I’m going, I’m going!
Posted on January 26th, 2011 – 1 CommentNo destination, no problem. The important thing is to dress properly and cover unwashed hair.
And yes, I believe that wallpaper is older than me (and I ain’t no spring chicken).
Archive for the ‘ Dispatches ’ Category
Put the coffee on!
Posted on January 25th, 2011 – Comments Off on Put the coffee on!I think it’s time to resurrect it — the constitutional. As in, “Put the coffee on in a few, I’m goin’ fer me constitutional!”
Tonight, the snow made it especially worthwhile, and it’s pretty darned good most other times (except when it falls below -20°C as it did last night — that’s just kaka).
Dreaming
Posted on January 16th, 2011 – 1 Comment
The old geezer’s got the right idea, huh? *yawn*
Spoils and plunders
Posted on January 14th, 2011 – 3 CommentsI’ve finally managed to find a place for some of my treasures.
These fond memories were all salvaged from abandoned, dilapidated, crumbling buildings that I explored during my UrbEx days.
UrbEx (or Urban Exploration), traces a large proportion of its origins to Infiltration.org, based in Toronto, and later UER.ca (UrbEx Resources), possibly also Toronto-based. As enthusiasts are quick to point out, people have been exploring (including structures, abandoned or otherwise), since exploration has existed. The only real difference with UrbEx is the fact that a label and a hardhat have been slapped on it.
In 99% of the cases, UrbExers are breaking the law by trespassing, so that’s part of the fun right there. Then there are the dangerous conditions of some of the buildings, that’s a plus. Also, some locations are remote enough that if you get stuck, you might be seriously fucked.
And then, sometimes, you hit on a cache of salvageables, items that need to be saved. I had no qualms about snatching any of these things before someone set fire to the place, or it was flooded, or collapsed, or was collapsed, etc. etc. In fact, after seeing what happened to some of the places I’d visited, I wish I’d been able to give more things a home.
I took photos too but I don’t know what happened to them. I suspect they’re burned onto some CD sitting around my flat but that doesn’t narrow down the culprits. Hopefully I’ll find them one day, and find them worth sharing.
The crucial mid-January question
Posted on January 13th, 2011 – Comments Off on The crucial mid-January questionI’ve already eaten all the good ones so now what am I supposed to do one do with all the leftover Christmas cookies?
Christmas trees too — done, pack ’em up and ship ’em out. It’s over. Next up, my birthday in which I get to keep all my cash … yay!
When it’s not snowing…
Posted on January 6th, 2011 – 2 Comments…sunsets by the lake are worth the frozen nipples.
Back in the city…
Posted on December 30th, 2010 – 2 Comments…it’s good to be. Holla!
Compared to the northern trails I’ve been walking, Toronto isn’t so bad. But even so, there’s always that wind. It would whip around up at my folks’ place but here it howls; you round an innocuous corner and wham! Just like a ninja.
I’m in the process of digging through the collected post-holiday mountain of stuff so there won’t be much more to this post. But I sure would love to finish my top 10 posts of 2010 roundup for later today — we’ll see how good my ascension skills are.
Merry Christmas from…
Posted on December 25th, 2010 – 2 Comments…the great white north. And when I mean north, I mean, like, way the hell north. The north where rocks are extracted from big bouldery hills and where bodies are easy to dispose of.
This is not Toronto – a rarity, so don’t get used to it!
It is a sort of sub-alpine town (if the hills were only bigger), situated somewhere in that vast swath of land called Northern Ontario.
Staring at the wall
Posted on December 18th, 2010 – 2 CommentsGetting my pre-holidays sickness out of the way (surprised if I wasn’t snotting up right now, to be honest), and not really into “Four Eyed Monsters” at the moment.
Take a guess…
Posted on December 11th, 2010 – Comments Off on Take a guess……what crime these three are accused of committing?
Hint: Others rounded up in the police sweep included a priest and a scout leader.
Here’s the answer: http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/903516–7-gta-men-arrested-in-international-child-porn-probe
And there you have it; stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason.
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