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Toronto’s New Tire Disposal System, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

If only they had such a system in Thunder Bay! My Brock St. ordeal would have been much easier!

In other news, Toronto is hot. Damn hot. I got myself a Slurpee equivalent and have serious doubs as to whether or not I’ll get any sleep tonight. Wish I had some sort of water-cooled blanket system. Or air conditioning–yeah, that would do it.

Big top fun, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

While Toronto was a police state during the G20 summit I went to East York Town Centre to see the world famous Shrine Circus. Main reason–my college roomate Devin is the ring master. Yes, that’s right. He ran away with the circus.

It was a great show but I couldn’t use most of the pics I took because most of the acts were nonstop movement. Gotta say though–had a lot of fun. If you haven’t been to the circus in a while I highly recommend it.

I was there!, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

Conan O’Brien did a show last night at Massey Hall in Toronto and Katie and I were there!! Through Katie’s friend Elias we got two sixth row tickets for the show.

The funny thing about this show is how it was advertised. Apparently there was one tweet from Conan announcing the show and it sold out within minutes. I guess twitter is actually good for something.

The show was pretty good. There was lots of music and props and the opening comedian was absolutely awesome. Lots of surprises and funny video clips from Walker Texas Ranger. The ‘I got canned’ theme was a bit overdone for my taste but still there was enough substance to the show to make it worth the steep ticket prices.

The pic I posted here should say CONAN at the top and a pic of Conan and underneath ‘legally prohibited from being funny on TV tour’.

Hey. I’m on a bus going to work on a sunday. How much does that suck? I should rightfully be nursing a hangover right now. Oh well. On with the show.

Been a long time since I…, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

Ok, here’s a sign in my neighbourhood. It made me smile. What about you?

So I know it’s been far too long since I added some content to this thing. I promise I’ll get more regular with it. I haven’t been posting much on facebook and twitter. Part of me wants to close those accounts especially with the privacy issues with Facebook.

So what do you think? I’ve heard suggestions of an open source facebook like revision of html that allows you to purchase your domain and have your data integrated with others in a facebook like way without all the advertising. It would also give end users ultimate control of who can see your data. Could something like this work?

So those three of you who read this blog regularly may remember my thunder bay property saga. Bad tenants, piles of tires, random animal feces and so on. Well, you will be pleased to know that at long last I am free of that turd of a house! I sold it and now when I go to Thunder Bay it will be for pure leisure and visits. What do you think of that?

So I have to say my life is shaping up brilliantly! I’m in a wonderful relationship and have a wonderfully developing career and a fantabuloso apartment in a spanky neighbourhood.

Speaking of, do you think this credit union is spanky?

Go Habs! Bring the cup back to Canada where it belongs!!

Looking forward to eating…, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

Tonight’s the night!! Gonna get my winterlicious on for the first time!

Katie and I are going to an Indian place for a 25 dollar three course meal!

This leads me to a very important question for all my readers out there (all 3 of you)…

What goes better with curry, beer or wine?

Please comment with your thoughts.

Poor Robin, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

Just thought I’d share with you what I’ve been enjoying my morning coffee from.

Calvin gave me this the last time I was in Thunder Bay. I have nicer travel mugs that keep coffee hotter longer but there’s something wonderfully retro about this beat up old Robins Donuts mug. I carry it with pride on the TTC.

For those of you who don’t know, Robins is a donut and coffee shop chain that started in Thunder Bay in the 70s. It was doing well until Tim Horton kicked the crap out of it in the late 90s. The mug has a copyright notice on it mentioning the parent company Northco Foods.

Yeah. Coffee. Wonder how many years until Robins ceases to exist. Who owns them now? Anyone know?

Christmas is coming!, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

This cookie bear was given to me at work. It was a terrible shortbread cookie from the dollar store but I ate it anyway.

I’m also just posting to say I have a new blackberry with a better camera than my old sony ericsson smartphone. That should mean more and better pictures. Yay!

I’m excited to say I’m going to montreal for christmas. Will take lots of snaps.

Kensington Market: final pedestrian sunday, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

So after brunch i walked home through kensington to pick up a pound of coffee from Moonbean. Got myself some ethiopian yirgicheffe.

The market is amazing and on the last sunday of every month they close it to traffic and fill it with music and street performers. For fun i challenge all my friends abroad to use google street view to explore kensington market and see what i’m talking about.

You’l definitely come to visit me after that!

Went with the benny, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

Hil had the burro. Delicious!

Benny time!, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

At sneaky dee’s waiting to have sunday brunch with hilary. Just got my coffee and am contemplating whether i should go with one of the specials or if i should have the classic burro favorito which is a corn flour tortilla filled with sausage, cheese, egg and topped with salsa served with beans, rice and salad.

Thoughts? Incidentally the prices are reduced for brunch. The burro is more than a dollar cheaper than the already cheap price.