Archive for February 2006

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

British-Israeli Lande Rovère    (2006.02.11)

This THRILL-CAM shot depicts a full-sized Lande Rovère with Ontario and (apparently) British plates (front plate is one row, black type on white) and what I thought were ill-rendered numerals on its spare-tire cover. After I noticed the bumper sticker, I decided I was looking at Hebrew.

The left rear seat (the one behind the steering wheel, another oddity) contained a child restraint; the driver, évidemment, was busy talking on a shoephone.

If I had to drive from Brighton to Toronto I’m not sure I’d start out in Tel Aviv, but that’s just me, innit?

The Tin Man’s Nº 1    (2006.02.08)

What do she-males and Torontoist have in common?    (2006.02.08)

Daniel (“Denial”) Harris, Diary of a Drag Queen: No sooner did I enter a chatroom than one ill-mannered lout began taunting me about my ugliness, a refrain taken up by yet another boor, both of whom received some encouragement from the she-bitches in the room, who love the spectacle of a public stoning, having starred […]

The inferiority of British ‘house style’    (2006.02.08)

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