Addendum to the epic rant

Oh you just know I’m going to be like a dog with a bone over the TTC, don’t you. I just read this on the CBC’s website: …repairs above a subway tunnel just south of the St. Clair station may have compromised the tunnel’s integrity, according to the Toronto Transit Commission. A contractor not associated [...]

Catpaw offers a half-assed apology then goes on a rant

I’m still on a bender regarding the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) and it’s rude staff. Today I had my fill of it. I also need to apologise to all the 17 TTC workers I spotted in front of my building. You see I live over a subway line and there has been work going on [...]

Psst…. wanna know why your TTC fare is going up?

Local transit (TTC) fares are increasing again! Quite a bit – a monthly pass is increasing from $109 to $121. Give them applause folks because they backed down from the proposed increase to $126. I think cooler heads prevailed when they realised there would be a complete revolt at such an unconscionable increase during a [...]

Of angry seagulls and lopsided parakeets

I had one of those weeks last week. It wasn’t a matter of being uninspired… or maybe it was. Everything I drew last week came out looking like either a parakeet on speed or a very, very angry seagull. Bird’s can be very uncooperative at times. I go through these periods once in awhile where [...]

No rest for the wicked

…nor is there rest for the rest of us. I’ve been splitting my time between experimenting with new drawing techniques and writing some computer help mini-manuals for a couple customers. I often rewrite instructions for software or create small manuals because most of the instructions are basically… well .. crap. This week I’ve done a [...]

Haiku time – aren’t you thrilled?

It is winter I am so thrilled with the cold Stupid ancestors It is cold outside I curse my ancestors as I shiver Why not move to New Zealand I saw snow today I shivered in my jacket Come back summer Stupid fecking ancestors just had to choose a cold country, didn’t they? Why not [...]

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