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

The trouble with fashion? Too few models like this real man from Vivienne Westwood:

“Well, after seasons of skinny emo boys, Viv has given us something interesting to look at.” — New York Times
I’m sure he looks even more interesting without that particular… ensemble. And accessories.
(Thanks and a tip of the chapeau to Dale for the [...]

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 [...]

For your Friday enjoyment, the new BearForce1 song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0vrsxg0naA

It’s impossible to adequately describe — or completely catalogue — the awfulness of this song and video. Unless y’all would like to try, of course, since I’m still trying to figure out why their style and iconography resembles a nursery. Or why only 37.5% of the group could [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“Citizen of the Planet”, Alanis Morissette, Flavors of Entanglement:

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

…her latest album doesn’t rage like ‘You Oughta Know” — it sounds more like grief.
– Ellen Carpenter, Rolling Stone
Flavors Of Entanglement is Alanis at her most upbeat and at her happiest.
– Amy Sciarretto, Artist Direct

Best. Breakup. Ever.:
While watching MuchMusic, lounging on the bed, 1998…
B: So, listen…
G: Yeah?
B: I was wondering… Are we still boyfriends?
G: I dunno. D’ya want to be?
B: Y’know… I don’t think so. Do you?
G: Not really.
B: Okay.
G: Cool.
B: So…
G: Yeah?
B: What do you want to watch now?