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2025

These two were the stars of the show today. Five dogs might be a few too many …

So I’m planning a trip to Stratford, Kitchener/Waterloo, Niagara-on-the Lake, …

I am delighted to find that the source of all Star Wars info is called …

We just finished watching the second season of Andor so… Rogue One: A Star Wars …

I love my neighbourhood!

#WalkingAround #Flowers #BloomScrolling

Lovely walk down to #Chinatown to meet Helen for the Toronto Chinatown Festival

Some great Afro-House, thanks to Miss Honey Dijon! #Listening REMIXIA, Ep. 1 (DJ …

The Lion King @ The Princess of Wales Theatre #Watching

I asked my German friend to draw me an informational diagram. “Venn?" he …

Pride and Prejudice*(*sort of) @ CAA Theatre #Watching

Since it’s thirty years old this year… Hackers (1995) #Watching

“I’m Tigger,” said Tigger. “Well,” said Pooh, “it’s the middle of the night, …

How Digital Tools May Protect the Aging Mind | Psychology Today Their findings …

The Old Guard 2 (2025) #Watching www.themoviedb.org/movie/846…

Psycho Beach Party (2000) #Watching

#WalkingAround #Flowers

One ocean by instagram user @n (via @infobeautiful@vis.social)

At around age 23, the average person falls off what the researcher Jennifer …

🔗 International Day of Friendship | United Nations: In a time when the noise of …

The Accountant (2016) #Watching

It’s all to me (regional variations) www.instagram.com/languages… …

#WalkingAround #Flowers

If I’m not corporate enough for you, you’re too corporate for me.

Turkey and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

The Age of Innocence (1993) #Watching

#WalkingAround #Flowers

Timeline (2003) #Watching

“This is a great comfort,” said the Tin Woodman. William Wallace …

Here’s how the “Ship of Theseus” page looked in July 2003 when …

The silent ‘s’ in ‘island’ was added to make it look like it came from the Latin …

Mary Shelley (2017) #Watching

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) #Watching

Fight or Flight (2025) #Watching

The Phoenician Scheme (2025) #Watching

I took another stab at making Vietnamese-ish Summer Rolls with Shrimp! #Cooking

M3GAN 2.0 (2025) #Watching

Dinner with the lovely Helen @ Kathmandu Restaurant

Today was a day for rolling in the long grass (apparently) @ Cherry Beach

Canada and our moose map (via @MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) #Watching

Ballerina (2025) #Watching

The Song of Achilles #Listening

Where is the thing? (via @pinkprius@chaos.social)

Thunderbolts* (2025)

Enigma (2025) #Watching

The Stroll (2023) #Watching

Mountainhead (2025) #Watching

Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) #Watching

Borstal Boy (2001) #Watching

I heard about Dewson House for the first time in the documentary I watched …

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance (2025) #Watching

William Tell (2025) #Watching

Britain and the Blitz (2025) #Watching

I’m not crying! You’re crying! Happy Pride! ❤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The Wedding Banquet (2025) #Watching

‘Clue’ comes from ‘clew’, the Old English word for a ball of wool. It’s a rare …

The Old Guard (2020) #Watching

Black Bag (2025) #Watching

Sinners (2025) #Watching

RIP Sly Stone. Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone

Major languages spoken in Toronto (other than English) by neighbourhood by Alex …

Since I’m sick and can’t go to the beach this week. Here’s a …

Soondubu with a Poached Egg, extra Gochugaru, and Black Sesame Seeds

Shorts: Stories We Tell #Watching #InsideOut2025

I have a visitor today! #TheYoungMaster

I love going to the Korean store around the corner @ H-Mart

Shorts: I Know Who You Did Last Summer #Watching #InsideOut2025

Shorts: Local Heroes #Watching #InsideOut2025

Shorts: Rude, Lewd + Screwed #Watching #InsideOut2025

Shorts: BOLD #Watching #InsideOut2025

Shorts: Real and Spectacular #Watching #InsideOut2025

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking #Watching #InsideOut2025

Unlabelled #Watching #InsideOut2025

Spent some quality time with this fine fellow today #Digby

Smaug, atop his treasure #TheYoungMaster

Speak #Watching #InsideOut2025

Shorts: 24 Flames Per Second #Watching #InsideOut2025

Flamingo Camp #Watching #InsideOut2025

Fountain of Youth (2025) #Watching with @dianashep.bsky.social

Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they …

Søren Kierkegaard 1843 (via www.tomgauld.com)

Starwalker #Watching #InsideOut2025

Shorts: Here’s Looking at You, Kid #Watching #InsideOut2025

Evolution of the Alphabet usefulcharts.com (via @infobeautiful@vis.social)

From Bone to Paper: Celebrating Tradition and Innovation in Chinese Calligraphy …

A Minecraft Movie (2025) #Watching

Snow White (2025) #Watching The original animated movie is one of my earliest …

I made a thing! No-Bake Berry Tart with a Date and Nut Crust and a Vanilla Lime …

Dijon FM with Honey Dijon, Ep. 7 #Listening #CurrentMood

Wick Is Pain (2025) #Watching

In Time (2011) #Watching

You may have noticed the pencil. It was already in the box. It’s from my …

I dug out my grandmonther’s wooden box for my writing supplies, including my …

Robot & Frank (2012) #Watching

Trap (2024) #Watching

Last Sunday, we went to Cherry Beach and then to the Sakura Project Park to see …

I seem to have a cold and that means movie marathon!

Cemetery Junction (2010) #Watching

Black Death (2010) #Watching

🔗 Penis count debate rages over Bayeux Tapestry (BBC Oxfordshire / bbc.com) …

Timeline of every Star Wars film and show - with Jar Jar filter interactive: …

It’s been 50 years! Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) #Watching

Captain America: Brave New World (2025) #Watching

Breakdancing #fox. breviary, France 13th century. Cambrai, Bibliothèque …

Population density spike maps by www.instagram.com/researchr… (via …

Bealltain (Beltane) is the first day of May. On May Day all the fires of the …

Happy Moehanga Day

Hundreds of Beavers #Watching

Layla (2024) #Watching

The Eternal Daughter (2022) #Watching

Dinner with the hospitable Helen, the genial Gerry, and the stupendous Steve @ …

It’s time for… KUNG FU!! Bulletproof Monk (2003) #Watching

Kneecap (2024) #Watching

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) #Watching #IWatchedItSoYouDontHaveTo

How powerful is a Toronto library card compared to other cities? …

The Monkey (2025) #Watching

Luther: Never Too Much (2024) #Watching

Novocaine (2025) #Watching

Mickey 17 (2025) #Watching

Today was the annual debacle we like to call The Taking of the Easter Photo! …

Bonhoeffer (2003) #Watching

Kraven the Hunter (2024) #Watching

HRC | Be an Ally - Support Trans Equality Now more than ever, our transgender …

🔗 A brief history of camp: from minority sensibility to political protest (Paul …

I’ve been thinking a lot about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who spoke …

The exclamation ‘nuts!’ was thought so shocking in 1920s America that ‘nerts!’ …

#same (via Liz Climo)

Casino Royale (1967)

Forgot to post about dinner @ Le Paradis last Wednesday, with Gerry, Steve, and …

A happy birthday walk @ Ashbridges Bay vimeo.com/106869152…

Top 50 TV Shows Of All Time Ranked by the most known sources of ratings like …

Honey Dijon #CurrentMood

Queer (2024) #Watching

Dinner @ Si Lom with the stunning Steve and the genial Gerry

Last Sunday was a beautiful day @ Ashbridges Bay vimeo.com/106436568…

Companion (2025) #Watching

Kingdom of Heaven, Director’s Cut (2005) #Watching with Diana Shepherd

Initial ’S’. Hilary of Poitiers, De Trinitate, France ca. 1093-1132. Vendôme, …

With all that’s been going on, I thought a bit of meditation was in order …

🔗 robot / android — Wordorigins.org #etymology Robots are a staple of science …

🔗 Made in CA | Canadians, spend your money wisely.

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025) #Watching

Schwans @ Cherry Beach with Diana Shepherd

Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023) #Watching

John Oliver did a segment on centralized social platforms run by billionaires. …

This is what I’ve been trying to figure out since leaving Facebook and …

A Guide to Figuring out the Age of an Undated World Map (via …

Goatchicken. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. …

This is one of my favourite things that SNL has ever done. …

Tiger. From “Brehms Tierleben,” vol. 1 by Alfred Edmund Brehm, …

How Priscilla, Queen of the Desert changed the world | Between A Frock & A …

You can export everything from Instagram and Facebook. I had been going since …

Scottish place names are full of ghosts. They describe fields that are no longer …

Ne Zha (2019) #Watching

Sunday-Funday at Cherry Beach vimeo.com/105949795…

Persuasion (2022) #Review

🔗 ‎Maple Scan: Buy Canadian Scan any product and find out if it truly supports …

🔗 You’re not going to believe what I’m about to tell you …

Scottish Gaelic - The Language Of The Land (via @kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot) …

Challengers (2024) #Watching

Timestalker (2024) #Watching

I’ve never heard of this #font before and now I expect to see it …

Snow Day #SilentSunday

Strictly Ballroom (1992) #Watching with Diana Shepherd

Canadian residents are racing to save the data in Trump’s crosshairs | CBC …

Happy #FlagDay, #Canada!

Better Man (2024) #Watching

The Wild Robot (2024) #Watching

Self Reliance (2024) #Watching

Good Mr. Darwin once contended That Beetles were from Bees descended, And as my …

Walking home music #CurrentMood

A delicious Egyptian dinner with the heavenly Helen @ Papyrus

The Fall (2008) #Watching

I’m not going back to Facebook or Instagram. I’m uncomfortable with …

Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) #Review

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (2023)

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (2023) #Watching This one came out a year before …

Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. - Albert …

“On the dirt roads of Arkansas I first met Robert Burns…” Dr Maya Angelou goes …

Nosferatu (2024) #Watching

…but I’m still here! #Trans #Transgender #LGBT #LGBTQIA2S+

And as soon as they sat down, Tigger took a large mouthful of honey […] …

What a fun (and super-gay) show! Titanique @ CAA Theatre

Ooo! A Gàidhlig detective series on BBC Alba! With subtitles, this should be …

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition… There must be in-groups …

Honey Dijon music.apple.com/ca/album/… #CurrentMood

Word of the Day: FAUXSTALGIA (n.) nostalgia for something that never existed, or …

I deleted my Threads account. It’s literally the least I could do. …

Nefelibata (Ne-fe-le-ba-ta) Portuguese (n.) “Cloud Walker” One who …

Conclave (2024) #Watching

“Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.” In 1921, #OTD, …

Etm (abbr.) Latin abbreviation for the literal translation of “and …

Heretic (2024) #Watching

Realive (2016) #Watching

After the Thin Man (1936) #Watching

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023) #Watching

Ikigai - that interesting self-development concept & prism from Japan - and …

2024

About Time (2013) #Watching

What does one do with leftover roasted eggplant? Why, one makes eggplant rolls …

The Tiger’s Apprentice (2024) #Watching

Gladiator II (2024) #Watching

The Return (2024) #Watching

Venom: The Last Dance (2024) #Watching

Korean BBQ with the amazing Angus! @ Korean Grill House

Du Barry was a Lady (1943) #Watching

Hogfather (2007) #Watching

White Christmas (1954) #Watching

Wicked (2024) #Watching

Red One (2024) #Watching

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) #Watching

Prep done for two lasagnas, one with noodles and one with roasted eggplant. Loaf …

A beautiful looking and freezing feeling morning at the beach with the dogs @ …

Out with the old and in with the new. Merry Deskmas to me!

Cassoulet with the discerning Doris @ Le Paradis

A chilly but delightful morning with the dogs @ Cherry Beach

This week’s treadmill show is… One Hundred Years of Solitude (2024) …

Ian’s birthday continues! Flowers 💐 from Sharon

Company (2011) #watching with Carolyn

Moana (2016) #Watching

Helen and I celebrated our joint birthday. She is younger than me by two weeks …

A joint birthday dinner with the sensational Steve and the genial Gerry @ Thong …

I gave up my car 20 years ago. I’ve done fine walking or biking to work and …

Catherine Called Birdy (2022)

The Day of the Jackal (1973)

What has become my annual hot-pot. Happy birthday to me!! 🥳

Bottoms up! @ Cherry Beach

Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019)

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

The bagpiper re-appeared on the market place

Gladiator (2000)

Robin of Sherwood music by Clannad! That brings me back!

I’m watching this 80s series of Robin Hood again after many years. It …

Robin of Sherwood music by Clannad!

Robin of Sherwood (1984)

Piece by Piece (2024)

Point Break (1991)

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

Let the Canary Sing (2023)

Saturday Night (2024)

The Vourdalak (2023)

Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

Oblivion (2013)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Leaves are fun! @ Monarch Park

Apostrophobia (via @danpiraro@instagram)

My Old Ass (2024)

The Substance (2024)

Empty Bowls (we’re good at this after all these years) with Doris and Helen @ Gardiner Museum

Still living the cafe lifestyle! @ Zaza Eapresso Bar & Gelato

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Alien: Romulus (2024)

Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' (2007)

Heading back home on a slightly drearier day than I’ve had all week in Montreal.

