A guy came into the subway with the most unusual looking helmet I had ever seen. The helmet appeared to be home made, it had all this artwork on it with an owl sitting perched on it’s nest on top.
I asked him if I could take a picture of it, to which he proudly said yes. If I had more time in the subway I would have asked him why of all things he would put an owl on top of his helmet. I guess it will always be left as a mystery.
Hello Readers,
I need to pool in your entomological expertise in helping me identify this insect depicted in the photograph. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. It is a furry little yellow thing with multiple little legs and distinctively long black antennas. It was found on a tent screen at Bowmanville Mosport race track a few weeks ago (don’t ask me what I was doing there!).
If you can help identify this, let me know!
I totally forgot a deadline with the OSAP mafia, and it only occured to me when I was in the bus. There was no choice but to make the phone call while I remembered.
Unfortunately I didn’t have their number handy on me, so I texted a few people to see if they were in front of a computer to look it up online. I didn’t get a response right away and I didn’t feel like wasting money on the operator so I texted a completely random number…
This is how the conversation went:
Me:
Can u find the number for osap?
647-***-****:
Who is this?
Me:
Vanessa. Are you in front of a computer? can u just find the number?
647-***-****:
I don’t know you are. Sorry.
Me:
How does that have anything to do with finding a number? (at this point, someone else already text me the number)
I found it anyway. Thanks.
647-***-****:
I’m in cottage country. No computer.
I remember a guy who was irritated with Bessarion Station. According to him, it’s the most useless station to have been built. No one is ever there. Today as I was passing by it, I noticed the lights were dimmed. It might be because the TTC figured that it was a waste of money to keep an empty space void of people to be fully lit.
I took this picture of the platform at Bessarion during rush hour on my way to Ikea.
Bessarion isn’t totally useless though. It will be soon a convenient station for many new inhabitants of the condo being built nearby and other development projects in the neighbourhood.
Bessarion station is the closest station to an Ikea in Toronto. But it’s still a bit of a pain to walk there, especially if you are carrying a whole lot of new furniture. Though there is a shuttle bus service that drives shoppers to the subway entrance of Leslie, but it didn’t occur to me at the time. It’s not really advertised for some reason.
Anyway, as you walk towards Ikea, there is a sign that directs pedestrian to a special entrance… Unfortunately, as I came to learn, that entrance is closed. It took some walking, but I eventually got inside.
Here is a neat way for your books to collect dust. The Toronto Public Reference Library had a pile of books on display in what appears to be shaped like a boot… you decide.
I like how they coordinated the colours together!