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Dear Random Person Who Coughed Up The Dough For A Billboard,

Okay. Um. I know it's Pride Week and all and Yonge Street has a big, captive audience for the parades, but do we REALLY need the signs with the out-of-context Bible scriptures?

Dude. This is TORONTO. The only time I've seen these suckers before is in the depths of the Southern United States. Despite what you think, this doesn't suddenly bless the grace of the Almighty upon us. It makes everyone feel pretty damn awkward.

And no, this awkwardness isn't because the Lord is showing us the truth. It's because there's a big freakin' billboard with a scripture verse taken completely out of its context and a Hotmail email address perched high on the street corner near the World's Biggest Bookstore. Some of us would like to use that street without dealing with your overzealous silliness. It really stupid.

Oddly enough, you placed it on top of BMV, which might I add has a massive porn collection for sale (I found in on accident, I swear). The building owners are probably making money off of what you paid for the ad. See where the laughing comes in? :P

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Anyway, remind me to pick up more blind DVDs... when I have the money. I got the first volume of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya today. Despite the huge amounts of hype and insanity behind it, it is an enjoyable series on it's own. Probably the first anime series that I've enjoyed in a really long time. I was a bit worried because I heard that most of the humour was inside jokes and that there was a large moe factor, but after watching it, the moe in the show appears to be more akin to the twins in Ouran, being more of a parody that the hardcore fanatics still jerk off to. ::sighs::

http://transit.toronto.on.ca/images/subway-5106-14.jpg
Neon at the Yorkdale TTC station. I have this thing for neon artwork. It makes me happy. This installation is long gone, which sucks because the world needs more neon art! I think there's a piece at the Metro Convention Centre... but... I haven't seen it yet, other than this pic

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It looks like my computer is finally fully fixed! There was a problem which appears to have resulted from my starting to install Burning Crusade, falling asleep and waking up to find my machine acting odd.

Earlier this week, gypsyjr posted some YouTube footage of a music video filmed several years ago in her city (town?), which inspired me to look for similar footage of Toronto and Hamilton. I haven't been able to find much, but I found old CBC ads!

Some are goofy and others will make you ponder what happened to the network!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M-AA_GZOe9Q
This clip is especially baffling. It includes clips from a campaign promoting CBC's "Family entertainment". Note the surprisingly high production values. Also note Peter Mansbridge's hair. In fact, ignore the rest of the promos and only look at Mansbridge's holiday greeting. It's worth the prize of admission.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iBJJ7oNNSyw
Now HERE is something I never swore I would see again. It's a promo for the CBC Family Hour, AKA a fancy pants way of promiting Road to Avonlea. Never watched the show, but I think it came on right after The Raccoons, so I would always see these bumpers/ads.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ztYkrFhlICU
This one isn't a promo, but a show intro for Seeing Things. I don't remember this show at all and it probably was long before my time. The intro is a great, if goofy, piece of retro television. You don't have theme shows like that anymore... probably for a good reason.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_tkub4ckfs
NOT CBC, but seeing a clip for CFTO before Baton or CTV logos is a massive shock. Look! It even has old Toronto footage. Behold, the Flatiron building OF THE PAAAAST!

I should warn the general public that I'm working on a way to convert DVD files into a format that can be shared on Youtube. Be afraid. Extremely afraid.