Archive for August, 2007

Pricey Parking Spot

Friday, August 31st, 2007

While the previous demise of Sudbury’s former eclectic restaurant ‘100 Georges’ to be replaced with an uninspiring parking lot did cause some consternation in the area (as first covered at this website here, and then in its lamentful sequels, 2, 3, and 4), it in no way approaches the profiteering from parking spaces in skyrocketed real estate [...]

Canny Resemblance

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

This previous post of mine would suggest that the only publicly-recognized figures whom I’ve been told I resemble are actors.  To avoid gaining the reputation of a high-maintenance prima-donna who draws disproportionate attention to trumped-up pet causes, I wish to take this post to clear up this misconception, since actually, I’ve been informed I resemble individuals from a couple of other classes of [...]

The Wave

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Last July, I attended several games from the FIFA Under-20 World Cup of Soccer, a major international soccer tournament held in Toronto, and had a great experience overall.  Moreover, for the first time, I was in an audience which actually did ‘The Wave‘.  I also managed to take a video of some of it from my [...]

A Year and a Day!

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Rather than a painfully clichéd and melodramatic ‘what a long strange trip its been’-style discourse about the supposed inherently laborious undertaking of keeping up an on-line blog… for interest’s sake, I’ll mark this occasion with a far less conceited simple link to the original post noting this website’s original inception as Firlapalooza.

Temporary Respite

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

There has been a slight break in my typical posting schedule as of late, which I will try to pass off as being due to a summer hiatus.  As shown by this chart (and to my shame), it seems the level of monthly posts haven’t been keeping to the vague standard that I’m trying to hold myself [...]