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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.

(detailed)

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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portland pause

Posted on May 31st, 2025 Comments Off on portland pause

Portland near Queen West (bigger version)

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guardian garage

Posted on May 29th, 2025 Comments Off on guardian garage

Ways Lane and Robinson Street

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god garden

Posted on May 16th, 2025 Comments Off on god garden

Garden of the Greek Gods, Canadian National Exhibition grounds

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Old Empire

Posted on May 8th, 2025 Comments Off on Old Empire

I remember walking by Empire Office Equipment many years ago when its Queen West storefront displayed quaint and dusty office hardware that had been stacked there, seemingly, for convenience rather than for display. The grimy windows and murky interior made it hard to see inside but it appeared to be packed with nicotine-infused business furniture and apparatus that weren’t modern even at that time.

The place didn’t ever look open to casual foot traffic or, for that matter, ever actually open at all. Posted business hours were nowhere to be found and given the stuff perennially piled up against the front door it now seems appropriate that all that remains today is found in an alley at the back.

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well now

Posted on May 7th, 2025 Comments Off on well now

Emergence” @ The Well
@ the sinuous, cathedral-like Well

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no loitering

Posted on April 13th, 2025 Comments Off on no loitering

@ Queens Quay West

If it wasn’t for bureaucracy this city would be no fun at all.

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