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Go Habs Go! @ Bell Centre

Peaceful @ Lost River

Turns out my hotel is right next to the Horse Palace Stable Park

The Lake House @ Lost River

Smokehouse Lunch

The coffee shop lifestyle @ Le Petit Dep

Here’s where I’m staying, along with its “Secret Garden”

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

At my favourite little Persian cafe, having ginger tea and a bit of saffron rice pudding @ Café Aunja

The coffee shop lifestyle @ Maman, Griffintown

Dinner with the genial Jules @ Regashi Isakaya

Such a cute little room! There’s what they call “The Secret Garden” outside my …

Speak No Evil (2024)

Salem's Lot (2024)

Seeing some beautiful fall colours from the train

I’m off to Montreal!

Today we went to Kirkwall (near Hamilton) because it's been 20 years since …

I guess I’ve still got it! I don’t make bread much anymore (because I’m …

Mary Oliver, “To Begin With, the Sweet Grass” from Evidence

Will & Harper (2024)

#TIL that Salem is short for Jerusalem! #SalemsLot

Happy #ThanksGracie to those who celebrate!

At Cherry Beach for the puppies’ birthday

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)

Here are some other photos from Port Dalhousie (pronounced 'Daloozie'), the show, and walking Mycroft

One Man, Two Guvnors @ Shaw Festival

Do You Like Venn Diagrams? (via @MooseAllain@mas.to)

Heading to Niagara-on-the-Lake!

Surrogates (2009)

Prometheus (2012)

Dinner with the huggable Helen @ Wok Theory

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Burn After Reading (2008)

Longlegs (2024)

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Swearing Is More Important Than You Think [Uncensored] - Freakonomics

I go to the ROM for more than just the objects. I’ve sat on most of these grand old benches. @ Royal Ontario Museum

Look at these fine fellows! @ Royal Ontario Museum

Quilts @ Royal Ontario Museum

Visiting some old friends @ The Royal Ontario Museum

Just getting around to posting that I had dinner with the devastating Doris on …

The rat retired from the world

Shrimp Fresh Rolls

I find this to be a really useful introduction to the idea of gender dysphoria. …

(via @the.language.nerds@threads.net)

While I was at it, I thought I’d visit my second closest library! (@ St. James …

After all these years of living in #Toronto, I finally got around to getting a …

Despicable Me 4 (2024)

MaXXXine (2024)

…and we had a delicious lunch at Diwan, the restaurant inside the museum

Spent the day at the Agha Khan Museum with the hale and hearty Helen!

The Instigators (2024)

The one unicorn to appear in a medieval Welsh legend was a surprisingly savage …

Late Night with the Devil (2024)

Stress Positions (2024)

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

If a tree reaches 100 years of age, its soul develops the ability to manifest …

Bagpipes cat. book of hours, Paris ca. 1460. NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS …

Midsommar (2019)

The word SPOON originally meant a small sliver or offcut of wood or similar …

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

You know I love a diagram!

Hereditary (2018)

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

The love letter generator that foretold ChatGPT - Big Think

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

δράκων, Drakon

Dinner with the disarming Derek

The Pajama Game (1957)

All That Jazz (1979)

The Fall Guy (2024)

Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024)

A Day in New York by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum

Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)

Ryuichi Sakamoto

I have had a visitor!

Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023)

Queen Tut (2023)

I was looking around for a photo of my dad to post. I'm pretty sure he was the …

Monkey Man (2024)

Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

Queer Planet (2023)

"This is a great comfort," said the Tin Woodman

As for mountain dragons, they have gilded scales

How to Identify that Light in the Sky

Orion and the Dark (2024)

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Tree of mine! O tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid. Arthur …

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

Angry porcupine

A House is Not a Disco (via @insideoutfestival)

Shorts: Icons (via @insideoutfestival)

Shorts: Thrive (via @insideoutfestival)

Shorts: Local Heroes (via @InsideOut)

Shorts - Bold (via @insideoutfestival)

Stories from my Gay Grandparents (via @insideoutfestival)

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Pope Francis said a rude thing – Strong Language

Boy Kills World (2024)

Carnage for Christmas (via InsideOut)

Shorts: Show Stopper (via InsideOut)

Simulant (2023)

Some #WalkingAround flowers

Dalton's Dream (via @insideoutfestival)

Desire Lines (via InsideOut)

Snail ambush. Ormesby Psalter, England ca. 1300. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce …

Shorts: High School Confidential (via InsideOut)

Spark (via InsideOut)

Dinner with the disarming Doris @ Le Paradis

Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

Shallow Grave (1994)

War for the Planet of the Apes

A few blooms from our walk this morning

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011

Planet of the Apes 2001

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 2024

I heard this song the other night and my (very useful) brain knew it …

Apparently, this is a Eastern Redbud

Asian Marketplace @ Chinatown Centre

Dim sum with the delicious Helen! @ Dim Sum King

There I was, just walking to work this morning, when I encountered this fine …

Mean Girls (2024)

The Wipers Times (2013)

eight-night, huit-nuit, acht-nacht, восемь-ночь, ocho-noche, otto-notte, …

The Great Unwashed 2017

Handsome Devil 2017

Word of the Day: DROWK (v.) to droop or lean with tiredness (via …

The Canterville Ghost 2023

Judge Dee's Mystery 2024

Dune: Part Two 2024

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver 2024

Batman Begins 2005

Our friend, young Tucker Turkey, has turned out quite nicely!

#TheYoungMaster feels that I should just give him the turkey now instead of …

#DogWalks #TheYoungMaster

I have a visitor!

X-Men: The Last Stand 2006

X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014

Watching X-Men: First Class 2011

All of Us Strangers (2023)

The Gentlemen 2024

Word of the Day: BUMBLEBROTH (n.) a confused mess (via …

Dracula III: Legacy 2005

Madame Web 2024

Shel Silverstein doesn’t get nearly enough credit for predicting ChatGPT. (via …

Dracula II: Ascension (2003)

American Fiction 2023

Poor Things (2023)

The Multicolored Diary: Folktales about women who save themselves (International Women's Day)

You know I love a diagram!

Code 8 Part II (2024)

Away flew the trunk with him.

Brotherhood of the Wolf 2001

Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four 2015

The Pigeon Tunnel 2023

Oppenheimer 2023

The Brothers Grimm 2005

House of Ninjas 2024

Petals on the Wind 2014

Flowers in the Attic 2014

A Knight's Tale 2001

Leprechaun: Origins 2014

Alexander: The Making of a God 2024

When fucks fly – Strong Language

John Cage: Organ playing 639-year-long piece changes chord

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 2023

Sexy Beast 2001

Film tells of inspirational 19th Century black Gaelic-speaking twins

Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

Happy Imbolc 🌱

Dinner with the delightful Doris at Lao Lao Bar

Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe 2023

First time back at Ashbridge’s Bay with the dogs in ages!

Fistful of Vengeance 2022

Blade of the 47 Ronin 2022

I had a visitor today!

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Graphic Novel)

The Brothers Sun 2024

12 English Words that Sound Offensive in Other Languages - AFAR

The Marvels 2023

The Black Cauldron 1985

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 2015

The Holdovers 2023

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 2014

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person 2023

The Automat 2021

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013

The Hunger Games 2012

Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis 2023

Six by Sondheim 2013

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened 2023

2020

Word of the Day: TITTLE – the dot on top of the letter ‘i’ or …

The Roman name for broccoli was “the five green fingers of Jupiter”. (via …

25 years ago today, thanks to LGBTQ2+ activist Jim Egan, the Supreme Court of …

HAP is an old word for luck or chance—so if something HAPPENS, then it …

Circus of Books

The word lucifugal [loose-if-few-gul] means ‘fleeing the light’, e.g. peeking …

Lemon and Garlic Braise-Roasted Chicken #spatchcock

He-gassen, or “Fart Battle” art was a popular form of political commentary …

So... my father's handwriting on a shipping crate... from 1972, when we moved …

‪Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (1943)

So, I was exposed to someone who turned out to have tested positive for …

Shichimi Togarashi Popcorn #justsayin

I installed some LED lighting under the cupboards! #festive

RESPAIR is the little-known opposite of ‘despair’: a word for a renewed or …

RESPAIR is the little-known opposite of ‘despair’: a word for a renewed or …

dr. moran strawberries, 1891 (via @pomological)

Word of the Day: "hiatus"––geologically; a missing period of time in the rock …

Still life with lettuce and tulips

Trailblazing artist Mary Delany was born #otd in 1700. She is best known for her …

The first use of the portmanteau ‘hangry’ - a bad mood brought on by hunger - …

Some tulips to brighten up the new place! #formefromme

Pizzas in my new kitchen! 1. Pesto, Capocollo, Broccoli, Romano, Pine Nuts 2. …

Word of the day: GIZZENT (early 20th century Scots) - bored from doing too much …

Date and Nut Energy Bites rolled in Coconut, Matcha, and Cocoa

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), Tiger in the snow. Hanging scroll, ink and …

Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai died #onthisday in 1849. He lived into his …

Strip Jack Naked (a documentary about Nighthawks)

The expression BEE’S KNEES first emerged in the 1920s as part of a trend for …

Her name was Yoda, A showgirl she was. (via @brian_bilston) #MayThe4thBeWithYou …

Word of the Day: "hleów-feðer" - "a sheltering wing" (Old English, literally …

#May is named after the Greek goddess Maia. This 1791 print represents of the …

Word of the #MayDay: "Maienschein" -- lit. "May-light", "May-shine"; the green …

The sun came back over the Forest, bringing the scent of May. All the streams …

I have done that

Word of the day: LEUK (19th century Scots) - to be in the open air after being …

Clean-Out-The-Fridge Soup with Khao Soi Broth, Shredded Chicken, Mushrooms, …

Warning: My eyebrows have gone feral, like my Scottish grandfather’s. If …

Word of the morning is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): wearied from tossing and …

The moving boxes have been delivered! Thanks, @frogbox!

Word of the Day: "cloud"––an everyday word with a surprising origin; from Old …

Thyme Roasted Carrots, Parsley Root, and Jerusalem Artichokes tossed with …

#thislookspromising

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

🐧 In 1860, English art critic John Ruskin wrote ‘One can’t be angry when one …

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

Chicken and Yuba Noodle Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms, Black Fungus, Carrots, …

Some of my Cabbage, Sausage, and Split Pea Soup with some Sour Cream and lots …

#Ramadan – the 9th month of the Islamic calendar – begins today. It’s a time of …

A bit of Miso Glazed Roasted Salmon on Carrot and Zucchini Noodles dressed with …

In Irish, the word for otter translates as “water dog”, the word for …

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

‪Limehouse Blues - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain‬

I made lamb meatballs and tomato sauce this week so, quite naturally, I made …

Meals of the Day (via @savagechickens)

These woodblock prints were all made by world-renowned Japanese artist …

I guess if I’m going to watch the latest one, I should catch up on the other …

#thislookspromising

He sits and thinks of the things they know, He and the Forest, alone together, …

‘Groaking’ is an old Scots word for the act of silently and …

A nice little supper of one of my spicy lamb stuffed tomatoes with a little …

Word of the Day: "thole" -- as a noun, the ability to bear hardship. As a verb, …

...and a couple more pizzas, with half spelt crust: 1. Pesto, Mushrooms, …

Roasted Tomatoes Stuffed with Spiced Lamb and Pine Nuts

The view facing East towards the Broadview and Danforth intersection around …

TUTTI-FRUTTI literally means ‘all fruits’. (via @HaggardHawks)

#thislookspromising

Clarence Alphonse Gagnon. Study of a Hare in Winter, 1922. Oil on wood. The …

Word of the day: SMOUSTER (19th century Scots) - to eat furtively, to pretend …

Za’atar Roasted Salmon on Recently Harvested Lettuce 😉 with Marinated …

I’ve decided to harvest the little lettuce that’s been growing in my window. …

The Chocolate Girl (La Chocolatière) by Jean-Étienne Liotard 1743-44 Pastel on …

‪Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals: Come Home

Words of my day: to nidificate is to build a cosy nest in which to hunker down …

Spicy Buffalo Roasted Chickpeas

‪Lines Written in Early Spring read by Caroline Quentin‬

Savoury Steel Cut Oats with Roasted Broccoli, Parsnips, and Carrots, and Spicy …

The flower name ‘forget-me-not’ was popularised by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in …

Music and Musicals | The STAGE Network

I feel like this is a uniquely Canadian problem.

Word of the Day: "cantilevered" –– of a structure, situation or person, …

Look what @vintagejustlikeme dredged up from my scruffy past! Thanks, S! #tbt

Using up some various and sundry and made some Energy Bites with Almonds, …

The World Is Too Much With Us

Adobo Chicken #comfortfood

#thislookspromising

Still Life: Tea Set by Jean-Étienne Liotard 1781-3 Oil on Canvas Mounted on …

I'm on a bit of a spy movie kick and I wanted to watch this one because scenes …

Bigger Trees Nearer Warter, by David Hockney 2007 Oil on 50 Canvases, National …

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of master sitar player Ravi …

‪Ravi & Anoushka Shankar

Word of the Day: “glisk”––sunlight glimpsed through a break in the clouds; a …

...and yet more pizzas! 1. Pesto, Kale, Shiitake Mushrooms, and Bacon with …

The sun was so delightfully warm, and the stone, which had been sitting in it …

He’s... he’s alive!

