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

Sometimes I think we’re our own worst enemies. By “we” I mean homos and by “worst enemies” I mean “happy Pride Week, jerkasses.”
So it’s like this. Leven and I often talk on the phone about the liberating experience of peeling off your shirt in environments which have, traditionally, been entirely appropriate for the partial or [...]

So I found this while photographing the environs surrounding Toronto’s Yonge & Bloor intersection earlier today. I’m assuming it was unearthed in the excavation because, for real, no one would actually, you know, wear one of these, would they? I mean, in this century?

Special Bonus Content! So I was talking to my mom this afternoon [...]

Gay Pride Week is on the horizon and the excitement is building in Toronto! And that’s not the only thing that’s building!
The Dyke March and Gay Pride Parade will be winding past the Yonge-Bloor intersection in just a week’s time, so Toronto’s hard-working and conscientious road crews are making sure the intersection is in typically-Toronto [...]

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!

So, Tourism Toronto recently unveiled its latest bid to get more visitors to the city and… well, it doesn’t get high grades from blogTO commenters, the majority of whom voted that “at least it’s not Toronto Unlimited,” referring to a previous, inscrutable and Just Plain Bad ad campaign. Is it that the city can’t afford [...]

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 [...]

Well, Federal Conservative Minister of Industry Jim “Fucknuts” Prentice tabled yesterday the bill I mentioned a few weeks ago. And it’s bad. Bad for ordinary Canadians. Bad for Canadian businesses. And, like most legislation crafted, essentially, by paid industry lobbyists, Bill C-61 is hugely one-sided in its “protections” for copyright holders and only superficially attractive [...]

One of these signs is not like the other sign:

Date: Friday, 6 Juneth 2008
Time: 9:00AM
Place: 1 Bloor
Bloor & Yonge

Date: Friday, May 30th 2008
Time: 8:00AM
Place: 1 Bloor
Bloor & Yonge
Demolition is not starting, huh? This bodes well for the planned occupancy date, doesn’t it?
It’s The Toronto Way™, yo.