Posts from — February 2010

We’re heading off to Vancouver!! We have properly invested in Olympic finery from the Bay.

The Bay mannequins wear their Team Canada gear…while apparently sitting on group toilets.

Off we go!!! See you in a couple of weeks!

Now, I am no fan of Twilight, but I am a fan of graphic design and book design, and I can’t very well blame the designer for a creepy stalker book, now can I? So on behalf of the book designer of my least favorite vampire series, I cry foul!

Here is the original cover for Twilight:

And here are two books I saw at The World’s Biggest Bookstore:

Bonus (and I am not crying foul on this because it is awesome):

I don’t like fliers/flyers. I don’t like having small handbills tossed into my mail slot and onto my apartment floor, where they are then picked up and deposited directly into a receptacle for paper recycling. I believe in reducing waste before having to recycle it. Thus, I posted a sign on my door that reads, “No Fliers.”

According to the OED, “flier” is an accepted variation of “flyer,” and it just turns out that “fliers” fit better onto the 8.5×11 sheet of recycled paper I was using to make the sign. Thus, I went with the less common spelling. The following battle ensued:

Harrumph! Try to tell me how to spell. Excuse me?

You know, some folks spell “tire” with a “y” for heaven’s sake. And you don’t see me sullying their signs!

I spotted a Bentley on Bleeker Street. There wasn’t anyone filming, no one was watching it, and I don’t think it’s the typical ride of Canadian drug dealers (please correct me if I’m wrong). The origin of the Bentley in St. James Town will remain a mystery:

Just around the corner, bottom line prices!

And May Day posters:

People have the power!