Chicken Sausage, Spit Pea, and Cabbage Soup topped with Yogurt, Kale Powder, …

In the 19th Century, the treadmill was used as a device to punish prisoners. …

"Interior" by Brynhild Parker from 1930 (via @EastLondonGroup)

Megaforce #damn

Joe Cool’s Blues (Snoopy’s Return)

The Secret Adversary

wagner avocados, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916 (via @pomological) …

Look at Paintings – View and Notice Paintings

To stand in this blizzard of blossoms - to feel the onslaught of pinkness - is …

Georges Seurat’s “Grey Weather, Grand Jatte” (1888) @philamuseum (via @pwadey) …

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Young MC “Bust A Move” #currentmood #chairdancing …

Berlin-born, Toronto-based #artist and educator Christiane Pflug often drew …

Word of the Day: "úht-cearu"––the worries that gather as one lies sleepless …

One by one, they follow the trail along the Meguro River, under the cherry …

More pizza! 1. Tomato Sauce, Mushroom, Broccoli, and Bocconcini 2. Pesto, …

‪Higher and Higher - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain‬

New meal schedule: *Breakfast *Second Breakfast *Elevenses *Snack, Part I *Lunch …

Soy and Ginger Chicken Noodle Soup with Brown Rice and Wakame Noodles, Poached …

BREEKUMTRULLIE is an old Scots dialect word for a man whose trousers don’t fit …

Matrix (via @nathanwpyle)

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the …

Words for “thingamajig” in other languages include ZAMAZINGO (Turkish), …

Lunch today was Maple-Miso Roasted Salmon on Zucchini Noodles and Roasted …

Sausage and Lentil Stew with Chard Leaves #stockingthefreezer

It’s been a while since I posted a pizza pic! 1. Tomato Sauce, Sun-Dried …

“What I like doing best is Nothing,” said Christopher Robin. “How do you do …

This is how @doodlesruletoronto and I watch TV together and yet far apart. 📺 👀 …

Happiness John had Great Big Waterproof Boots on; John had a Great Big …

In the early 2000’s I started working from home and connecting with people …

As a gay man who came out in the 80's, I have lived through a plague. I was …

NEIPERTY is friendliness, neighbourliness, or companionship. (via @HaggardHawks) …

‘Beware the Ides of March’ – Julius Caesar was assassinated #otd in 44 BC. This …

The FEYNMAN POINT is a series of six consecutive 9s in the 762nd–767th decimal …

For anyone feeling pandemic panic, evidence-based emotion regulation strategies: …

Dinner with @julius_caron and the lovely Luc!

One beardsecond is a unit of length equal to the average amount a beard grows in …

This is my life.

House Party is 30 years old!!

Slow (via @nathanwpyle)

#OTD 1834, the Town of York is incorporated into the City of Toronto! On the …

Eeyore finds a tail #ROMwinnie

So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream #ROMwinnie

Do you think it’s a woozle? #ROMwinnie

Hundred Acre Wood #ROMwinnie

Reproductions #ROMwinnie

Bees #ROMwinnie

The lions are hibernating!

Out, damned spot! out, I say!—One: two: why, Then, 'tis time to do't.—Hell is …

SHEMOMECHAMA (Georgian) - ‘I accidentally ate it all’ (via @qikipedia)

QUARANTINE comes from the French ‘quarantaine’ (“about forty”), used in English …

Word of the Day: CWTCH (n.) a cupboard, a cosy hiding place; a warm hug [Welsh] …

Word of the day: VERNALAGNIA - spring fever, the increase in one’s spirit …

To ‘latibulate’ (1600s) is to hide in a corner until things blow …

advice (via @michellerial)

Now that’s some horse power! This snow plow is clearing Fleet Loop at Fleet and …

Just when I was about to grow a Fu Manchu!

The wind had dropped, and the snow, tired of rushing round in circles trying to …

#OTD in 1918, the Don River floods the area north of Wilton Avenue Bridge. …

If you wanted to show someone you weren’t interested in them in the Victorian …

Secret to the perfect pancake is discovered - University of Sheffield

The Latin word for a cattle yoke was ‘jugum’. Its descendants include CONJUGAL …

Can confirm that the jerk chicken wings from Roy Woods in Union Station make …

It’s time for... KUNG FU!!! Warrior (Thanks to @dancersmom99 for letting me …

The South American hoatzin is the only bird that exclusively eats leaves and, …

Visible: Out On Television

Because it is the largest bird of its kind in all of Europe, the CAPERCAILLIE …

Skies and Swans @ Ashbridge’s Bay

Giri/Haji Dance Scene

I focus on what I can control (via @pants)

On #WorldRadioDay, we’re bringing you this request for radio courtesy on the …

Lamb Sausage, Lentil, and Purple Kale Soup topped with Pea Sprouts and XO Sauce …

#thislookspromising

Ok. Extra Fibre Pizza with Olive, Sun-dried Tomato, Broccoli, Roasted Tomato, …

Local English nicknames for the common pansy include JUMP-UP-AND-KISS-ME, …

My new plan is extra fibre in everything. Apparently, added fibre lowers the …

BERGMÁL is an Icelandic word for an echo. It literally means ‘mountain …

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire …

These netsuke were made in Japan in the 18th and 19th centuries, and would have …

The Addams Family

Happy Saturday from Mr. Smiley Soup (Squash Soup with Preserved Lemon, Pickled …

Today is the first of #February! The second month of the year is named after …

I was today years old when I learned that an ampersand (&) is a ligature …

WORD OF THE DAY: KUIDAORE (食い倒れ) - a Japanese word which translates as ‘to eat …

Where’s Waldo? #theyoungmaster

In the sense of something done just for fun, hobbies are named after toy …

Roasted Kabocha Squash Soup with Pickled Onions, Preserved Lemon, and Parsley …

It’s time for... Bollywood! Jodhaa Akbar

An IRREVERSIBLE BINOMIAL is a stock phrase formed from a pair of words that has …

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the …

#thislookspromising

In Japan, the god of wealth is often shown with a golden mallet and a white …

...and we found the benches!

I got my lion dance!

恭喜發財 Happy lunar new year to everyone celebrating! 🐀🧧

PATELLA literally means ‘little pan’. TIBIA literally means ‘pipe’. CLAVICLE …

Past mistakes (via @poorlydrawnlines)

I've decided to challenge myself to do something somewhat creative with the bag …

Rosemary Roasted Eggplant on Lentils, topped with Lemon Garlic Tahini Sauce and …

#thislookspromising

Entrance to the Grand Opera House, 11 Adelaide St W, between 1909 and 1929. …

Words of wisdom from #theyoungmaster (via @doodlesruletoronto)

Carrot and Zucchini Noodles with Salmon and Eggs dressed in a Sesame Almond …

It’s time for... Bollywood! Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (I knew I’d seen Hrithik …

Rainbow chard stems (that went into my omelette this morning)

A wonderful bird is a pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican. He can …

It was kind of a Group of Seven morning.

Today is a day for my big-boy boots.

#Theyoungmaster is, let’s say, vigorous, in his love for snow. ❄️ @ Ashbridges Bay

Green Pizza - Whole Wheat Crust, Pesto, and Broccoli with Mozzarella, …

Savoury Steel-Cut Oats (think risotto) Bowl with Salmon, Braised Cabbage, …

#WinnieThePoohDay #ROMWinnie (via @ROMtoronto)

Happy #WinniethePoohDay (via @stephenfry)

Today is #ThesaurusDay which commemorates the birth of Peter Mark Roget, born …

The Elephant Queen

It’s time for... a sixty episode wuxia tale of magic and swords!! (also kung …

DUNGAREES take their name from ‘dongari’, a coarse Indian fabric from which they …

The Black Prince

The view facing North up University Avenue from Queen Street West in 1870. …

Drawn in ink and watercolour, this vivid pineapple (with an assortment of …

It’s time for... Bollywood! War

Iced-over @ Ashbridges Bay

Explorer’s Club Meeting with speaker Dave Williams, Canadian Astronaut

Ramen with the ladies from work!

The entire continent of South America lies to the east of the state of Michigan. …

Circa 1900 tobogganing in Riverdale Park (facing east up to Broadview, Don Jail …

Word of the day: URLAUBSREIF (German) - to desperately need a vacation (via …

Did I screw up? (via @michellerial)

Old Ontario Series: The Most Famous Dog in Canadian History

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things

They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don’t …

I remind you that this is winter! @ Ashbridges Bay

Snuzzle, snoodge, and snerdle: all verbs in the English Dialect Dictionary for …

Turkey Soup topped with a couple of Fried Eggs and XO Sauce

humdudgeon (1700s): a bout of low spirits and/or imaginary illness that sets in …

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

‪An Antidote to Dissatisfaction‬

How to start an email (via @michellerial)

2019

Red Chilli Turkey and Five Mushroom Longevity Noodle Soup with Choy Sum topped …

Sweet young Timon Turkey is looking tanned and lovely

Lillies #favourites2019

Hostas in the rain #favourites2019

Cherry Blossoms #favourites2019

TTC #theyoungmaster #favourites2019

Young Timon Turkey is ready for his close-up

Wavey #favourites2019

Wading #favourites2019

Standoff #favourites2019

Bike rack #favourites2019

water lilies #favourites2019

Waiting for 501 - Spacing Toronto

‪SCTV - The Happy Wanderers‬

Gavin & Stacey - Nessa and Bryn sing Islands in the stream

Earth, Wind & Fire - December

JUDY GARLAND sings BY MYSELF and receives a standing ovation 1964

Someone has found a Christmas hedgehog under the tree and someone has helped …

I have a Christmas visitor! #theyoungmaster

A Christmas Carol

Happy Christmas, everyone.

I’m dreaming of a whitecaps Christmas...

I’m dreaming of a whitecaps Christmas… @ Ashbridges Bay Park

Arthur Christmas

English artist Mary Delany made these charming collages of mistletoe and holly …

Santa is almost here! He can't wait to ride in on his Christmas blimp handing …

FERIATION is the act of ceasing work or observing a holiday. (via @HaggardHawks)

The Mr. Robot finale is bending my brain.

Naturally, I have Rosetta Stone socks.

French scholar Jean-François Champollion was born #otd in 1790. He used the …

As we head into this week, spending the holidays with family can be difficult …

Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters, Streaming lights …

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

For the shortest day, it sure was a lovely one!

Warm wishes for the Winter Solstice, which falls this year today, 22 Dec; the …

plants and ceramics

#gdpr (via @twisteddoodles)

Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige made this enchanting woodblock print in the …

Word of the Day - WABBIT (19th century Scottish): to feel unwell or exhausted. …

Luther Vandross - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

A little experiment: No Noodle Lasagna. I used roasted eggplant in place of the …

Oh Tannenbaum. (via @abstractsunday)

Just sayin’ (via @Eleri_Morgan)

As well as being the inspiration for Father Christmas, St Nicholas is the …

A windy and cold but beautiful day at the beach

Chicken Khao Soi Noodles with Broccoli and Spinach topped with Egg Ribobns

Work Christmas Party # 2

They turned into a little pine-wood, and sat down on the gate which led to it. …

The answer is... an LED bulb The question is, what can I put in my …

Snow drift on Broadview Ave at Riverdale Park, #otd Dec 10, 1917. Photo: Dept. …

Winter in the laneway #dogwalks

The fact that these two orange dots are the same size but appear to be …

I do love a train trip 🚂

I do love a train trip 🚂 @ Brockville [wpvideo 4WUxM6at ]

Dinner with the joyeux Jules!

Persian breakfast with the jovial Jules!

There’s a really interesting Egyptian exhibit here from the British Museum

There’s a really interesting Egyptian exhibit here from the British Museum …

Musing at the Musée

Lunch with the terrific Trevor

Tense Christmas by @brian_bilston

In 2011, the British Trust for Ornithology asked its members to suggest a name …

I have ordered my traditional room service burger. It’s gonna be fancy!

La question de l’abstraction

In Irish Gaelic, December is called Mí na Nollag, ‘month of Christmas’. In …

It Chapter Two (on the train!)

