Liberal Leadership Convention - January 26th 2012

This past Saturday, the Liberal Party of Ontario held their leadership convention at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to appoint a new leader, replacing outgoing Dalton McGuinty. Kathleen Wynne was ultimately selected, becoming the province's first woman and openly gay premiere (hey, yay liberals?.)

With the event at such a high profile location in downtown Toronto, it grew a pretty hearty protest/rally crowd. I quite enjoy these types of atmosphere, and as such, headed down with my trusty iPhone in hand to "document" some of the afternoon's sights. Hit me over the jump to take a look!

Monday Morning Commute Album #1 : Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins

Here we go again, with a new feature for [redacted]!
I listen to a lot of music- as a recreational listener, a songwriter, a musician, an engineer, whatever the case may be. ( i wear a lot of hats.) It's by far the most important artistic facet of my life.

As such, I'm almost constantly listening to music on my iphone when I'm out and about in toronto.
typically, i allow the shuffle in itunes to be my deejay, and carry about my merry way listening to whatever it offers up. However, on monday mornings during the long, dreary commute to work, i tend to try to fit in listening to a complete album. i'm afforded roughly fifty (though sometimes as many as seventy, stupid TTC) minutes in which to listen and digest a a complete musical experience. y'know, like they did in the 'olden days' of 33's and 45's (oh don't worry, we'll get there too.) I've decided it would be a fun excercise to note the experience of listening to these albums, and share my thoughts and reactions to them. There's no particular rhyme or reason to the albums being reviewed. some are old, some are new, musical styles will vary little or completely week to week, and the relevance of the works themselves may reside in days long since passed. that said, i think we'll have some fun talking music together. thus, without any further adieu, join me over the jump for this week's edition.

The Weekly Leaflet: January 26, 2013 - Leafs at Rangers

this'll be my very first leafs-related post, so some pre-amble.

i'm not going to post about every game i watch, just some of the more notable ones.
as a leaf fan of nearly 20 years now, i tend to catch most of the season, and i won't be overloading
[redacted] with tons of leafs news, just a bit as i see fit.

last night, the leafs rolled into new york city to play the rangers, hot off the heels of a 7-4 flub against the islanders at the ACC.

i'm certain you wonder why i didn't chose to cover this match as well?
i find the islanders insanely boring, and i fear contracting dipietro's boneitis through my television set.

so come on then, hit the jump, and we'll talk about the game that was.

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