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    TTC hates the environment

    by  • 7/19/2010 • life • 0 Comments

    Sent the following to the TTC complaints line; I’d have called, but their lines close at 5:00pm apparently. For an organization that’s trying to get people out of their cars and onto public transit based on an appeal to how environmental they are, you’d think that this would be reflected in how their employees behave [...]

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    I shouldn’t read Youtube comments

    by  • 6/12/2010 • life • 0 Comments

    I watched the following trailer for the film “Let’s All Hate Toronto” and then clicked over to a related Dead Trolls fan video (misattributed to the Arrogant Worms). There’s some law of trolling that ensures that the top comment, the one that you can’t avoid seeing right there under the video, scream out the most [...]

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    Icelandic Time Bubble

    by  • 6/9/2010 • life • 0 Comments

    I was surprised a long layover on this flight search at tripadvisor – 16 hours in Reykjavik? I actually know somebody there, so I could even leave the airport with that… Wait a minute. Leaves Toronto at 9:10 pm on the 12th of October, and arrives in Iceland at 7:25 am on… the FOURTEENTH? Departs [...]

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    Toronto By Choice

    by  • 3/25/2010 • life • 0 Comments

    I replied to an East Coast By Choice guest blog entry by someone who went the opposite way from us – she moved from Toronto to Halifax, and hated it for some of the very same reasons I would cite. We tried to fit in for a while, but we’re not big on fitting in… [...]

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    Skitt’s Law in action

    by  • 11/6/2009 • life • 5 Comments

    I wrote about a bad experience with a website back in 2005, and I made an off-handed reference to a bit of bad grammar I found in an error message; Microsoft 4.0+ or Netscape 4.7+ (excluding Netscape 6) is required to use Purolators ‘Online Shipping’ My first complaint is that they don’t even know what [...]

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    Australian TV on Homeopathic Vaccination

    by  • 8/27/2009 • life • 0 Comments

    Watch as Australian TV hosts throw apparent softballs to a beret wearing homeopath who… I think he said he can cure Swine Flu, but really, I’m not entirely sure WHAT he’s saying… You can download the video at Skeptical Dog, or just read the transcript there. You can also comment at the 9AM Show‘s online [...]

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    RBC Job Links for those looking

    by  • 8/7/2009 • life • 2 Comments

    If you’re looking for work, and you happen to look at RBC, I can earn a bit of referral cash if you get hired and don’t suck. The amount depends on the level of the job, but I’d gladly share that amount with the new hire when it’s paid out. All you have to do [...]

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