“Pajamas” was adapted from pai jamahs, a type of loose trousers worn by Muslims …

Clinomania is the overwhelming urge to lie down. Goes well with …

The Icelandic word GLUGGAVEÐUR means ‘weather that looks appealing from inside, …

An angry lake and a wind that throws ice pellets at your face… but the …

For the first of #December, here is a charming Flemish print depicting a wintry …

I have a visitor today! #theyoungmaster

Word of the Day: LUSCHBALD (n.) a sluggard, a lazybones (via @HaggardHawks)

Dinner with the charming @charlespavia

Chicken Meatball and Choy Sum Soup

Phase one complete: cooked chicken to be flash-roasted; cooked veggies to be …

#thislookspromising

The 24th of November is the anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the …

Sparkles @ Cherry Beach

Better known as ‘Darwin’s slipper’, the flowering plant Calceolaria uniflora is …

‪True Facts: Leafhoppers and Friends

(via @nathanwpyle)

Bees vote on where to live by dancing. The more dancing bees, the better the …

'Dreich' is named most popular Scots word by Scottish Book Trust

'Dreich' is named most popular Scots word by Scottish Book Trust - BBC News

Christopher Robin was sitting outside his door, putting on his Big Boots. As …

And here’s Santa arriving at the 1933 Eaton’s Santa Claus parade. Photo: John …

One kind word can warm three winter months. - Japanese Proverb

Sunday splendour at the beach

Ramaiya Vastavaiya

Word of the Day: ACNESTIS - the part of the back between the shoulder blades and …

When Dogs Play, They Follow the Golden Rules of Fairness | Psychology Today

Whose Body? - Dorothy L. Sayers

Happy birthday to #theyoungmaster, otherwise known as Ottley, who is three years …

Word of the morning is ‘lucifugous’ (loo-sif-yuh-gus): …

Which language has 400 words for snow? - BBC Ideas

The Mandalorian

I got a seniors discount at the pharmacy today. I’m not sure how I feel about …

For #RemembranceDay: a flood of red poppies in the trenches on the Somme …

For #RemembranceDay, here is a red poppy made by Mary Delany in 1779. (via …

The Secret of Kells. I jumped at the opportunity to watch this brilliant …

Introduced in 1992, the EXCLAMATION COMMA and the QUESTION COMMA were meant as …

Mental Note: When your gym closes, don’t take a whole month to find a new gym …

The German word SCHEIßFREUNDLICHKEIT is used to describe fake affection or …

Hellvetica is a typeface created by Zack Roif and Matthew Woodward: it’s …

Chicken Soup With Matzo Balls, Roast Stock Vegetables With Caper Gremolata, and …

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. - Albert Camus 📸 Photo …

Kuchisabishii (mouth lonely) - when you’re not hungry, but you eat because your …

First day at the new gym!

hello darkness my old friend why are you here its 4pm (via @jonnysun)

#WordOfTheDay lackadaisical: lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid (via …

To HURKLE-DURKLE is to lounge in bed when you should be up and about. (via …

‘Fel rhech mewn pot jam’ is a Welsh phrase describing someone who is completely …

"Aubergine", the British equivalent of "eggplant", meant "plant that cures the …

The first week of November - the days after All Saints’ Day on November 1 - is …

Sunny and Blustery

Sunny and Blustery @ Cherry Beach

Let it rain! Who cares? I’ve a train upstairs, With a brake which I make From a …

Dr. Tongue's 3D House Of Stewardesses - Monster Chiller Horror Theater in 3-D

doolie (via @haggardhawksart)

Ottley vs. The (not so) Great Pumpkin #theyoungmaster

YOU'RE NOT A MONSTER

A SHANNACK is a Halloween bonfire. (via @HaggardHawks)

On we go with the Hallowe’en viewing! I haven’t seen this one yet because, …

Word of the #FolkloreThursday: "Sauin" - the name in Manx Gaelic of the …

Next on the spooky Hallowe’en movie agenda... Midsommar

Poor, poor Lambchop! #theyoungmaster

Time to start my quality Hallowe’en viewing. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Carlton St, east from Yonge St, showing streetcar track work, 1915. Billboard …

ew (via @poorlydrawnlines)

English artist Mary Moser, one of only two female founders of @royalacademy, …

On days like today, we don’t talk about the rain because we don’t want to jinx …

Tomato and Basil Sauce, Mushrooms, Kale, Broccoli, and Mozzarella with Pine …

The original. Westworld

Here’s this year’s #emptybowls bowl in all it’s glory and with some Adobo …

It's Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Collection @ The ROM

Whenever Helen and I go to the ROM, we play a rousing round of …

Gods In My Home

A delightful dinner with the charming Doris!

It’s definitely fall in the laneways. #dogwalks

The History of Kensington Market

A group of wombats is called a WISDOM. #WombatDay (via @HaggardHawks)

Lambies are for snuggling - #theyoungmaster

True Facts : The Sand Bubbler Crab

There was at least one black samurai warrior. Yasuke arrived in Japan in 1579 …

Kaylee and #theyoungmaster looking Autumnal

Word of the Day: “fritiniency” - the chirruping sound made by birds or insects; …

Roast Pork Pizza with Roasted Tomatoes, Zucchini, Fennel, Broccoli, and Fresh …

Christopher Robin

The word "pal" comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "brother" (via …

This is what I’m dealing with today. #theyoungmaster

Tailwaggers Club of Canada medal from Toronto | A charity founded in 1920s, the …

RICKSHAWS take their names from the Japanese ‘jinrikisha’—which in turn …

Get It Together - Drake with Black Coffee

Happy birthday to My Charming Companion, who would have been 15 years old …

The whole shebang: Tarique Turkey, Miso and Mushroom Stuffing, Giblet Gravy, …

Young Tarique Turkey turned out just fine!

#fallcolours #thislookspromising

Weekly #sourdough (not much counter-space today! 😆)

#thislookspromising

Word of the Day: “hiraezh” - feeling of bittersweet longing for a homeland or …

Thanksgiving item # 1 complete! Veg Lasagna with Roasted Mushrooms, Zucchini, …

Daniel in the Lions’ Den #rubens

A few of the beautiful Rubens I saw today @ AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario

In honour of #YomKippur, here’s Prairie-born artist #WilliamKurelek’s depiction …

AUTUMNITY is autumnness, or an autumnal quality. Figuratively, it can be used …

Scary Halloween Costume Ideas (via @twisteddoodles)

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - In a sentimental mood

Lots of veggies in the fridge mean Chinesey Vegetable Soup with Shitake …

#thislookspromising

Windy and Wavy [wpvideo qTLjd38t ]

In Finland, officials sometimes visit parks just after a snowfall to see where …

Weekly #sourdough

Kitchen Sink Pizza with Pesto, Roasted Tomatoes, Kale, Broccoli, Chicken …

I have a visitor today and he has discovered that he enjoys a landing. …

Sketch of the Bloor Brewery, 1865 Richard Baigent, artist In 1830, Yorkville …

Lord Tanamo Come Down ( Pomps and Pride)

Word of the Day: “swither” — to be in a state of uncertainty of purpose; to be …

Big White Fluffy Sourdough Ciabatta Sandwich Rolls

Breathtaking view of the Bloor Viaduct, looking east toward Broadview Ave in …

Lunch with Brian!

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. I blame @normwilmer …

Another busy day! Weekly #Sourdough; Pizza with Tomato Sauce, Pesto, Mushrooms, …

Chocolate and Salted Pistachio Babka Buns (recipe thanks to @theboywhobakes)

#thislookspromising

Word of the day: “carotenoids” - the class of pigments causing the yellows, …

In his paintings, Thomson looked for “moods” while others artists looked for …

This is what I’m dealing with today. #theyoungmaster

Word of the Day: “stramash” - uproar, chaos, turmoil (Scots; satisfyingly …

Today’s Special

Word of the Day: “equinox”—the moment today, 23 Sept, when the Sun‘s path …

It’s time for... KUNG FU!!! Return to the 36th Chamber

PERSON derives via French from a Latin word, ‘persona’, that originally …

Pistachio Cake with a Lemon Glaze served with some Whipped Cream and some of my …

Quite a day! Weekly #Sourdough; Pizza with Tomato and Basil Sauce, Broccoli, …

#thislookspromising

Adobo Chicken is my perfect comfort food.

Spider-Man: Far from Home

Word of the #FolkloreThursday: “bounty-thorn” — English folkname for the …

Here’s some of that jammy jam jam I made last night and it’s delicious! I like …

Roasting some rather tired figs and strawberries with balsamic vinegar and …

Spent the morning swanning around at the beach.

Fig, Strawberry, and Pistachio Frangipane Tartlets

Not my best weekly #sourdough #eattheevidence

A bit of dim sum carnage with the hungry (and charming) Helen

Oh, why not? It’s just two hours. Dark Phoenix

Why Exercise Is Hard

1925: King Edward VIII (then Prince of Wales) (r) in drag, with Louis …

A ‘captcha’ is an acronym for ‘Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell …

English has no one-word equivalent of the Welsh word HIRAETH: a deep, nostalgic …

...and finally, The Talented Mr. Ripley

The American Friend. This one’s a German production of Ripley’s Game with a few …

Ripley Under Ground. The next in the Ripliad. (It’s really called that.)

Plein Soleil. This is the 1960 French/Italian version of The Talented Mr. …

In response to the censorship order from Rio's right-wing Mayor of a book fair …

Weekly #sourdough

Lamb-Tomato Sauce, Lamb Meatballs, Broccoli, and Mozzarella

A group of hummingbirds is called a GLITTERING. (via @HaggardHawks)

A bit of afternoon sun at the beach #theyoungmaster

I love you too! #dogwalks

Joe Orton Laid Bare

Astronomers have recently discovered an entirely new category of celestial …

Seoul's over-65s disco 'like medicine' for seniors - BBC News

So much sand came back from the beach with this dog! #theyoungmaster

Oh yah! I made pizza too! Tomato-Lamb Sauce, Broccoli, and Chorizo with …

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Whenever I can find fresh figs, I like to make @abrowntable’s Upside-Down Fig …

Quite a bit windier today but just as lovely

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Doodle #theyoungmaster

Quite a bit windier today but just as lovely

Goodbye August 🌿 and #helloSeptember! 🍂 (#HelenMcNicoll, September Evening, …

Weekly #sourdough

Someone had a bad case of the puppy sillies. #theyoungmaster

Call me Pebbles

Swim time with the wee man! #theyoungmaster

Well this is interesting! #faeries. Carnival Row

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

I’ve been going to GoodLife Fitness at Yonge and Dundas all these years and …

The Biggest Little Farm

The history of Hong Kong, visualized

Monday night is for pizza. Bacon, Broccoli, and Burst Tomatoes with Mozzarella …

The Muppet Show: Hugga Wugga

DINOSAUR means ‘terrible lizard’. TYRANNOSAURUS means ‘tyrant lizard’. …

Savoury Bread Pudding with Mushrooms, Kale, Merguez Sausage, and Four Cheeses …

A sparkly morning at the beach

The Physician #ibnsina #persia

I made braised and then fried pork belly today. Here’s a Pork Belly Taco with …

Men in Black: International

Yale's 'Happiness Class' Available Online For Free - Simplemost

A bit of late night giant pizza making because why not it’s already 27 degrees …

Watched the film last night. Watching the documentary about the film tonight. …

A group of snails is called a WALK. (via @HaggardHawks)

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. - OSCAR WILDE

Since we lost Richard Williams (Roger Rabbit, The Pink Panther) this week, I …

BUMMELLING is the act of leisurely wandering, or strolling purely for pleasure. …

A rather glorious morning at the beach.

Weekly #sourdough

Chicken Roasted with a Garlic, Lemon, Dijon, and Thyme Butter

Word of the day: SGIOMLAIREACHD (Scots Gaelic) - the kind of friend who tends to …

Whoa Black Betty Anagram Boat belt wacky Anagram Black Betty had a child Anagram …

The boy is thinking all the thoughts. #theyoungmaster

Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am …

A trip to beautiful Morningside Park with #theyoungmaster

A trip to beautiful Morningside Park with #theyoungmaster

A trip to beautiful Morningside Park with #theyoungmaster

Rembrandt’s contribution to #WorldElephantDay: he drew Hansken, the female Asian …

Looking NE from old Union Station, west of York St on Front St W, 1926. At …

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four

To DRIZZEN is to low like a cow. Figuratively, it can be used of the moaning …

To HINNIATE is to neigh like a horse. To ALLATRATE is to bark like a dog. To …

Changes in National Population, 10000 BCE to Present

I have a visitor today. #theyoungmaster

From the Department of Incredibly Strong Epigraphs (via @johnwilliamsnyt)

Weekly #sourdough

1. Carnitas, Broccoli, and Mozzarella 2. Pesto, Roasted Tomatoes, Broccoli, …

(via @exocomics)

A Black Lady Sketch Show | The Basic Ball (Full Sketch) | HBO

It’s time for... KUNG FU!!! Wu Assasins with Iko!!

