Ontario minister of health George Smitherman was seen ambling among the throng pre–Pride. Unlike the last time I saw him – at Woody’s, where he held deep discussions with a young constituent on matters of mutual interest – I carpéd the diem.
Me
– Does that ring mean you aren’t single anymore?
George
– Oh, I’m always single!
[Holds out the giant bling, reminiscent of Rufus Wainwright’s brooches, but almond-shaped and gold]
– I’ve worn this for, oh [exhales], 21 years?
– Ah. Because I’ve always found you attractive, but when you became minister of health, I figured you’d be too busy.
– I’m married to my work!
– Yeah. I’d be the other woman.
– I’ve got 45 minutes a day to myself!
– And here we are.
I blink and the minister of health disappears. “He looks a bit drunk. Or high,” I tell my esteemed colleague.
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.25 00:56. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/25/smithermania/
I used to go to every captioned and/or described movie that opened in Toronto, all of them at Famous Players cinemas, where, frankly, they asked too many questions.
I filed a privacy complaint against Famous Players in 2004, and it was resolved this month: I prevailed on all but one count, but it was a Pyrrhic victory.
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.24 14:17. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/24/pyrrhic/
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.21 16:07. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/21/b-links/
A bit harsh a title, I know. Currently popular motion picture Cinderella Man is set in 1920s New York, but it was filmed in part down the road from me at Queen and Broadview. Needless to say, many storefronts needed to be antiqued (and two of them have retained that appearance since then).
But did were we a bit ahistorical in our typeface selection? Wynn Thomas, this means you.
Why… why, that’s Benguiat, circa 1978. At least they used a real apostrophe.
“Gloria” and “William” are set in Goudy, circa 1915, so that’s fine, but the words are electronically stretched, as was impossible during the Depression.
My fave: Lo-Type (also known under other names), which at least is from a similar era (circa 1913), but would be an unlikely sight on the streets of Manhattan. Nor were neutral apostrophes found in the wild in that era.
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.20 16:24. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/20/cinderelly-cinderelly/
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.19 13:40. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/19/datsun/
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.19 13:40. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/19/chainmail/
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.19 13:39. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/19/caslon/
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The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.06.19 13:38. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is: https://blog.fawny.org/2005/06/19/must-destroy/
