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I Won!

I’ve been making such headway in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that

I’ve got it on the brain. Hence, I’ll start off the post with this

slight altered screen capture:

It was a close race, with only a handful of votes between me and my primary rival in the competition, Calgary Grit.

In the end, ten votes made the difference. I salute the esteemed

competition for being a worthy competitor, an excellent blog and having

the chutzpah required to be a Liberal party blog in Alberta.

I’d like to thank Postmodern Sass for nominating me (if there were others who also nominated me, step forward!) and to all of you who voted for Accordion Guy. You’re the best!

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Random Photo, Just for Kicks

Even while at Kickass Karaoke, I’m still takin’ care of bidniss!

The article on the front page of that section — Tucows Milking the Internet, featuring a photo of our CEO — is mentioned in this entry. Thanks to Eldon Brown for providing me with the paper!

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It Happened to Me Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

Snow Day

Last night’s snowfall has some very pretty after-effects, so I took a

little time to take some pictures around the neighbourhood before

hopping on the train to work. I’ve gathered them into a small

collection which you can view in album or slideshow format. I’ve got a couple of samples below:

Bloor Street, looking east between Quebec and High Park Avenues. Click the picture to see it at full size.

The entranceway to High Park. Click the picture to see it at full size.

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There’s a Back Story Here…

Seen this morning on the eastbound platform of High Park subway

station: a discarded day-old boutonniere sitting on top of a pay phone.

I’ve seen enough dates to semi-formal school dances gone wrong — many

of them my own — to imagine scenarios that would’ve led to this:

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Which Canadian Election Candidate Matches You?

Joi Ito, in his IRC channel, #joiito, pointed to this CBC test that attempts to determine which Canadian federal election candidate aligns most closely with you.

It presents the four major political parties’ positions on twelve

issues, but the identities removed. In the quiz, you select “agree” or

“disagree” on each point, and at the end, each candidate is listed,

along with the points on which you agree and disgree with him.

How’d it work out for me? Pure centrist: the candidates with whom I agreed most were the Conservatives’ Stephen Harper (12 issues) and the NDP’s Jack Layton (12 issues).

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It Happened to Me Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

So That’s What the Kids are Calling It These Days

Seen just east of the corner of King and Dufferin:

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How Not to Say It

While channel-surfing with my lovely wife, we ended up catching the final segments of What Not to Wear. The episode featured a young woman living in Manhattan. Her “after” pictures looked great.

“I wonder what the ‘befores’ look like,” I said.

As if in response, the show cut to her “before” pictures. They were

mostly a cross of college “schlump” outfits and stuff that was locked

permanently in 1987. She looked more New Jersey than New York.

“She lives in the city,” I said, “she should dress a little.”

Wendy recoiled in horror.

“Was it something I said?” I asked.

“No, it’s how you said it. You sounded just like my mother!”

Oh, great. I think I just cancelled the next fortnight’s nookie, and I

didn’t even do anything fun like coming home completely smashed with

the boys to play Grand Theft Auto.