VAVA - 我的新衣 My New Swag (Feat. Ty. and 王倩倩)

rhetoric (n.) early 14c., Latin rhetorice, from Greek rhētorike tekhnē …

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Duel (via @jakelikesonions)

It’s possible that someone (Ottley) got a chance to practice riding on the TTC …

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the …

The subdued twittering of flocks of birds ahead of a storm is called CHIRMING. …

Take everything as it comes; the wave passes, deal with the next one. - …

The History of the McLaughlin Planetarium | Old Toronto Series

Happy #SimcoeDay! In 1795 Lieut.-Gov. John Simcoe ordered the building of a …

Panzanella Salad for One with Cucumber, Tomato, Roasted Broccoli, Bocconcini, …

Avengers: Endgame

maida strawberries, painted by bertha heiges, 1897 (via @pomological)

America is a Gun by @brian_bilston

Twi-thought (19th century): a vague, indistinct thought that you might like to …

Weekly #sourdough

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Unnecessarily adding a word that is part of an acronym onto the end of the …

The 8 Different Types of Love according to the Ancient Greeks (via …

How to walk a human being - The Oatmeal

Word of the day: “aestivation”—the state of dormancy, torpor or retreat entered …

#August is named after the Roman emperor Augustus. This bronze head of Augustus …

Word of the day: “robust” - of ideas, people, structures, etc; resilient, …

The ANTELUCA is the period of night immediately before dawn, said to be the …

I love it when two wacky gym people find each other so they can mansplain to …

#InternationalTigerDay

A bit of a kitchen sink Khao Soi Noodle Soup with Chicken, Fish, Broccoli, …

🐅🐯 This fierce tiger was painted over 180 years ago by Japanese artist Gan Ku. …

Yellow Stripey Things (via @DustinKirkland)

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Jackie Chan’s breakout …

🐰🐇 Beatrix Potter was born #otd in 1866. She made these charming illustrations …

White Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberries and Blueberries #brunch

Panzanella Salad #brunch

French Tomato Tart with Goat Cheese #brunch

Weekly #sourdough. Making brunch for tomorrow so my place might be a bit warm …

Most people: It’s food, not love. Me: No. It’s love

The broad, rounded base of an egg is called the DOUP. If something is TOOM, …

The Man That Got Away feat. Billy Porter (From Pose)

Summer Coping Mechanisms (via @michellerial) My frosé is on this diagram …

A cheeky manhattan on a friday afternoon

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the …

The Bone Season

Word of the day: FLYPE (Scottish) – to roll your socks up in pairs. (via …

A PUPPY was originally just a small dog or lapdog, and in that sense derives …

The Lion King Recap

outlander strawberries, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1907 (via …

Here’s the whole poem: Sometimes Mary Oliver Something came up out of the …

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. - …

A fox’s tail is called a BRUSH. A rabbit’s tail is called a SCUT. A deer’s tail …

The exclamation mark is thought to have developed from a Latin expression, …

Field Guide for Dogs (via @DoodleForFood)

Tapas with the delicious Doris

Cocktails with the delightful Doris

Word of the day: "whelm" - to overturn or capsize a hollow vessel (a boat, a …

A beautiful morning’s walk with #theyoungmaster.

Rembrandt was born #otd in 1606. He is considered one of the most influential …

Word of the day: BLAUMACHEN (German) - to skip work for no good reason. The term …

Alita: Battle Angel

Yes, I made Leftover Sourdough French Toast Grilled Cheese with Tomatoes and …

I’m sure somewhere there’s a yardarm and I’m sure the sun is over it. …

...in which Lucky and Ottley attempt to play #unsuccessful

...in which Lucky and Ottley attempt to play

I have a couple of visitors today! #Lucky #theyoungmaster

POGONOTROPHY is the process of growing a beard. (via @HaggardHawks)

Sourdough French Toast with a Strawberry-Cherry Compote and Maple Syrup

MAWAAN - Mango (Official Video)

Welcome to the 1928 City of Toronto. Population: 778,498. (via @oldTOseries …

Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro was born #onthisday in 1830. Known mainly …

Meaning ‘to stop talking’ or ‘to fall silent’, the expression PIPE DOWN derives …

Not only does this delightful creature snore like a buzz-saw, he also sleeps with his eyes open and twitches. ❤ #Lucky (Come to think of it, I probably do too but nobody’s filming me - I hope.)

In this 1803 sketch, the lake came up to Front St, which at that time "fronted" …

Not only does this delightful creature snore like a buzz-saw, he also sleeps …

I’m on a Marple-mission! Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! Master of the Flying Guillotine

chipman strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1914 (via @pomological) …

These two were pretty pooped after the beach. #Lucky #theyoungmaster

A beautiful (and much cooler) morning at the beach.

Word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs; Ancient Greek) - unfit to endure the …

This movie is objectively terrible and I am here for it! Jupiter Ascending

dandelion by @robgmacfarlane and @jackiemorrisartist, from The Lost Words

Word of the day: "nefelibata" –– literally a "cloud-walker"; that is, a …

British Museum launches guided tours of LGBTQ treasures | Culture | The Guardian

That face, tho! #Lucky

Pollen (via @twisteddoodles)

Leash Management Level: Advanced

This delightful creature is softly snoring after making the blanket into a …

This delightful creature is softly snoring after making the blanket into a …

Wow! They’ve tried to re-create what Hong Kong might have looked like in 1905. …

Today there was the weekly #sourdough and a roast chicken but it’s getting too …

It’s time for... (Canada Day) KUNG FU!!! Bodyguards and Assassins

#July is named after Julius Caesar! The Roman general was born in 100 BC in the …

The Bizarre History of O Canada | Canadiana

The secret language of trees - Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard | TedEd

Fighting with My Family

A Savoury Kale and Chicken Sausage Bread Pudding with Welsh Cheddar for …

The water is still rather high!

A beautiful day at Ashbridges

The Rose Playhouse

OED Word of the Day on the 50th anniversary of Stonewall: riot, n. A violent …

Lemon or lime juice can cause a chemical burn if it makes contact with the skin …

Milk & Sugar & Andrey Exx - Riding High (Official Video) - YouTube

So, Gutenberg Didn't Actually Invent the Printing Press | Literary Hub

Time to get down to some serious business 🎶 Thanks @charlespavia! #NPAP …

We thought this might be some sort of kingfisher. It was staring into the …

The Lilly Pond @ Evergreen Brick Works

Sometimes dog wrangling is rather difficult...

A rather gorgeous bike rack

Holding the Man

1. Spicy Roasted Tomato, Spinach, and Za’atar Chicken with Mozzarella 2. Pesto, …

Weekly #sourdough

This is what Saturday morning looks like at my place. #miseenplace

☀ Today is the #SummerSolstice – the longest day of the year in the Northern …

Word of the (Solstice) day: "grimmelings", also "grimplins", "grimlins"––the …

Though self-taught, rural painter #HomerWatson (1855-1936) is praised for being …

Coined by Edgar Allen Poe, an IMP OF THE PERVERSE is an urge to do the wrong …

Paper measuring 8½ × 13½ inches is known as FOOLSCAP paper because it was …

How Almonds Went From Deadly To Delicious : The Salt : NPR

Mushroom and Chicken Hot and Sour Soup with Oyster, King Oyster, Shitake …

Derek at the Men’s Health Clinic - The Catherine Tate Show - BBC Comedy

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! Shadow

Braised and Crisp Fried Pork Belly in Ssamjang with Pickled Broccoli Stems, …

#thislookspromising

Captain Fantastic

1. Pesto, Broccoli, and Mushroom with Goat Cheese 2. Roasted Garlic, Tomato, …

Those stuffed eggplant were so good, I made them again! Eggplant Stuffed with …

Weekly #sourdough - back to a tried and true method after a couple of weeks of …

Riding the “Honeymoon Special” at Hanlan’s Point, Toronto Islands, #OTD Jun 14, …

Years Before Stonewall, a Chef Published the First Gay Cookbook - Gastro Obscura

naranja alotonilco oranges, painted by bertha heiges, 1904 (via @pomological) …

Seahorse #stronglanguage

#OTD, 90 years ago, the Royal York opened its doors for the first time in 1929. …

Brené Brown on Empathy

“Empathy” is a fairly young word, arising in English in 1908. It was adapted …

A trove of Caribbean history - AGO Art MattersAGO Art Gallery of Ontario

A group of peacocks is called an ostentation. (via @qikipedia)

Another Lemon and Herb Braise-Roasted Spatchcock Chicken with Asparagus right …

Until 1979, Sweden classified homosexuality as a mental illness. That year, …

Prairie Pride: How Winnipeg became a hub of queer history | CBC Radio

‘Please Sir, I want some more’ Charles Dickens died #onthisday in 1870. This …

Peruse 800 French and British Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Online

Mega Time Squad

1. Pesto, Roasted Tomatoes, Kale, and Charred Shishito Peppers with Bocconcini …

For #WorldOceansDay we’re looking at Paterson Ewen’s majestic and monstrous …

75 years ago today: D-Day. Canadians landing on Juno Beach. Of the first 11 men …

The etymological march of ‘pride’ | OxfordWords blog

Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary - The New York Times

Happy Heterosexual Pride Day

CATCHLIGHT - the little gleam of reflected light in the eye of someone in a …

Samy Nour Younes: A short history of trans people's long fight for equality | TED Talk

Wells For Boys - SNL

The word pupil (of the eye), is from the Latin ‘pupilla’, meaning ‘little doll’ …

In 18th century English, a FLIPPERTY-FLOP was someone who looked awkward or …

A little Korean Rice Bowl with Braised and Crisped Pork Belly, Chicken, Stir …

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! (and vampires) - Vampire Cleanup Department

Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts

Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts

#thislookspromising

Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your own …

One could think of it as throwing one’s back out or one could think of it as a …

#June is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth. This …

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According to a 2013 study by the University of Reading, these 23 …

Born on this day in 1897 🎈 West Coast painter #JockMacdonald is known as the …

Jim Henson with creatures from The Dark Crystal (via @41Strange)

[wpvideo 3oDqJhEb ] #currentmood

@charlespavia got me all excited about the new series and I had to watch the …

A VAGARIAN is someone given to whimsical thoughts or daydreams. (via …

Mary Queen of Scots #whatdidyoucallme?

Word of the Day: LAZY-LIZARD (n.) a slothful, idle person [17C] (via …

"It was that Serbian business, wasn't it? Serbia, when that chap was shot." …

Today’s Pizzas: 1. Tomato Sauce, Broken Meatballs, Shiitake Mushrooms, and King …

More of my Korean-ish Miso, Mushroom, Tofu, and Kimchi Soup with Chilli Sesame …

“Drag” in the sense of “drag queen” or “to dress in drag,” might come from the …

What has turned out to a lovely day at the beach! @ Cherry Beach Off Leash Dog Park

Best New Made-Up German Words in Benn Schott’s Schottenfreude | The New Republic

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! ...and PENCAK SILAT!! ...and MUAY THAI!! Triple …

I was feeling nostalgic at the Chinese grocery and had to pick some of this …

Miso and Mushroom Soup with Tofu and Kimchi and dressed with Green Onions, …

How about a bit of Doris Day? Lover Come Back

Postcards from London

1. Bolognese Sauce, Kale, and Broccoli with Mozzarella 2. Garlic Yogurt Spinach …

Sometimes I think prep might be my favourite part. #miseenplace

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | The New Yorker

Happy birthday, A.J. Casson! 🎂🥳 Born in 1898, Casson is known for his …

Because of their high potassium content, bananas are faintly radioactive. The …

Another lovely morning at the beach with #theyoungmaster

Word of the Day: JIMFOOZLE (v.) to fool, to utterly confuse (via @HaggardHawks)

In 1816, the United States built a fort to protect itself from invasion by …

kludgy, adj. - Made or designed in an awkward, makeshift, or haphazard manner; …

#theyoungmaster had absolutely no reaction to the rather booming thunder and …

Mary Delany was born #otd in 1700. Her stunning works are often mistaken for …

bon chretien de vernois pears, painted by royal charles steadman, 1918 (via …

It was fuh-reezing at the beach today and someone let me know by shivering …

Word of the day: REALSATIRE (German) - a real event that seems like it should be …

Some late-in-the-weekend pizzas: 1. Tomato Sauce, Mushroom, and Meatball with …

I’m watching Fossee/Verdon so I figured I’d better watch Damn Yankees!

Shakshuka For One with the meatballs and tomato sauce I made yesterday, feta, …

In Greek, the phrase “it’s all Greek to me” is “Αυτά μου …

Isn't It Romantic

In 18th-century Russia all bearded men were required by law to wear a medallion …

The word BEAR comes from an ancient Germanic root literally meaning ‘brown …

Seasoning Greetings!

Golden Spiral #theyoungmaster

A rather spectacular morning’s walk with #theyoungmaster

Someone is visiting me and he’s brought a cuddle friend. #theyoungmaster

I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that …

The @agotoronto along Dundas street in 1923. c/o Toronto Public Library. (via …

A PETARD is a small explosive device that was once used to blow up walls and …

Word of the #FolkloreThursday: “glamour” - to enchant or bewitch; a magic spell …

In the 1880s and 1890s, ‘dude’ was another word for ‘dandy’. In 1888, the …

It’s not jello! (Well, it’s sorta jello.) This is the chicken stock made from …

Mushroom and Chicken Noodle Soup with Lime and Cilantro dressed with Sherry …

1st painting by a woman (Mary Hasting Meyer) ever purchased by the city. The …

Spatchcocked Braise-Roasted Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Thyme

RESISTENTIALISM is the belief that inanimate objects can display malice or …

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE is a term for hitting a malfunctioning object until it …

For brunch today, Culturally Confused Tacos with Korean Chicken, Mango, …

This happy puppy is almost 2,000 years old 🐕 It was made in China between the …

And yet more pizzas: 1. Pesto, Kale, and Mushroom with Fresh Mozzarella 2. …

I don’t feel up to making tortillas. Store-bought it is! 🌮

Weekly #sourdough. My counters and table are full of in-progress cooking so the …

#maythe4thbewithyou (via @brian_bilston)

#currentmood [Bosch, Temptation of St. Anthony]

#stronglanguage (via @stronglang)

#theyoungmaster still hasn’t quite figured out how to lambchop.

