Archive for June, 2025

kizmet32

Posted on June 15th, 2025 Comments Off on kizmet32

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Dundas West near Bathurst

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and again

Posted on June 14th, 2025 Comments Off on and again

You already know my views about this place.

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college place again

Posted on June 14th, 2025 Comments Off on college place again

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Again, not really a “place” so much as a back alley.

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college place

Posted on June 13th, 2025 Comments Off on college place

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Not so much a “place” as it is a back alley.

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Raising Gang: Mikey Kolberg

Posted on June 7th, 2025 Comments Off on Raising Gang: Mikey Kolberg

Does it seem like the time between posts is getting shorter, Raising Gang?

Well, I’m not amenable to schedules so … TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK!

Thus, without further delay … today’s target is: Mikey (a.k.a. Michael) Kolberg

You may or may not remember him trying to ignominiously usurp the renowned role of a beloved cripple:

Here’s another clip of Mikey (terribly) impersonating Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson, all the while belittling stalwart Canadian icons, the Timbits:

I care not one iota for hockey, moderately enjoy confectionery, and yet I’m thoroughly disgusted when I see the lengths to which Mikey, and by extension The Gang, are willing to take things:

Classifying Phil Kessel’s mom a “whore” seemed like a new low until Mikey ended his exposition of the hockey player’s mother by calling her a “bitch”. Wow.

Not long after this Mikey tried to pass himself off as a celebrity:

We can see him again later following familiar patterns:

By all accounts Mikey has continued his grifting ways and still “performs comedy” in Toronto to this day.

Is that enough yet, Raisin Gang?! Get in touch.

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wellington wave

Posted on June 5th, 2025 Comments Off on wellington wave

At Wellington and Bathurst

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mysterious coins (suggested summer reading)

Posted on June 4th, 2025 Comments Off on mysterious coins (suggested summer reading)

A few old coins and tokens are a dime a dozen but I wonder if anyone has ever apported something from the future.

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If you enjoy this sort of thing, grab yourself a copy of “Mysterious Psychic Forces” over at archive.org before someone else gets a hold of it.

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backgroundlovebot

Posted on June 3rd, 2025 Comments Off on backgroundlovebot

Bathurst near Niagara

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you look better with a moustache

Posted on June 2nd, 2025 Comments Off on you look better with a moustache

Perry Lane near Richmond

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shanti baba

Posted on June 1st, 2025 Comments Off on shanti baba

I’ve been buying my incense (and occasionally other products) from Shanti Baba since TCL started and I still can’t recommend them enough. I even have one of their discontinued and seemingly indestructible shopping bags to prove it.

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