In the past year I’ve been to New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Mumbai and, of course, I live in Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Only in Toronto have I seen block after block (after block) of downtown streets diminished in capacity for months while whole lanes of traffic are used to [...]

Toronto Subway Advertisement, November 2007
I’m all for challenging conventional wisdom but, seriously, do advertising people go to proper schools?

Okay, we’ve read your catalog of whiny excuses for the continuing disparity between Canadian and American pricing for identical products and, with the exception of the recently strong Canadian dollar, every item has been in effect for, like, ever. Why is it only now, when Canadian consumers are actually waking up from their somnambulist march [...]

A short film by Naomi Klein and Alphonso Cuarón:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kieyjfZDUIc

Read all about it: shockdoctrine.com

Roger “Race” Bannon:

Don’t tell me you never thought there was something going on between Dr. Quest and the white-haired stud. When I was a kid, I didn’t want to play with dolls, I wanted to go off on adventures with Race and his creatively-facial-haired boss.

No, not those poppers. I’m talking about Indian poppers or, less slangy, papadums. Like magic, put them in front of me at an Indian restaurant and I can make them disappear. Put them in front of someone else at an Indian restaurant and I can make them disappear. Approaching the end of our trip to [...]

This is a very, very nice couple. Quiet, polite and unassuming, unlike the slobs in the previous post. And, look! Unlike most American fliers, they’re not wearing pyjamas, flip-flops and dragging around a huge, stuffed animal as their carry-on item. Still, could they not find even a scintilla of humour in their books by David [...]

Tension is high, it’s noisy and crowded and frustrating, right? So it would only make sense that human beings would try to behave as logically and as unselfishly and as courteously as possible, right?

Lining Up for Maximum Thoroughfare Blockage, Newark, NJ, 21 November 2007

Superclassy First-Class Lounge Patron, Newark, NJ, 8 November 2007

If you noticed that posts over the past couple of weeks have been… I dunno, a bit filler-y, or pre-scheduled-y, there’s a reason:

Anjuna Market Girl, Goa, India, 14 November 2007

“Stop it, you’re giving me a bone.”