Oh, you know. Just a day, like any other, in ol’ Hogtown.

The SCUNTHORPE PROBLEM is the unintentional blocking of websites or email …

The Comma Queen and the Internet's Copy Chief on What Matters to a Copyeditor | Literary Hub

I got a new sticker for my iPad!

#May is named after the Greek goddess Maia. This 1791 print is a representation …

The AIRT-O’-THE-CLICKY is an old Scots word for a walker’s or wayfarer’s …

Incredible Video Shows What Kung Fu Looks like From Space

Alright. I seem to have ventured into an E.M. Forster moment, possibly as a …

The expression ‘read the riot act’ refers to a genuine Act of Parliament passed …

Sometimes, a certain someone does not wish to leave the park and mounts the most …

A bit of Cary Grant in the afternoon? Yes, please! Charade

A HOUSEDOVE is someone who likes to stay at home. (via @HaggardHawks)

#OTD in 1813 at 4pm: U.S. forces officially take possession of York (#Toronto). …

This is getting to be a habit! 1. Tomato, pulled pork, and fresh cheese 2. …

#OTD 1813 | The U.S. Army & Navy attacked York (Toronto) arriving on 14 …

On Apr 27, 1813, #otd, 1,700 American soldiers and sailors land on the shores …

Stereo MCs - Step It Up

The ‘alveary' is the hollow bit of your ear. It’s from the Latin alvearium, a …

tane nashi (shibu) persimmons, painted by m. strange, 1914 #oldfruitpictures …

The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to …

‘One can’t be angry when one looks at a Penguin’ In 1860, English art critic …

Stop and smell the tulips. Queens Park tulip beds, ca. 1912. Photo: William …

CLINCHPOOP is a 16th century word for a vulgar, uncouth man. ‘The Institucion …

The dragon slain by St George is traditionally said to have been called ‘Old …

Shakespeare was likely born #otd in 1564 – he also died on this day in 1616 📜🎭 …

So... My Internet is out at home and I’m at a friend’s place watching Netflix. …

It’s a bit hard to tell where Lambchop leaves off and Ottley begins! …

Yonge St. looking north from Queen St., #Toronto, about 1890. (via …

To QUIDDLE is to busy oneself with unimportant tasks to avoid more important …

It’s time for...KUNG FU!! Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

Impressionist painter #HelenMcNicoll’s pastel palette for #EasterSunday. 🌸🐣 …

A little Easter lunch: Herb Encrusted Lamb Loin Chops, Roasted Asparagus, and …

The Kid Who Would Be King

...and a couple of pizzas. To be honest, I make pizza to finish up stuff that’s …

Weekly #sourdough

#OTD 115 years ago, Toronto woke up to discover the city in ruins, 125 …

Hot Cross Buns (which, btw, Siri always hears as “Hot Crossbones”)

Three kinds of dough on the go.

#OTD 1943, the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up to prevent their …

Is the Christian holiday of Easter named after a pagan goddess? | OxfordWords blog

I can (via @theoatmeal)

Word of the #FolkloreThursday: “uncanny” - of a landscape, person, encounter, …

Now that I’ve finished my Game of Thrones marathon, I can get back to other TV. …

This is what I’m dealing with today. #theyoungmaster

Word of the day: ELEVENTY (19th century) - a very large, indefinite number, it …

Jarvis Collegiate Institute was established #OTD Apr 16, 1807 following …

Word of the day: BUSU-KAWA (Japanese) - so ugly it’s cute (via @qikipedia)

VERNALAGNIA is a romantic mood brought on by the return of spring. (via …

Leonardo da Vinci was born #otd in 1452. He’s known for his extraordinary …

The paragraph symbol, ¶, is properly called a PILCROW. (via @HaggardHawks)

Alex Gendler: The wars that inspired Game of Thrones | TED Talk

More pizzas! 1. Pesto, Roasted Tomato, and Fresh Mozzarella 2. Tomato Sauce, …

The History of Ontario Place

The Museum of Endangered Sounds [bit.ly/LLpXME](http://bit.ly/LLpXME)

Some floral beauty in English: ‘anemone’ is from the Greek for ‘daughter of the …

Wholesale Fruit Market, east side of Yonge St, south of Front St, ca. 1950. …

The black spot in this image is larger in diameter than our solar system. It …

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get …

Word of the day: 시발비용 (Korean slang) - “fuck it expense”, a small …

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks

"#VimyRidge from Souchez Valley" (1918) by #GroupofSeven member and WWI …

How big were mobile phones in the old days? Big | Considerable

King St. #Toronto looking west to Bay St, 1900. Visible are Cawthra House + …

Origin of the day: taking something ‘with a grain/pinch of salt’ comes from the …

A few Mini Meatloaves with, duh, Ketchup and Worcestershire Glaze.

A bit of French Onion Soup topped with a Fried Egg for breakfast

#thislookspromising

Weekly #sourdough. Same dough, slightly different method.

A couple of pizzas: * Kale and Lap Cheong Sausage with Eggs, Fresh Cheese, and …

Research has shown that the act of walking through a doorway causes us to forget …

I wasn’t feeling so great on the weekend so I made myself a comforting savoury …

The German expression ‘Klappe zu, Affe tot’ is used to mean ‘that’s that’, or …

I am embarking on a (possibly foolish) marathon. I don’t expect to finish …

This is what I’m dealing with today. #theyoungmaster #hedgehoglove

Curella DeVos | Randy Rainbow

#April takes its name from the Latin word ‘aperire’, which means ‘to open’ – …

This is the Day | The The

To our trans family, We see you. We stand with you. We love you. …

Transgender: Back to Jamaica | BBC Newsbeat - YouTube

Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder

This print, ‘The sleep of reason produces monsters’, was made by Spanish artist …

To ‘give someone the cold shoulder’ is thought to come from the 19th century, …

Modern French Cuisine Curated Dinner

More of that Pork Khao Soi Noodle Soup, now with Kale and Poached Egg

Elimination Diet (via @michellerial)

The Meuller Blues | Randy Rainbow

50-70% of Germans have reportedly experienced Frühjahrsmüdigkeit - a …

A STEREOTYPE was originally a printing plate that could be used to duplicate …

There’s a bit of #sourdough frankensteining going on. I’m attempting to make a …

The etymology of pasta (via @etymology_nerd)

Mary Poppins Returns

Lemon, Poppy Seed, and Olive Oil Cake

This is a Lime and Poppy Seed Olive Oil Cake for @doodlesruletoronto’s birthday …

Pork Khao Soi with Shanghai Noodles, Broccoli, and Carrots topped with Egg …

Weekly #sourdough

The heart of Toronto’s financial district in about 1914. Staring waaaaaay down …

Not sure if it’s breakfast or lunch but it’s definitely Shakshuka.

Haiku #298610 - @brian_bilston #worldpoetryday

“Little Dog’s Rhapsody in the Night” by Mary Oliver from Dog Songs

It’s #WorldPoetryDay 🧾✏ This Chinese scroll was painted by Ma Hezhi in the 12th …

The Sneeze Ah . . ah . . ah . . ah . . ah Ah . . ah . . ah . . ah . . ah . . ah …

Lamb Shepherd’s Pie (this is where those lamb shanks went)

It’s the #FirstDayOfSpring! 🌻🌷🌼🌹 Artist Mary Delany created 985 of these …

True Facts: The Bolas Spider

Google Earth game challenges players to find Carmen Sandiego

#OTD 1914 | The @ROMtoronto opens its doors to the public at 3pm. It originally …

Triple Ginger Guinness Gingerbread with Caramel Sauce. Sugar-coma to follow.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade was banned in Toronto for more than 100 years. …

red canada apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916 (via @pomological)

On my way home from lunch, I was reminded of this gorgeous addition to the …

Lunch with Dale!

Paddy not Patty (via @twisteddoodles)

Thought I’d better make something in honour of St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s a …

A green painting by Ontario-born artist #PegiNicolMacLeod (1904-1949) on the …

Bohemian Rhapsody Out of Context (via @michellerial)

Cherry Beach - March 17, 2019

Savory Lamb Swirl Buns, thanks to @abrowntable

Weekly #sourdough

#thislookspromising (beautiful lamb shanks from @thehealthybutcher)

Answers Magazine (1890) is cracking me up! (via @VictorianHumour)

I should note that all three of us are watching @rupaulsdragrace here. …

The Kaylee and Ottley Show Goes to Ian’s House

‘Dirt’ was originally ‘drit’. By a process know as metathesis the ‘i’ and ‘r’ …

Words of the day: "Ides of March"––the day in the Roman calendar corresponding …

watching television (via @wronghands1)

This Victorian list of irritating people has aged remarkably well! - Answers …

The FEYNMAN POINT is a series of six consecutive 9s in the 762nd-767th decimal …

the news (via @twisteddoodles)

Prayer for a Slow News Day - @brian_bilston

Tahini and Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies (via @theboywhobakes) #stevehasnickedone …

Am I overthinking this? by @michellerial, who now has a book coming out! …

...and after our walk, we relax. 🐶 🐕 #thekayleeandottleyshow

This is my afternoon. 🐶🐕 The Kaylee and Ottley Show

This is my afternoon. 🐶🐕

The dictionary has not been kind to those in politics. From centuries past it …

A couple of pizzas: * spicy tomato, mushroom, and fresh mozzarella * pesto, …

smile! (via @lizclimo)

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

Rather rough seas (lake) at Cherry Beach, 2019

Weekly #sourdough

Nightflyers (1987) - I just finished the tv series based on George R. R. …

Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead tonight, Toronto! Old City Hall clock …

Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India @ Royal Ontario Museum

Here’s Helen playing a rousing round of Where’s Rama?

It’s off to the ROM for Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of …

Lunch with the hedonistic Helen! @ The Host

Word of the day: “horizon” - the visible line dividing earth or sea from sky; …

International #WomensDay celebrates women. Jane Rule was a gay rights advocate …

This coin from 300–285 BC is inscribed ‘Queen Amastris’ – the first woman to …

HE'S IN LOVE (and we're all gonna die) - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

A HELLUO LIBRORUM—literally a ‘book glutton’—is someone with an insatiable …

Never try to keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. - Quentin …

A Brief History of Brexit for Americans

City of Toronto in 1834. Watercolour map produced by Ethel G.A. Foster for the …

Michelangelo was born #otd in 1475. This portrait depicts Andrea Quaratesi, who …

#OTD 1834 | The Town of York is incorporated into the City of Toronto! Third …

Horse trough-drinking fountain at College St and Spadina Ave, 1899. Photo: City …

Toronto in 1834, looking west. Plan published by Jas Timberlake, 1834 …

Climax's Best Scene [HD]- Mindblowing Opening Dance Number! - YouTube

It’s #PancakeDay! 🥞 Rembrandt shows a crowd eagerly awaiting pancakes in this …

Word of the day: “Minerva” - the Roman goddess of wisdom, often …

alazony, n. Failure to recognize irony, esp. due to arrogance, misplaced …

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

A Guide to Animal Noises (via @twisteddoodles)

More food with @julius_caron

Thierry Mugler @ Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

Leonard Cohen looms large in Montréal

A little take-out Portuguese chicken sandwich should hit the spot!

Thierry Mugler Exhibit opening day

Finally got to the hotel. Work is done at last!

This is my first time flying Porter. It’s quite nice!

#March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war ⚡ The Roman calendar …

I just realized that I like this photo of #theyoungmaster very much. I just …

Documentary Now - Original Cast Album: Co-Op #iamdying

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As the name of a type of sealed savoury pastry, the earliest record of the word …

Word of the day: EMOGINAL - expressing complex emotions through emojis. (via …

Tahini Shortbread Cookies with Salted Honey Ganache (I’m feeling the pressure …

Chloe "Cocktail"

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ! That’s the most remarkable word I’ve ever seen! (via …

Kingdom #koreanperiodzombie

CREMNOPHOBIA is the fear of precipices. (via @HaggardHawks)

Lemon Polenta Cake soaked in a sweet lemon syrup

Lemon Polenta Cake, currently soaking in a lemon syrup

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Gougères #pâteàchoux #pipingpractice

#thislookspromising

Weekly #sourdough

True Facts: The Lemur

Jackie Shane, live At The Sapphire Tavern on Richmond Street East, Toronto, 1967

Jackie Shane, pioneering transgender soul singer, May 15, 1940 - February 22, …

Jackie Shane - Walking The Dog - 1965

Look! A super handy toast chart for #NationalToastDay ! I'm definitely an E5, …

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty …

BORDER LIES - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

What the Dog Saw - Malcolm Gladwell

Word of the day: FIGNATURE- a signature done on a touchscreen with your finger. …

Yup! More cookies... because... cookies! Spicy Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’m spending Family Day alone, as I do, but I’m making good use of my time. …

Michelangelo died #otd in 1564. During his life, he was often called ‘il …

Interestingly, this is exactly how i eat noodles.

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has died. Here's what it gave humanity.

