stuffed city

what is one to do with an entire cityscape made of stuffed toys?

envy party

due to my utter disinterest in whatever it meant, i can't verify for you whether the envy party is a political one or some crappy theme. either way, it's stupid.

ropin' papers

i kid you not, this is how i found it. i can't make this up. like the metro box just lassoed the 24 hours box and hauled it down. a wild west scene of newspaper wrangling.

parked dogs

i don't like it when dog owners do this, leaving their canine friends out on the street while they go be consumers. it's not really fair to them. they're all alone there pining. look at that forlorn bichon. so sad. they're not cars that you can just park.

divine pylon

that is one goddam important pylon right there. god forbid it ever got stolen, the world would come crumbling down. and to prevent that devastation from ever happening, someone bolted the motherfucker right into the sidewalk. there is something afoot because there is nothing even remotely close by to warrant such severe actions be taken for a PYLON.

alien vegetable

it's supposed to be broccoli, but it looks more like some stalkier marsh vegetation than anything. as appealing as it looked, it didn't find it's way to my stomach.

brainwashing

i guess it's clever... when there's not brainwashing jargon there in front of it.

tree balls

it's like christmas only with the wrong kind of tree and the wrong time of year. dare we call it innovative, or just dumb.

ice... cold... beeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr

anyone who has been to a blue jays game in the last 10 years should know this guy. yes, the one who recites "ice, cold beer" in a snarling drawn out growl. unfortunately he no longer patrols the stands hawking beer anymore because of doing so to minors. now he peddles his same shtick on the street around the rogers centre looking for handouts and posing for a few pictures.

bike safety first

only carlos would wear a motorcycle helmet on a mini-bike.

no room to move

i guess not enough room.

southbound

there weren't enough signs indicating the direction the trains were going on this platform, so a makeshift one was needed. very official looking. thanks for the clarification ttc, at least you came up with a low cost solution.

extra energy to work extra late

wonderful stuff that extra energy is. well enough to work a 14.5 hour day with energy to spare.

toronto moments

interesting guerrilla idea here from mobilemoment.ca. i like the premise, but i think they're trying a bit too hard. do they really think people are going to use this to truly connect? i see it more as a fun little thing to do, not where i'm going to really meet people. i await the spam to infiltrate.

ideal coffee table book lineup

ah yes, the arts. consisting of naked celebrities and various acts and personalities of immorality. what a line-up on this shelf. good presentation chapters employees, you really put some thought behind this combination.

as an aside on this, what chapters policy dictates that they won't carry porn magazines, yet 'hollywood nudes' are just out in plain view where any kid can pick it up. at least playboys are up on a top shelf, barely visible, and not within reach of small hands. oh, but it's art! whatever. most people don't make that distinction.

autobots, roll out

too bad for the owner that the backseat of this car isn't larger because with that autobot emblem he's bound to get laid a lot. lot of modifications on this car, which can get expensive. fortunately, the owner spent a lot of rent-free years in his parents basement to save up.

lonely fridge

a pretty random mini-fridge in the downstairs hallway of a restaurant. really don't understand why it' plugged in, with nothing in it, in a non-functional location.

twilight in the garden of concrete

under the road

here i thought roads were just pavement on top of some dirt or gravel. it appears there's more infrastructure than that. who knew (other than the people doing it)? never seen this before, but then again i don't make it a habit to be around road work.

stop russia

a lengthy protest was held outside our building today on behalf of ukrainian canadians (presumably canadians). don't know why they've chosen to hold this protest at church & bloor in toronto as their's nothing around remotely related to the cause. maybe the good protest corner at queen's park was taken. what are we as canadians going to do anyway? send our navy to blockade the russians? as decrepit as the russian navy might be, the canadian one more resembles a fleet of boats a child would play with in a bathtub.

chalk talk

say hello to sub-zero toronto, making our sidewalks more visually appealing for the masses to herd themselves toward corporate servitude and consumer bliss. where you see dirty concrete with the multitudes of those black blotches of unknown origin, he sees a blank canvas and a chance at your loose change. beyond just being an artist, he is a patron for the arts outlining his 10 precepts of a better toronto through the medium of chalk.

tv for all seasons

how do you make a tv bear the elements? with garbage bags and duct tape of course. it's a no-fail approach.

smooth sailing skies

not the best day to take the boat out for a cruise around the lake.

broken unicorn

such a pity. such a magnificent piece of art, and now no one will be able to share in its wonder. children passing through this house will not know of this beautiful creature and the healing power of its tears. its grace and elegance will be forever lost. evil will no longer be warded by its majesty.

dreadful dreads

maybe, just maybe, it's time to give up the dream on these dreads. i mean, there is a lot of hair in those things that aren't connected to the head anymore. not for some time now. i mean he's just clinging to them, not even trying to keep them up and dreading the new growth.

manservant

i think he's supposed to be holding a tray and serve as some kind of inanimate sampler of foodstuffs. but in all my time at loblaws i've never seen him once do that. instead he just stands hunched over in a creepy suggestive manner.

new tricks

i saw these dog bowls at a couple of storefronts on yonge. they were exactly the same. must be some like community thing or animal-friendly group.

tree tunnel

bereft beater

i wonder if the old boy gets out anymore? it's got a plate and appears to be marginally driveable.

suburban zen garden

what they've given up in maintenance of that perfect little plot of suburban greenspace, they've made up for in pruning their shapely shrubs. they could do a little better on the weeding.

fire unemergency

you'd think that with three fire trucks and an ambulance on the scene there would be some urgency to whatever called them to be there. but rather than look like firefighters, they look more like construction workers.