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Tag Archives: Toronto
Watch Those Ultimate Words
The Globe and Mail likes to think of itself as the intellectual national newspaper of Canada. I could get on board with that. Too bad it’s simply not true. Here is an article where I am quite sure their science … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Science, Wry
Tagged Canada, Canadian-led astronomy, David Dunlap Obsersvatory, dwarf planet, ever, galaxies, Ivan Semeniuk, penultimate words, Pluto, Richmond Hill, second largest telescope in the thirties, stars, supernovae in other galaxies, The Globe and Mail, Toronto
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Greetings From the Left End of Toronto
It’s angered me at least three times this year that Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Brantford have all been included in maps that were said to represent the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). I have always felt that these cities were just … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged Blackberry, Brantford, Cambridge, Central Park, GTA, GTA has 6 million people, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, left end, left end of Toronto, maps showing the cities west of Toronto as part of the GTA, Mississauga, New York, Oracle, Silicon Valley, the Green Belt, the left end of Toronto has shy of a million people, Toronto, Waterloo
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The Personality of Graphers
Most people will interpolate graphs. Interpolating is an educated guess saying that, with uniform points on either side, you can assume points in the middle follow the same shape which is sometimes a straight line. For instance the grid like … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Mathematics, Social Science
Tagged big risk takers, big risk takers are fun to watch, big risk takers get called legends if they live long enough, Bloor St., extrapolate, extrapolating is an educated guess about the extremes, graphs, interpolate, interpolating is an educated guess of what's in the middle, Keele Street, light risk takers, Steeles Ave., the blindfolded graphers are big risk takers, the cautious, those who balloon around the world, those who extrapolate are light risk takers, those who interpolate are fairly cautious, those who invest everything on penny stocks, those who sneak up on stingrays, Toronto, York University
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The Answer to Toronto’s Condo Wall
A wall of condos and other high rises presently blocks part of the waterfront from the rest of Toronto. Real Estate is location, location, location and the waterfront is part of Toronto’s downtown area. There is money to be made … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged board walk, condos, downtown Toronto, Front St., Hamilton, high rises, infilling, Lake Ontario, Lake Shore Blvd., Queen's Quay, real estate, the future of Toronto is St. Catharine's, Toronto, Toronto's waterfront, towers, wall of condos
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Possible Names for NHL Canadian Expansion Teams
Most Canadians are aware that Gary Bettman, the NHL commisioner is mostly against expansion into new Canadian markets. But I think I have a way to entice him. All we have to do is come up with wonderful names for … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour, Sports
Tagged Big Dekes, Canada, expansion teams, Gary Bettman, Halifax, Hamilton, Hamilton Body Checkers, hockey, Hookers, Kitchener, Kitchener Five Holes, Les Phoque, London, London Little Dekes, Montreal, NHL, Nordiques, Quebec City, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Puckers, Winnipeg
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Something in the Air
People might try to pass it off as some sort of coincidence, but last year the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks made it to the Superbowl. That is the teams from Colorado and Washington state. These are the two … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Sports
Tagged American football, Amsterdam, British Columbia, Buffalo, Colorado, Denver Broncos, Giants, Jamaica, Jets, legalization of marijuana, New York Times editorial board, pot, Ross Rebagliati, schizophrenia and pot, Seattle Seahawks, the Bills, Toronto, Washington state
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Did the Centre Coast Win the Rap Wars?
Now I’m hardly an expert on rap music and can probably only name 20 of its artists so no matter what I say in the following, I will not have proved my premise. Still I do listen to the media … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Music, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 90s rap rivalry, alternative hip hop, centre coast rap, Chicago, Detroit, Drake, east coast rap, Eminem, Great Lakes, hip hop, Kanye West, noughties, Rap music, Teens, Toronto, west coast rap
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The Golden Battle
There’s been a long simmering battle in the Toronto and south central Ontario area. Two very urbanized areas have laid claim to Golden titles. The Golden titles refer to built up urban areas, which on maps are commonly represented by … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Golden Blob, Golden Horseshoe, Golden Triangle, Golden Triangle had 50% of Canadian manufacturers, Hamilton, Kitchener, Metro Kitchener, Metro Kitchener is growing fast, Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, St. Catharines, Toronto, western Lake Ontario filled in?
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Drop Dead for Being First, Far East
What are we in the west shown on New Year’s Eve day? We are fed a diet of videos showing Sydney or Asia or New Zealand whooping it up with fireworks and partying in their earlier day and thus first … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Humour
Tagged Asia, Atlantic, Australia, Earth Hour, Eastern Standard Time, fireworks, harbour bridge, International Dateline should be in Atlantic Ocean, Japan is the land of the rising sun, New Year's, New Zealand, Pacific, Pacific Rim, power down, shell opera house, Sydney, Toronto
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Zombie Jobless Headed Toward Me!
Here are the straight goods as revealed to me by this article. Windsor, the Canadian city across the river from Detroit, has for awhile held the title of worst economy in Canada. But just recently the title came to London, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour, Politics, Pseudo Science
Tagged Detroit, Kitchener, London, Toronto, unemployment stats, Windsor, zombie jobless
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