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Archive for August 2005

   (2005.08.20)

Thank Christ nobody’s torn this one down. Yet.

Blue sign over restaurant has widely-spaced block letters reading MOTORAMA
   (2005.08.18)
Old blue king-cab pickup truck has elaborate cap and white fender skirts
   (2005.08.18)

Scarecrows or firemens?

Chain-link fence is draped with firefighter turnout coats, one of them spread-armed against the mesh
   (2005.08.18)

The tens of thousands of raccoons in Toronto have a near-perfect habitat, with no predators save for cars and the occasional fox and two unlimited food supplies – wildlife and fish in the ravine and the Don River and an entire city’s garbage.

They’re so tame you can walk right up to them and take a sequence of flash photographs until you get the one you like.

Grey raccoon stands near garbage bags and looks at us with green reflected eyes
   (2005.08.13)

Or, more accurately, de la neige en août.

Window and edge of roof of bus shelter are almost totally obscured by dappled snow
Yellow Smart Fourtwo has windscreen, hood, and headlights obscured by snow
Snow-covered doorway and steps shows blue siding and ‘85’ in metal letters on brick wall
   (2005.08.12)

Clearly the backside of a snowplow blade (found in 34° summer weather) is a great location for half a vintage logotype.

Yellow metal plane has rust spots and a large attached spring. Half a blue sign shows the word FISHER on a yellow blot
   (2005.08.11)

Ahistorical typography (using Arial, no less) in ‘Stander’

   (2005.08.09)

List of DVDs with audio description: Deleted by Wikipedia!

   (2005.08.09)

The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association’s cluelessness with blogs

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