Showing posts with label Toronto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto. Show all posts
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Hockey fans walk by the Hockey Hall of Fame on their way to the ACC
The Maple Leafs played a game against the Montreal Canadians at the Air Canada Centre Saturday, April 9, 2011 and lost 4-1. The small blue man group must be more blue watching the loss, which I didn't think possible; poor blue, blue men.
Seen at the Spring Motorcycle Show
Friday, April 8, 2011
SATURDAY APRIL 9 (show runs 11am-6pm)
- Q&A with Industry Legends Geof Darrow and Bob McLeod
- Sketch Duel: Chris Sprouse and Patrick Gleason
- Q&A with Battlestar Galactica's Richard Hatch
- Workshop: Drawing the Human Figure from Memory with Ty Templeton
- Q&A with Actor Alan Ruck
SUNDAY APRIL 10 (show runs 11am-5pm)
- Q&A with Actor Dominic Keating
- Sketch Duel: Khoi Pham and Marcus To
- Q&A with Anime Voice Actors Jaimi Marchi and Trina Nishimura
- Workshop: Comic Book Penciling and Inking with Leonard Kirk
See lots more pictures of the cosplay after the jump (click on Read More >>, below).
I have seen some bikes out on the road now that the snow is off the roads and the temperatures are starting to climb. While snowmobilers wait for the first flakes of the season to hit the trails, bikers check the sun, wait for Wiarton Willie's prediction of Spring and then, when the conditions are right - out come the choppers. For bikers, or biker want to be's, it's time to drool over motorcycles and biker chicks. Leather and tattoos were the dress of the day but most of the motorcycle milfs were a little too conservative at this party.
I look forward to seeing some beautiful choppers tomorrow at the International Centre during the Toronto Spring Motorcycle show on April 9 & 10, 2011. Here is the information and here is an online coupon for $2 off. Besides making sure their metal shines like a second sun, bikers must always thinking about crashing because they tend to like the skull and zombie motif.
See more photos after the jump (click Read More >>, below).
See more photos after the jump (click Read More >>, below).
GoLo Racing
Pleasure craft with motors - now that's what I'm talking about.
There certainly is a lot of glass in Toronto and in the reflections you can see some old buildings that Toronto is full of - it looks like many were grand old bank buildings. Some have been converted into pubs where you can withdraw a brew and make a deposit later. This one is the former Bank of British North America, wow I haven't seen that on a credit card (although it was bought by Bank of Montreal), turned into the Irish Embassy Pub at 49 Yonge Street.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Facebook's Fun Toronto posted some upcoming events and the Bunnarchy thing sounded way out there. I have never heard of it before so I had to check it out. Well, not too much to check out really, put on bunny costumes - the least being a set of bunny ears, and hop around the street in a large group, stopping in bars to get some drinks. This funny gathering starts Saturday, April 16 at 6pm. Get hopping people.
There are Bunnarchy events in Vancouver and Seattle so Toronto is good company.
Why, you ask? Well I don't know, I am not that political. However I don't mind throwing out opinions, it's so easy to do, so here are my thoughts on this pre and ongoing election stuff. My ratings are in negatives because unless you are a true, no questions asked follower of a particular party, it's often not that you find many reasons to vote for someone, instead you really find reasons not to vote for someone. You know many politicians stretch the truth, say things that will not happen and you know they are going to whack you with tax increases (remember the HST?) so the question is Who is going to screw you the least?
1) I didn't mind the Conservative minority government and was disappointed that the opposition forced an election. Negative marks to the Liberals -10% (the other guys don't really count in this election and will have to gain more support to be a true factor, otherwise in most cases you throw away your vote on the NDP and Green Party. PS I have voted for the Green Party candidate several times because of my kids political indoctrination in high school, they liked the NDP as well but I still have nightmares about Bob Rae).
2) I didn't like Harper's secretive ways before the election. I think he believes that if he doesn't say anything, no one will get mad, which is pretty realistic, until you get mad at him for not saying anything. Harper's continued attempt to limit discussions and access is really annoying. And to have the RCMP enforce his restriction of people of the non conservative variety into his events is way off base. Negative points to the Conservatives (and RCMP) -25%. (Although I do like that the RCMP came out publicly and said to their people to protect the PM, not the party, but note that this started years ago).
3) Once a party has been in for a number of terms it is always good on general principal to turf them and put someone else in charge for awhile. Shake things up a bit. Negative for the Conservatives -10 points.
4) The real alternative to the Conservatives is the Liberals and I don't really want to vote for Ignatieff (It is interesting to note that around the time that the election was being called an Ipsos poll showed that most people felt the best Prime Minister would have Harper first at 49%, followed by Layton at 34% and finally Ignatieff at 17%). Harper has to get me mad before I start leaning towards the Liberal leader from Harvard University. Negative for the Liberals -50%.
5) When will the leaders be in Toronto? Heck if I can find out when Harper is in town, unless it is after the fact. The Liberals publish an event guide on their website. Negative for Conservatives -5%.
By this reckoning, with Liberals at a negative overall score of -20%, I would not vote for the Liberals and would instead vote for the Conservatives to return to power. If the Liberals had a dynamic leader I am sure that they would have won the vote this year. I would have voted for the young Justin Trudeau if he were in charge and maybe he will be for the next election.
Both Harper and Igantieff will have a six minute face to face during April 12th's televised debate. Let's see a little action on platforms and finally some communication.
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