Ralph Breaks the Internet

I like my men like I like my chocolate: rich, dark, and in heart boxers (and …

Savoury Bread Pudding with Kale, Turkey Sausage, Mushrooms, and a whole lotta Gruyère

Word of the day: HYPPYTYYNYTYYDYTYS (Finnish) - bouncy cushion satisfaction (via …

Weekly #sourdough

Pork Red Curry Noodle Soup with Broccoli, Red Peppers, and Egg Ribbons

Heritage Minutes: Flags

Happy #FlagDay! The new “Maple Leaf”, raised for the first time on Parliament …

Secret valentines at the office

Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics. I am neither particularly fidgety nor …

Twelve horse team pulling a snow sweeper, 1891. #TTC fonds (via …

Impressionism in the Age of Industry @ The Art Gallery of Ontario

Cocktails, snacks, and jam

Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread (this is how I deal with bad …

#thislookspromising

The Coloured Corps was militia company of Black men raised during the …

Two boys pulling a sled of firewood, 1925-35 | Oil on canvas by Finnish artist …

To FLATCH is to walk clumsily. (via @HaggardHawks) #stoptryingtomakeflatchhappen

Stephen Fry on Race, Ancestry, and the Invention of Chess

In the 19th century, bumblebees were instead known as HUMBLEBEES. (via …

Mushrooms and Tofu with Baby Bok Choy

To Do List by @brian_bilston

Weekly #sourdough

The lake is completely frozen out to the Spit.

Word of the Day: CUNCTATOR (n.) someone given to procrastination or delaying …

Philosopher Bertrand Russell's Indispensable Advice on 'How to Grow Old'

If at first you don’t succeed... (via @twisteddoodles)

ready for the party? (via @lizclimo)

A SNIRT is a snorting noise made when trying to suppress a laugh. To do …

‘The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows of his tail’—or originally, …

Dinner with the delicious Doris

Happy Lunar New Year! 101 years ago, Chinese labour battalions in France during …

38 years ago today, Toronto Police arrested 286 people after raiding four gay …

Good news at last: the world isn’t as horrific as you think | Hans Rosling | World news | The Guardian

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone! 恭喜發財!

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone! 恭喜發財!

Purl | Pixar SparkShorts

Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra program starring Portia White, 1945 | Portia …

I’m making Chicken Adobo for Lunar New Year. I did a practice run today and, …

Word of the day: FLENCH - when it looks like the weather will improve and …

Winter’s Cave

Polar Vortex Alien Landscape

On this #superbowl Sunday, here’s a superb owl for you. 🦉🏈 This sleepy owl was …

The Bopping Dead

Pre-show dinner

If you’re opting for snudging in bed or on a sofa all day, you might like the …

Groundhog sees Jungian shadow, predicts everlasting winter of the soul - The Beaverton

Breakfast with the merry Mark!

Word of the day: "Candlemas" - ancient Christian festival held annually on 2nd …

#February is named after ‘Februa’, the Roman purification festival. This print …

How climate change is behind this week's extreme cold snap | CBC News

MURG is a Scots dialect word for a heavy fall of snow. As a verb, it can be …

Toronto Bay, 1835 by John Howard | The frozen lake featuring skaters, …

I gave myself a little present. (via @jimbobart) #formefromme

Sea otters tie themselves in seaweed before they fall asleep on the ocean …

One Cut of the Dead

The Old Man & the Gun

‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ Lewis Carroll, author of ‘Alice’s Adventures in …

Weekly #sourdough, with a whole lot of chocolate chip cookies in the back.

Susanne Bartsch: On Top

LA-TRICE ROY-ALE #thatisall

I have a visitor for the evening! #theyoungmaster

Veggie Bi Bim Bap with Carrots, Zucchini, Swiss Chard, and Mushrooms topped …

A bit of veggie mise-en-place. I especially like rough-julienning carrots and …

This is not far from the truth...

City of Toronto launches online street art map to showcase the city's outdoor art

Chinese New Year – The Bucket – Apple

Robert Burns statue, Allan Gardens, 1936. Photo: James Salmon collection. …

Robert Burns never called himself Rabbie or Robbie (though he did occasionally …

Word of the (Burns) Day: "sleekit" - smooth, glossy (Scots). "Wee, sleekit, …

The Roman emperor Hadrian was born #otd in AD 76. Made around AD 130, this …

Red riding hood (via @twisteddoodles)

Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets

Queen Victoria passed away #OTD 1901, ending a 64-year reign on the throne. Her …

While thinking about the price of walls and such, I was reminded that our names …

What does one do when it's -35C? Why, one attempts @TheBoyWhoBakes' Best Ever …

The Family Fang

Whatcha doin’?

In a 2003 poll, one third of American visitors to Scotland believed that the …

Word of the day: BED-FAVOURITE (19th century slang) - a person who is (perhaps …

Weekly #sourdough

It’s that time of year again. ❄️❄️❄️ #AlexColville, January, 1971 (via …

Percy Wakes Me - Mary Oliver

Winnie-the-Pooh author A A Milne was born #otd in 1882. Milne’s famous …

In his 1865 work ‘Lessons in Elocution’, the American author Allen A Griffith …

The poet Mary Oliver died today. Her poetry spoke — with a calm & tender …

@meganmorrone suggested that we could all learn a lot about each other if we …

Word of the day: "wassail" - to drink, carouse, sing, raise fire & be of …

Founded by Bishop Strachan #OTD January 15, 1852, we opened our doors at our …

#OTD Jan 15, 1852, @Trinity_College opens in what is now @TrinityBellwood Park, …

My little pizza con patate e rosmarino with smoked salmon

The Trip to Spain

Roastin’ ma bones #ahem

A genetically modified houseplant could suck up dangerous indoor air pollution | CBC Radio

THERE IS NOTHIN' LIKE A WALL - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Happy 164th birthday to Kitchener-born landscape painter #HomerWatson, whose …

A rather moody morning at the lake with the dogs

Word of the day: DOG-GIVEN - addicted to (playing with) dogs (via @qikipedia)

From 1913 to 1942, Arthur Gehrke of Watertown, Wisconsin went to bed in November …

Weekly #sourdough

The lovely "Lady Agnew of Lochnaw" by John Singer Sargent. @NatGalleriesSco …

A quite minimal, rather Roman pizza con patate

“An Out-of-Doors Study” by John Singer Sargent. @brooklynmuseum (via …

CAT FEATHERS, FUR BABIES, HOUSE MOSS and WHORE’S WOOL are all old nicknames for …

Twelve horse team pulling a snow sweeper, 1891. #TTC fonds (via …

Kermit the Frog - Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime”

Word of the day: "portmanteau" - a term in which "two meanings [are] packed up …

The magic lantern was an early projector, used to show large images for …

#ermahgerd #brb

Our intrepid adventurer takes what I think is his second ride on the TTC - there …

…and the @HaggardHawks Word of Year for 2018 is… IPSEDIXITISM - …

‘Sleep, you black-eyed pig. Fall into a deep pit of ghosts’ - ICELANDIC LULLABY …

Painting a flagpole in 1907, looking west down Front from Yonge. Bottom left, …

Ink,Mountains and Mystery by NetEase Games

The word CLUE derives from ‘clew’, an Old English word for a ball of string. It …

It’s time for... PENCAK SILAT!! Headshot

The popular image of ninjas dressed in all-black costumes comes from kuroko — …

Joseph Ducreux (1735 –1802) was a French painter who is known primarily for his …

Eat your words – Strong Language

Also, weekly #sourdough

A couple of pizzas: Tomato, ground pork, spinach, and mozzarella Pesto, lap …

The German word VORFÜHREFFEKT—literally, ‘the demonstration effect’—refers to a …

The Old Mill Bridge in 1900, back when cows were still a familiar sight along …

90 years ago, David Milne returned to Canada, settling in the Temagami region. …

DEBT was originally spelled ‘dete’ in Middle English. The silent B was …

All the toys on the couch! #theyoungmaster

Download Hundreds of Japanese Fireworks Illustrations from the 1800s

Because the sum of its divisors (1 + 3 + 673) is less than the number itself, …

Scones with proper Cornish clotted cream and jam

How to start an email (via @michellerial)

Lemon Sourdough Scones for a happy new year!

This poem is my reality today. (via @brian_bilston)

2018

Three Mushroom Longevity Soup with Carrot, Broccoli, Tofu, and Soft Boiled Egg …

#thislookspromising #miseenplace

“Improving” some stock from my freezer with some vegetable cuttings and a bunch …

The Canadian Who Changed The Way Americans Celebrate New Year's Eve — The Canadiana Project

dog resolutions

It’s time for... you guessed it... KUNG FU!! The Avenging Eagle

Making a bit of Chilli Oil

Old Union Station, 1907. Photo: William James (via @TorontoArchives)

“Oh, I’m like a chess master - I’m always thinking at least five meals ahead!” - …

Is Eggnog Sourdough French Toast a good idea? #itis Could I wait to eat it? …

Earlier in December, astronomers discovered the most distant object in the …

GOOD THOUGHTS in time for the season of bad and stupid advice x (via @rubyetc)

The Spanish proverb ‘no por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano’ is a reminder …

The word ambisinistrous is the opposite of ambidextrous; it means ‘no good with …

anatomy of New Year’s (via @wrong.hands)

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

I feel like the city might be trying to gaslight me when it comes to crossing …

Nothing Like a Dame

If you’re SLOOMY then you’re sleepy or sluggish. (via @HaggardHawks)

Bad Times at the El Royale

Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test | TED Talk

Apple Rolls Out 6 Free Audiobooks Narrated by Celebrities | iPhone in Canada Blog

Boxing Day in 1971 was crowded and according to the law at the time, illegal as …

Sorry to Bother You

Pop Culture Gargoyles Hidden in Gothic Architecture - Atlas Obscura

To OVERQUAT is to eat too much food. (via @HaggardHawks) #shutup

Christmas cookie shapes

Oh, Eaton’s Christmas Catalogue 1904 and 1906, what is happening here? …

Who’s a pretty Polly? Who’s a pretty bird? Why, Templeton J. Turkey! That’s …

All cooking done by 4:30pm and out the door by 5. Now I’m enjoying a glass of …

Remember the Night

A hand-made #Christmas card by Group of Seven painter #AJCasson (via …

High Park toboggan runs, Christmas Day, ca. 1910. Photo: William James (via …

Templeton J. Turkey ready for action!

Kringle Dingle HotHam! [bit.ly/2CAdBZz](http://bit.ly/2CAdBZz)

YULE-CRUSH (18th-century) is a vast Christmas feast and a YULE-HOLE is the hole …

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. (I couldn’t resist this completely weird …

Cherry Beach, Christmas Eve, 2018

One of two Clementine Almond Cakes. It smells heavenly in here. #tobeiced

Feeling festive

Baron - It’s Christmas

Christmas in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Well, that’s certainly festive! Boiling clementines for two hours so they can …

Vegetable Lasagna - ready for construction, with layers of tomato sauce, …

Weekly #sourdough #giveawayedition

They’re always so cute before they go into the oven! #sourdough

A visit with Santa, #OTD Dec 23, 1925. Photo: John H. Boyd, @globeandmail …

Well, Templeton J. Turkey has started dry-brining, I’ve got a tomato sauce going …

I didn’t know this was a Guillermo del Toro joint! Trollhunters: Tales of …

Word of the day should you need it is ‘apanthropy’: a love of solitude and a …

A TENTER is a wooden frame over which fabric is stretched so that it keeps its …

American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on this date in 1960. This is …

Today is the #WinterSolstice – the shortest day of the year in the northern …

Words of the day: “winter solstice” - the shortest day, today, when the sun …

Triple Ginger Cookies #somebodystopme

The 12 Days of Christmas – A Tale of Avian Misery

Walking in a window wonderland: A brief history of Toronto’s department-store Christmas displays | TVO.org

Naughty or Nice | Glove and Boots | Puppets | Videos for Kids

The moon is…full. The trees not only stand in the air, but also checker the …

Toffee Cookies with Dark Chocolate Glaze, Pecans, and Salt Flakes

Welcome to The Cookie Department. My name is Ian and I am a cookie nutter.

The opposite of Stockholm Syndrome is LIMA SYNDROME, in which hostage-takers …

Next cookie: a batch of brown sugar cookies, ready to be iced and nutted …

Look at that! A mid-week vegetable lasagna!

A little word origin for the day: the dot above the letters i and j is called a …

Next cookie: Lemon Poppyseed

Evening glow #laneway #dogwalks

Today is the BIRTHDAY of Henrietta Muir Edwards! Edwards is known for being one …

During the Gold Rush, the native Tlingit people on Admiralty Island in SE …

Here’s that delightful Chinese-Canadian short film I mentioned, Bao. …

Slavery Abolition Act, 1833 | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Word of the day: "brumation" - the condition of torpor & sluggishness …

Some proper Scottish shortbread - crumbly, almost brittle. #butter

SERENDIPITY derives from ‘Serendip’, the Persian name for Sri Lanka. Horace …

butter #justsayin

Remember the Night #barbarastanwyck

I’m a sucker for old Christmas movies. #noyouresentimental #shutup

Of course, the Christmas tree can’t go up before Dad’s birthday. I used to …

I have started my Christmas movie watching after my dad’s birthday (December …

Of course I had to find out a bit more about the Yule Lads! Gleðileg jól!

