I love this movie

In another life, I worked at a restaurant called Cafe on the Park on Eglinton. It was a small cafe that featured up and coming artists. From Comedians like Jim Carrey to Mike McDonald (the Comedian), to performers like David Wilcox and Long John Baldry.

Wilcox always played acoustic when when he was there because there was no room for a band in the tiny place.

Long John Baldry's heyday was long over when he played the Cafe.

I didn't know who he was at the time...being an 18 year old waitress, I just knew he had to have been pretty big in his time...since the owner Ron treated him like a Prima Donna.

I was given a tray with a glass, a pitcher of orange juice, and a bottle of Silent Sam and told to take it up to the apartment above the cafe to Long John about an hour before he was supposed to go on.

When he opened the door, he was dressed head to toe in a green leotard...he looked like a seven foot Peter Pan.
He didn't talk to me...just pointed to a side table and told me to get out.

The end.

Homicides in the GTA, 2005-08

(an interactive map)

My mother used to sing this to me...there was a Serbian version.
Really.

Metropass users accustomed to driving to the subway in the morning may need to reconsider their commute next year when they will no longer be able to park free in TTC lots.

Elected transit commissioners voted last night to charge pass holders between $2 and $6 a day to park in any of the TTC's 16 car lots, starting in the first quarter of 2009.

No.
Really.

These are the stupid decisions that make the people who run things in Toronto look like a bunch of fucking morons.
How can you successfully sell public transit to drivers like this?
Public transit is supposed to be a cheaper alternative that is better for the environment.
It shouldn't be an exercise in enforced public transit charity initiatives.

How about TTC heads making some better decisions with the money they get to run the system?

How about that?

Diddy on Gas Prices

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OMG!
I dropped my Diaka martini into my Cristal footbath when I saw this!

The massive recall of Maple Leaf products, and Some 29 cases have been conclusively linked to the outbreak of listeriosis, including the six confirmed deaths and the nine deaths under investigation. Twenty-two of the cases are in Ontario, with four in B.C., two in Quebec and one in Saskatchewan. An additional 30 cases remain under investigation - 16 in Ontario, 10 in Quebec and four in Alberta.

this doesn't bring the Health Minister Tony Clement home from the Democratic Convention.

The Sunrise propane explosion in Downsview can't tear Mayor Miller away from his daughter's birthday party...(well, c'mon...it happened north of Eglinton and west of Bathurst, ferfucksake!)

But, the possibility of an election being called brings The Governor Generals' trip to the Paralympics in China to a screeching halt.

Why is that again?

Oh...right...because if an election is called, she has to be here to ask the Queen's permission.
Yeah...that's waaaaaaaaaaay more important.

The world's most "frugal" billionaires.

Why am I not surprised that the owner of IKEA is on this list?

...and 10 Billionaire Family Feuds...because God forbid that they should be rich and happy.

Do as we say, not as we do...

At a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Rice said that Russia's formal recognition of the territories at the heart of its war with Georgia "puts Russia in opposition to the Security Council resolution to which it is a party."

"I think it is regrettable," Rice said, adding, "Since the United States is a permanent member of the Security Council, this simply will be dead on arrival in the Security Council."

President Bush had appealed to Russia's president to ignore the advice of lawmakers and refrain from recognizing Georgia's breakaway regions as independent.

But Russia formally recognized the breakaway Georgian territories at the heart of its war with Georgia on Tuesday, heightening tensions with the West as the United States dispatched military ships bearing aid to a port city still controlled by Russian troops.

...apparently, only the U.S. has the right to recognize independence.

Oh, the big deal.

Catholic Priest wants a beauty contest for nuns.

Ok...so, they've already done a calendar for hot Catholic Priests....and the Mormons went a step further.

Girls making out with each other to turn on guys is the latest craze at high school and college parties. Is this sexual liberation, or regression?

"It gives you confidence," says Nina, a 20-year-old friend and classmate of Julie's who has kissed five of her friends, including Julie, most more than once. "It makes you feel more attractive -- you're turning on a guy, and he thinks it's cool."

"I think it's empowering to these girls," Jay says. "Immediately after, guys come up and are like, Do you want to do that with me? It's a quick fix to get a guy's attention."

Too much porn, not enough self-esteem.

Kissing other girls because you're actually attracted to them is one thing...kissing them to put on a show for guys is kind of sad and pathetic.

Movies other people loved,
that I couldn't sit through.....

In the spirit of List of the Day's "24 movies we walked out on"

Titanic: Too long...too long...too long...it's pretty bad when you skip through entire scenes and still can't wait for the boat to sink. And that SONG. Jesus Christ.

Big Fish: Too whingy for me...and I usually am pretty ok with whingy.

Eternal Spotlessness of the Sunshine Mind: Bleh. Jumping back and forth through time..the editing made me nauseous. I like the concept. Hated the movie. (Yeah, I know what the movie is called...I just think it's unnecessarily long)

I know that there are a lot more...but those three are the only movies to come to mind immediately.

Lapses in Sportsmanship

On the last day of competition, Angel Valodia Matos sent his foot crashing into a match referee's mouth during the men's +80-kg category.

The heavyweight's rush of blood to the head, triggered by his disqualification in a bronze medal bout, was an unfortunate, if poignant, ending to a tournament once again plagued by bewildering referee decisions and poor sportsmanship.

...a follow-up to the winner of the Bronze Medal Toss of last week.

I think Torontonians can agree that we could never have done it to the level of Beijing .
(Photo from Time Pictures of the Week found at Uncertain Times)

Get Outta Town!

Chris Buck Photos....via Uncertain Times

Michael Phelps is a Dick



Seriously.
If this is not a fake...He's a fucking dick.

The head dunking and splashing is not fake, I saw that myself when the race originally aired.

(via Unibrow)

How long will people love Elvis?

Click on image for Part One of the documentary and here's Part Two.

Alison - Elvis Costello



Bad quality, but still good.