Posts tagged: rants

Toronto Takes a Step Backwards by Removing Bike Lanes for the 1st Time

“Javis lanes, as well as Pharmacy and Birchmount officially dead. Separated network will be built.” “Toronto City Council voted just before its lunch break Wednesday to spend more than $400,000 removing about eight kilometres of bike lanes that had been installed during the previous term of City Council.” The City of Toronto today took a [...]

Wednesday July 13th, 2011 in , , , , , | Comments Off

BIXI Toronto has Serious Problems: They Don’t Know What They’re Doing

First impressions are important. Unfortunately, my first impressions with BIXI bikes in Toronto are not positive at all. Due to the Canada Post strike and lockout, BIXI cannot mail out new member kits. The kits are important because they contain the BIXI key that members must use to check out bikes at the automated bike [...]

Tuesday June 21st, 2011 in , , | Comments Off

Our General Ignorance About War & International Politics Leaves Us Vulnerable

“War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.” – Sun Tzu War has always been a part of human history, and utopian dreams aside, always will be. Sometimes wars are just and necessary, [...]

Tuesday May 10th, 2011 in , , , | Comments Off

I Can’t Accept Supermarket Sushi-Like Products Anymore

I was at T&T Supermarket yesterday and, as always, walked past the sushi counter near the entrance. As usual, it was teeming with people, all going through the boxes of sushi-like products, eagerly snapping them up and putting them into their rolling baskets. I saw kids energetically asking their parents if they could choose this [...]

Monday April 11th, 2011 in , , , , | 9 Comments »

Are the Prices for A-La-Carte Sushi Gouging Or Are They Reasonable?

Making sushi takes effort and fresh, high quality seafood doesn’t come cheap. It’s easy to look at the price for real sushi – which means I’m not counting the all-you-can-eat mock variety – and reel from the cost for a-la-carte nigiri sushi. $4 for two pieces? $6? $9? Yep, you’ll see up to $9 for [...]

Thursday March 10th, 2011 in , , , , , | Comments Off