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Spread Love

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

“Don’t spread cooties, spread love”Spread love at the upcoming Toronto ComiCON presented by FanExpo. Funny, I always thought it was ComicCON. Anywho, it’s March 10 and 11, 2012 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

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Hug Me Tree missing tree house

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

The Hug Me Tree sits on Queen Street West, un-hugged. The house tree that sat in it’s top branches is gone now. Maybe pigeons were making the structure their poopy home and someone decided to evict the birds. Maybe it blew away in a little tornado, cli…

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Queen – I am Legend

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Freddie Mercury of the rock band Queen looks down on #Toronto’s Queen Street West.”I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.”

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To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth: Letter to ON MPP Michael Prue

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by ADHR

– Syndicated from http://trssastt.blogspot.com/

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Toronto Charity Runs 2012

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Another year of sweating and chaffing: some of the events are wickedly unusual and require a lot of courage just to take part in – like the Underwear Affair and the Walk and Mile In Her Shoes.Toronto, get ready for:Run for the Ride – Cancer (April)Good…

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Christie Blatchford: Officer tears up remembering Toronto man allegedly slain for taking stand against gun culture

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by Christie Blatchford

TORONTO — Three years and 53 days ago, Toronto Police Detective-Sergeant Royce MacDonald was sitting outside courtroom 4-9 at Toronto’s main courthouse, shepherding witnesses in and out of an attempted murder trial. Thursday, he was there again – “This very courtroom,” as he said sorrowfully, shaking his head. But this time, with one of the …

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Walk on the wild side – Queen St West

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Enjoying the warmth of February in Ontario (go Global Warming) I ventured out along the northern branch of #Toronto’s Queen Street West Graffiti Alley. It was sweet and colourful, with squiggles and swear words. Ahhh, winter in Toronto.See more graffit…

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Happy Groundhog Day

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

This pigeon hates groundhogs and their stinking predictions. See the grass behind the pigeon? This is February in Ontario people, screw Wiarton Willie and his early spring; Spring is here!

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Denial

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Not just a river, somewhere. You love me, don’t you? No, what are you talking about!

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This Week in Film: The Salesman, Miss Bala, W.E., Cinefranco Youth, The Great Digital Film Festival, and what’s new on DVD and BluRay

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by Blake Williams

This Week in Film rounds up noteworthy new releases in theatres, as well as key DVD / Blu-Ray releases, festivals, and other cinema-related events happening in Toronto.
IN THEATRES

The Salesman (Cumberland)

The only feature film in this year’s Cana…

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Lazy ass cows

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

#Toronto Financial district cows rest on their laurels, confident in their investments and looking at playing the market, the bull market if you know what I mean. The seven cud chewing bronze animals are located in the centre court of the Toronto Domin…

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Christie Blatchford: Gun opponent Kenneth Mark ‘killed for taking stand’

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by Christie Blatchford

Kenneth Mark was exactly the kind of young man police dream of and all too rarely encounter, but a prosecutor says he was murdered for breaking an urban code of silence

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Spiderweb streetcar

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

The poisonous streetcar comes out of it’s lair, looking for prey. It feels a tug on it’s extensive web system as a helpless fly lies trapped in a glass cube on the side of a road, struggles to get out and on it’s way.Exact change says the spider, exact…

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Zombie Nurse – get me a suture, stat!

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Annual #Toronto Zombie WalkWill your brains be ready for this year’s walk?

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Design Exchange Awards Winners Exhibition

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Jan 30, 2012 is the start of the #Toronto event to celebrate Canadian Design Excellence and ending Feb 26 at the former Toronto Stock Exchange building and now home to the Design Exchange DX. The curb lane was coned off for valet parking and a long lin…

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Mistakes were made

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

(But not by me) says the graffiti which is located in the Bay Street alley beside the new Trump International Hotel and Tower. Part of the quote is covered over in orange survey paint.Today was the first day I saw the front entrance to the hotel as a c…

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Minnie Mouse in the T Dot

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend, the delightful and beautiful rodent, Minnie Mouse was downtown #Toronto today. She is not very shy because I caught a glimpse of her silky bloomers. I think that Disney is looking at a takeover of our fair city and she is sco…

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Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario responsible for making Canada into a leading exporter of illegal drugs

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by MariaS

Appeasing the wrong kind of human debris gives you the wrong kind of status…. but shameless politicians like Dalton McGuinty don’t give two hoots about their reputation anyway.  Sucking up to human debris has become an acquired taste with this …

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To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth: On Rob Ford’s failure.

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by ADHR

– Syndicated from http://trssastt.blogspot.com/

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First star I see tonite

Posted February 3rd, 2012 by James Hamilton

I can make you a star baby! The rusted metal star holds a few stars in it’s grip – it is a little constellation. Do you know where it is from? See the location after the jump.The Toronto Air Canada Centre has stars in the 1999 sculpture ‘Search Li…

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