Archive for February 2006

Arch    (2006.02.23)

My photo of these concrete arches being driven down Bay St. makes me think of May Day parades in which everything under the sun gets driven down the boulevard.

Johnny, are you Weir?    (2006.02.21)

Memo to dumpy sportswriter guys: There’s nothing wrong with being gay and there’s nothing wrong with asking if a public figure is

Icebiking in action    (2006.02.19)

Yes, of course I attended the icebike race last night. I coined the word. Why wouldn’t I go?

My first time, curiously enough. It was actually held in a semiconvenient location and, more importantly, inside. The disadvantage? No wolves or coyotes.

Bronze cars look better in the rain    (2006.02.19)

I seem never to have published this photo, despite having it in my completed files:

Hence my hope for a triumphant sequel is somewhat truncated. En tout cas:

π    (2006.02.16)

Is π the k of the Greek alphabet – the letter that people simply cannot draw correctly?

UPDATE – No, apparently χρόνια πολλά is two words and is a greeting similar to “many happy returns.” I suppose Gerry Leonidas would have eventually put me in my place to rights had I not double-checked after Sven-S. Porst suggested it.

ZipSucks.ca    (2006.02.15)

This Is Broken: Zip.CA signup procedure erases all your correct entries when you make a mistake

Maws    (2006.02.15)

Now you know where they get their fuel. SOYLENT ZAMBONI IS PEOPLE!

I initially missed this shot (and you know how I hate that), but the firefightron, who was, sadly, not Chris the Fireman, obligingly reënacted this news story for me, just like on network television.

‘Chix with Stix’ redux    (2006.02.13)

Joe does Freakonomics™ to show that some elite women hockey players are big enough for the NHL