”.
Gay 1: Wait, you mean that’s not a woman?

Overheard at the gym:
Gay A: Sorry I haven’t called you. You wouldn’t believe how superbusy my life has been.
Gay B: You should’ve stopped at “sorry I haven’t called you” because, no, I wouldn’t believe how superbusy your life has been. You can’t really expect me to believe anything you say at this point.
Gay A: You [...]

From the latest (#952, September 7, 2007) Entertainment Weekly magazine:
Burning Questions: Late-Summer Edition

Does CBS wish it had never heard the words Kid Nation?
Did Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie get special treatment?
Is the Dallas movie finally going to get made?
Is Britney really going to release an album this year?

I’d rather have a burning urinary tract infection [...]

Twenty years ago I came out to my father at Toronto’s La Scala restaurant. At the time it was a dining spot for the city/province/country’s old-school power elite; Former Prime Minister John Turner was a few tables away. Dad had taken the opportunity to stop off on his way back home to Calgary from a [...]

I’m as big a fan of irony as the next guy (if not moreso) but this sign has bugged for years.