It would be interesting to consider the population change in the outlying areas between 1970 and 2000. If a neighborhood grew from 500 to 50,000 people I'd expect to see incomes drop....

I think it's pretty funny. ...

680 News specifically mentioned Spadina subway as one of the projects being funded. ...

I don't know much about art, but I sure know what sucks. (it's this, in case my point wasn't clear)....

I think there's a real supply and demand issue in the oil markets (I've was a peal oil afficianado before it was cool) but there's no doubt that speculation is playing a role in driving up prices as ...

wn: that's the particular turn I was referring to, hence the subsequent millennium reference. ...

A mouse got its neck broke in a mousetrap in my house yesterday and verminous as they are it made us sad. Then I held it up in front of the cat and said "you can be replaced you know."...

Astin - No, I wasn't thinking that we'll see a US style mortgage crisis locally, although my smart-ass quip didn't make that quite clear. What I do think is that we've barely scratched the surface y...

The curious thing to me about the foot mystery is why BC? No doubt people die at sea all over the place, and if feel are the last thing to get eaten/disintegrate/sink, why aren't they washing up all a...

Green Sulfur: Of course it was just a complete lack of common sense on the cyclist's part, not a political statement. That's the gist of the insensitive joke, which is even less funny when I have to ...

dowlingm - I know what they're getting at; I'm just not sure I buy it....

You could shoot some truly excellent porn here....

Profit normally means after overheads and salaries, so as an owner you could drive your profit (and corresponding charitable contribution) down to 0 by raising the amount of your own paycheque. Not t...

I don't have the impression that Stein is a creationist; just that he sees unanswered questions in science and says "God!". The problem for me is that while it's perfectly legitimate to believe that ...

Nicole28 - because interviews with taxi drivers are a great way to get taxi driver's opinions, but a lousy way to gather empirical evidence demonstrating that cabbies are mistreated by police....

I think a case could possibly be made that the execution here is better than the series where TTC cops and riders stare uncomfortably at each other, but they're still extremely weak on concept. I hav...

For the record, I wasn't really driven into a white-hot fury by this ad, I just used a serious tone because it was more fun to write that way. Slow news day just about covers it. That said, it's a lo...

Holy cow I don't know how I did that... I am proudly familiar with the Motorhead oeuvre. Now fixed - thanks ...

Just in case anyone is super interested in SYTYCDC, as we afficianados call it, there's also a photo gallery of limber hopefuls in the Sun....

@rek; Absolutely, and no one ever compliments me on the coat of thick dark hair all over my lithe body....