Archive for November 2006

Pipe, sensor, painting    (2006.11.16)

At the rather pleasant offices of Idée at the rather unpleasant Queen and Sherbourne.

The least usable consumer product    (2006.11.16)

…is the child restraint

Wall o’ biscuits    (2006.11.14)

(Mega.)

Biohazard    (2006.11.13)

This dry cleaner’s, across from the Loblaws at Manning and Dupont, was abandoned over the spring. Guys in hazmat suits later cleaned the place out. (I thought I had a photo, but now I cannot find it.) It’s been up for lease, admittedly with an imperfect sign, ever since.

Why is this not a Seatonbucks or a Suction Village?

Sid Adilman memorial    (2006.11.13)

Notes from a memorial celebration for Sid Adilman, 68, held 2006.11.12 in Toronto. (“Sid loved a public inquiry”)

Open behind bars    (2006.11.11)

Graphic-design bands    (2006.11.11)

The graphic-design band is, to coin a phrase, an ideal for living

Neon Tamil    (2006.11.05)

(Q.v.)

Shakespear takes the subway    (2006.11.04)

In which I ride the Toronto subway with Ronald Shakespear talking about nothing but signage! signage! signage!