The Toronto Erotic Arts and Crafts Fair takes place tomorrow at the Gladstone Hotel from 12 noon until 8 p.m., after which the cabaret and after-party will take place. Here’s how they describe the event:
The Toronto Erotic Arts and Crafts Fair is a one-of-a-kind sexy fair that brings together artists and crafters just in time for Valentine’s Day! Knitters, crafters, zinesters, card makers, and artists of all types create inspired and inspiring erotic objects for this one day celebration of DIY sex and romantic culture.
I might be passing through the neighbourhood and will take a peek if I do.
GLENNCOT Center, where you can see other, lesser countries through Glenn Beck’s eyes.
This advertisement for the (sadly) fictitious Libertypendence Park, Glenn Beck’s amusement park, is rather droll. Located “just a short five-hour drive from Dallas”, it features Americaville, “Non-Union Square”, the Freedom Coaster (“Safety harness optional…take that, Nanny State!”), Libertarian Island, the “It Should Be a Smaller World”, the Haunted “Soros Manor”, Cinderella’s Bunker in “There is No Tomorrowland” and the upcoming “Randland”, which made me laugh out loud.
I’ve still got room in Union Workstation, my shared office space at the corner of Front Street and University Avenue. If you’re looking for some interesting office space that’s right by Union Station, the PATH and the Financial District, take a look at the Union Workstation page, then give me a call (647-985-5639) or email me!
Back when there was a Canada Trust — it’s long since been absorbed by TD Bank — their first ATMs were called “Johnnycash” and were endorsed by The Man in Black himself. I’ll admit that I got a Canada Trust account just so I could use these things (hey, I was still a teenager then).
If it seems strange for a bank to advertise ATMs, you have to remember that this was circa 1985, when they were still relatively new (especially outside the US).
One of the characters on the show is Robin Scherbatsky (played by Cobie Smulders, who also played S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Avengers movie), a Canadian who as a teenager was a pop star performing under the name “Robin Sparkles”. She had a hit single called Let’s Go to the Mall. She later tried to distance herself by going grunge and wrote a song about how she stalked a well-known Canadian celebrity. If this reminds you of one Alanis Morrissette, give yourself a Timbit!
Barney (played by Neil Patrick Harris) is her fiance, and upon hearing about the stalker song, travels up to Vancouver to conduct interviews of all her former boyfriends at a Tim Hortons.
Pay particular attention to the final interview segment in the Behind the Music parody, where several Canadian celebrities are interviewed. The time when “Robin Sparkles lost it” was such a shocking moment for Canada that every Canadian remembers not only which Tim Horton’s they were in when it happened, but what donut they were eating:
In the final interview segment, Jason Priestley says that when Robin lost it, he was in “Squamish, British Columbia. Crammed a Timbit into a strawberry vanilla [donut] and invented ‘The Priestley’. Should’a been the best day of my life.”
Very soon afterwards, Tim Horton’s announced a miracle:
(My first thought after reading that was: Tim Hortons has an R&D department? Awesome.)
I look forward to being able to purchase a Priestley at my local Tim Hortons — I live an equal distance between two of them — in the near future. For inspired and tasty comedy, I salute Tim Hortons with a Priestley on a flaming sword!
And now…Let’s Go to the Mall! (I love the “Brian Mulroney” cameo.)
Back when there was a Canada Trust — it’s long since been absorbed by TD Bank — their first ATMs were called “Johnnycash” and were endorsed by The Man in Black himself. I’ll admit that I got a Canada Trust account just so I could use these things (hey, I was still a teenager then).
