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A Brown fog approacheth

Posted on May 19th, 2011 Comments Off on A Brown fog approacheth

A (soon-to-be-built) George Brown College fog, that is.

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Smooth, baby…smooth

Posted on March 7th, 2011 2 Comments

Gazing out the window while chatting on the phone this afternoon (i.e. trying to look busy), I spotted this guy smoothing out the concrete of the new George Brown College building next door.

I dunno what this contraption is called but the sharp, spinning, metal blades just scream fun and hijinx, don’t you think?

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Sugary sleepy fishes and other image problems

Posted on May 24th, 2010 4 Comments

Doesn’t it seem like the west end is always getting new stuff?

Like just the other day they got new pay shitters. On top of the novelty of $0.25, self-cleaning toilets, residents get the added bonus of getting to watch tourists peepee dance as they hunt for change.

On the east end alls we got now is scrub brush, mounds of dirt, and a bunch of factories.

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Kinda ironic considering this section of town predates the west end. And over there they’ve got the Island Airport which Porter Airlines has nicened up considerably (so far, it seems, not abusing their monopoly), the Music Garden, not to mention the Harbourfront Centre and all the artsy shit it barfs up on the shores of Lake Ontario.

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