Dining a hundred feet above Dundas Square in downtown Toronto on a chilly, risk-of-thunderstorm evening is scary on more than one level:

Happy Pride Day!
Love Fearlessly!

An Ironic Juxtaposition
Yonge & St. Mary Streets, Toronto, 29 July 2008 4:00PM

So, let’s say you bought a Hollywood movie on DVD for, say, twenty bucks. And that twenty bucks went to the distributor and studio, as it should. You’re going to the cottage for the weekend and want to watch your movie there but your damned DVD player is busted so you rip the copy-protected DVD [...]

Q: What goes through the mind of a Toronto road worker when he’s installing traffic-diversion signs at the Yonge-Bloor intersection?
A:

Trick Question! He Has No Discernible Mind At All!

Q: What happens when several dozen teenagers in Guy Fawkes masks, with tubs of chalk and a penchant for annoying cults descend on the Yonge-Bloor neighbourhood?
A:

Q: What happens after several dozen teenagers in Guy Fawkes masks, tubs of chalk and a penchant for annoying cults descend on the Yonge-Bloor neighbourhood?
A:

Q: Would you describe the number [...]

Obama Posters by Artist Shepard Fairey
Y’know, there’s considerable (and justifiable) controversy over the originality of artist Shepard Fairey’s work — like here and here — but these iconic Obama posters get a solid pass, resonating with the imagery of a time we feared had been forgotten. A time of hope. And equality. And [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-B9Z3b3zxg

So it’s Gay Pride Month, right? Time to maybe think about equality in a wider sense than we normally might. Thanks to Consolidated’s “Unity of Oppression” (1991) for the reminder. Except for the not-eating-meat thing. Can’t quite get behind that.

Date: Friday, May 30th 2008
Time: 8:00AM
Place: 1 Bloor
Bloor & Yonge

The Department of Redundancy Department strikes again:

Of course, if this was a Toronto Transit Commission facility, there’d be a handwritten sign above both of these, stating “STAFF ONLY!”

So, the City of Toronto released to the public a report from BrainTrust Marketing (curiously-missing website) a couple of weeks ago: “City of Toronto Premier-Ranked Tourist Destination Project” (WARNING: PDF link). And it’s an interesting read. Bottom line? Tourist “satisfaction” is down, way down. Tourist “intention to travel to Toronto” is down, too. Gee. What [...]