According to Icelandic folklore, households are visited by thirteen Yule Lads, …

Seamus Heaney contributed a brilliant poem to ‘Hockney’s Alphabet’ “G as in …

I have a visitor! #theyoungmaster

The word TRAGEDY literally means ‘goat song’. It is thought that the word refers …

My Christmas List

Egypt unveils 'one of a kind,' 4,400-year-old tomb | CBC News

This is what Toronto postcards looked like in the early 1900s

Company Christmas Dinner

#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is by Maurice sendak for his 1984 interpretation of …

Definitely try to see this sweet little Chinese-Canadian Pixar animated short …

The Riddle-Master of Hed

Christmas crackers were originally sold in England under their French name …

Needles by @brian_bilston

Bridging the Don: The Prince Edward Viaduct – City of Toronto

Aha! The truth is out!

A handy tip from Very British Problems Volume 3 (via @SoVeryBritish)

Word of the day: GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU — a potato. Invented in the 19th century …

Dec 9, 1879: Winter witticism from the Toronto Gazette. (via @MackenzieHouse)

1. WTF is it?? 2. Can I have it? 3. Do you know a good exorcist? - …

I arrived to a veritable Where’s W-Ottley of muppetty plushness today. …

Looking back to Toronto City Hall, when it was located on Front St E at …

Happy 90th birthday, #MichaelSnow! 🎁 🎈 Born #otd in 1928, the renowned artist …

In light of recent scandalous Oscar hosting resignations, I remind everyone that …

Lonely Picnic Area (via @miguelmarquezoutside)

British painter Mark Gertler was born #otd in 1891. This is "Seashells." …

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

We also had long, hollow Bonhomme #whaticall pimp-canes filled with wine. I …

So... On Friday night, we had a *mandatory* work activity. We rode in a …

Avocado toast everywhere!

Dinner with the luscious Luc!

Funny that I would come across this today: If something is HOBBLE-DE-POISE then …

[wpvideo k2A8cBrQ ] They do actually rotate very slowly with the slightest …

#AlexanderCalder

This piece,called Jacaranda, was inspired by a trip to Brazil and the jacaranda …

#AlexanderCalder

#AlexanderCalder

What better place to go through my museum photos than this sweet little Persian …

Alexander Calder exhibit!

Timothy Eaton establishes T. Eaton Co. Limited #OTD Dec 8, 1869 in Toronto. …

Christmas Party (via @lizclimo)

Word of the day: “syzygy” - in astronomy, the alignment of three or more …

École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14

As another name for parentheses, BRACKETS take their name from architectural …

Word of the day: SMULTRONSTÄLLE (Swedish) - a hidden spot that you escape to for …

December 5 is KRAMPUSNACHT, when the Christmas demon Krampus is said to go door …

[wpvideo OGrGSK4c ] Weather is a bit “different” 😁❄️

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

One of history's greatest painters coming to the AGO

In the mid-1850s, the City of Toronto began collecting portraits of public …

Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky is considered by many to be …

The tiny Bohemian town of Joachimstahl—now Jáchymov, Czechia—was once home to a …

You know when you have some Christmas Cards from when you were a little …

MUPHRY’S LAW states that any criticism you make of someone else’s …

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

NEWTS were originally called ‘ewts’. The word NEWT only emerged in the 15th …

Certain festive hedgehogs have to be on top of the fridge because certain …

What’cha doin’? Bee tee dubs, I like sitting in your spot. #theyoungmaster

The boy is thinking thoughts... deep thoughts... squirrel thoughts... …

A certain someone is visiting today. #theyoungmaster

#December is so called as it was the tenth month of the Roman calendar – …

Dinner with the delicious Doris!

Cocktails and Cookies

Me, this week. (via @twisteddoodles)

I decided I needed a new table-cloth for an upcoming dinner with a dear friend …

#thislookspromising #miseenplace Helen #notabene

I finally got my copy of #TheLostWords by @robgmacfarlane and …

Today’s Affirmation (via @pants)

Ok, yes. I made another batch of Spicy Chocolate Chip Almond Cookes! ...but …

English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake was born on this date in …

Traffic at #QueensPark, circa 1900s. (via @ONPARLeducation)

Ginger Walnut Carrot Cake #formefromme #happybirthdaytome

A River Otter Is Terrorizing A Koi Pond At Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Word of the day: "coorie" - to hunker down, crouch, nestle, snuggle in, …

Word of the day: “Eichhörnchen” - literally, “little horned one of the oak …

The Happytime Murders (It got terrible ratings but... #puppets!)

Ashbridges Bay - November 25, 2018

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Whole Lemon Tart with a bit of Whipped Cream

Whole Lemon Tart. It’s surprising how discouraging one article can be. I almost …

art (via @pants)

Crazy Rich Asians

How Tech Bros Fell in Love With Baking Bread - Eater

A couple more pizzas: 1. Alla Arrabiatta with Roasted Onions, Peppers, …

#thislookspromising

The word ESCAPE derives from ‘cappa’, the Latin for ‘cloak’—it originally …

Word of the day: “marcescence” - in trees & plants, the ‘holding-on’ of …

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. - DOUGLAS ADAMS

And look what’s arrived! Season by Nik Sharma! @abrowntable

Here’s my logic: It’s too cold outside so I won’t go to the gym today. It’s too …

I got some of my sunny summer flower photos printed!

OED Word of the Day: energy vampire, n. A person regarded as one who drains …

A facsimile of a poem (via @brian_bilston)

Mammals' eyelashes are about one-third as long as their eye is wide. Elephants …

A Viola Desmond primer: Who’s the woman on today’s new Canadian $10 bill? - The Globe and Mail

As it turns out, crisped up left-over pancakes make a good vehicle for some …

A group of hedgehogs is called a PRICKLE. (via @qikipedia)

Oh Grandma (via @twisteddoodles)

TFW, you’re trying to get to work but (eventual) Santa gets in the way. …

A couple more #sourdough crust pizzas: 1. Pesto with Mozzarella, Zucchini, …

Well, I don’t need internet for the weekly #sourdough! (...except to post …

This is my laptop tethered to my iPhone so I can’t complain too much. 😆 …

OHGODNO RICKYYY (via @extrafabulous_comics)

Crispy Edges Sourdough Pancakes with Bacon and Maple Syrup #iwasnotkidding

#saturdaygoals (via @SWatercolour)

My Rogers internet has been down since yesterday afternoon. I feel that pancakes …

Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

The place a hibernating animal hibernates is called its HIBERNACULUM. (via …

I *may* have gotten #theyoungmaster a toy hedgehog for his birthday. Also, he …

The Sexy Lamp Test was devised by comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick to …

Food that is SCRUNTY has been burned or overcooked. (via @HaggardHawks)

Happy Ottersday!

Ze Frank: Are you human? | TED Talk

Making Beauty: Onishi Isao

CACOZELIA - using foreign words to appear cleverer than you really are. (via …

Stan Lee’s letterhead, 1964 (via @Letterheady)

solstice = literally, “the sun stands still” armistice = literally, “the weapons …

It’s time for... KUNG FU (vampires)!!

A couple of Pizzas: 1. Meatball and Tomato Sauce with Red Chilis, Broccoli, and …

Savoury Bread Pudding with Me Own #Sourdough, Turkey Sausage, and Kale (and …

Ashbridges Bay - November 11, 2018

On #RemembranceDay2018, here is a red poppy made by Mary Delany in 1776. (via …

The Happy Prince

Weekly #sourdough - I want to say... rustic...?

Armistice Day in Toronto – 100 years later | Toronto Star

According to an old Scots proverb, if your ’tongue goes like the clatter-bane …

Barbra Streisand Carpool Karaoke

Early French-Canadian portrait painter Théophile-Abraham Hamel was born #otd in …

Not as many horse and carriages on Bay Street these days 😊 1912, Bay Street …

Then and now: Take a look at these photos of the First World War on campus

Happy #Diwali to everyone celebrating it! (via @Nigella_Lawson)

Hindus celebrate the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. During …

A millihelen is defined as ‘the amount of beauty required to launch one ship …

I *had* to make the Spicy Chocolate Chip Ginger Cookies again because I gave …

Thoughts Of A Constant Eater (via @findchaffy)

VOTING! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

I was sorting through some photos and couldn’t help posting these three - Zeke, …

The word NOON derives from the Latin ‘nona hora’, meaning ‘ninth hour’. As a …

Warning! Goofballs goofballing!

Remember, remember the 5th of November! This print shows Guy Fawkes and seven …

Ideal Bread delivery wagon heading down a very muddy Woodbine Ave, #otd Nov 5, …

Vintage photos show old TV sets from the 1940's through 1960's | Considerable

True Facts : Dragonflies & Damselflies

A quick Shakshuka for dinner

The poet Wilfred Owen died 100 years ago today, in the last days of WWI. Dim, …

Here’s the fig cake with some maple whipped cream.

Ashbridges Bay on a Perfect Fall Day with @doodlesruletoronto and @cbelight

#currentmood (via @rubyetc)

I have fallen back in bed. I feel I’ve got the gist of the saying, right?

I took a run at @abrowntable’s Spicy Chocolate Chip Cookies. They’re meant to …

I liked it so much, I made @abrowntable’s Upside-Down Fig Cake again! (Also, I …

Weekly #sourdough

#Museum30 Day 3: Self portrait | Detail from ‘Cedar Swamp’ - John Howard, 1840. …

The Rise of Populism

REDAMANCY is the act of loving someone or something that loves you in return. …

A Detail You May Not Have Noticed in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco - Atlas Obscura

Bohemian Rhapsody | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets

Word of the day: “dree” - to endure, bear with fortitude that which is …

Figs were a popular food for fattening Mediterranean geese: hence the words for …

The word ‘robot’ comes from the Czech ‘robota’ meaning ‘drudgery’. (via …

To RANE is to annoy someone by needlessly and incessantly repeating something. …

DYK #jackolantern is from an Irish myth of a drunkard, Stingy Jack? He roamed …

Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker from the Edo period, Katsushika …

Caricaturist and illustrator George Cruikshank made these light-hearted takes …

Ghosts #Halloween2018 (via @twisteddoodles)

A thousand names for eggplant | The Odd Pantry

A Brown Kitchen: An upside-down fig cake to celebrate gay rights in India - SFChronicle.com

Upside-Down Fig Cake from @abrowntable, Nik Sharma’s celebration of gay rights …

#thislookspromising

Witches #halloween (via @twisteddoodles)

Tuna Rice Bowl with Lap Cheong Sausage, Lightly Pickled Cabbage, and Avocado

never enough time

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Holy Day (via @rubyetc)

Cunningham’s law states that “the best way to get the right answer …

#dogwalks @ Cherry Beach Off Leash Dog Park

I wrote a little song about my amygdala.

If the days SHELT then they become shorter, or darken earlier. (via …

The Winners of the 2018 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest Are Out of This World

SMYSTER is an old Scots dialect word meaning ‘to smile to yourself while you …

Maple Roasted Parsnips, ie. #parsnipcandy

A certain someone has been visiting this afternoon. #theyoungmaster

British artist Mary Moser, one of the great floral painters, was born #otd in …

Weekly #sourdough and some more Lemon Buttermilk Scones because @dctwadsworth …

Spiced Roasted Nuts in the offing

The great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was born #otd in 1881. This is "Girl …

#stillbloominlovely #dogwalks

❤️ (via @charliemackesy)

#todayinawkwardposes #theyoungmaster

The Macaroni in 'Yankee Doodle' Is Not What You Think - Atlas Obscura

You’d be surprised how many ads for pasta you get when you post about macaroni. …

#DYK in the 18th century, #macaroni was a term for fashionably dressed young …

Dinner with the charming Charles

(via @chazhutton)

We honour the legacy of renowned artist and #GroupOfSeven member Franklin …

The ‘fis phenomenon’ is when an adult repeats something that a young child has …

Dressing up for Halloween (via @twisteddoodles)

Words of the day: “éan an anro” - literally, ‘bird of hardship’; figuratively, …

Nanaimo Bar - Gastro Obscura

Canadian Group of Seven painter Lawren Stewart Harris was born #otd in 1885. …

If you’re MAWMSEY then you’re dull or lifeless through lack of sleep. (via …

If you’re THRUM-CHINNED then you’re bearded. (via @HaggardHawks)

#DYK Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriele Rossetti had two pet wombats? Here …

A PRECRASTINATOR is someone who rushes to get something done earlier than is …

Love my new pet [Krakow, 15th c.] (via @DamienKempf)

#tfw one doesn’t sleep all night because one’s apartment smells …

The Disaster Artist

Two methods of turkey stock on the go #thecarcassismydoorprize

[wpvideo ol0I4eGc ] Two methods of turkey stock on the go …

It is in October that one may see the skeins of geese arrowing their way …

This week’s rather disappointing #sourdough. I think I let the starter go to …

What do you do with extra buttermilk? Why, you make Lemon Buttermilk Scones, of …

For lunch, Pesto Pizza with Spicy Roasted Tomatoes, Kale, and Bocconcini (In …

#OTD 1929 Harvest Festival at Holy Blossom Synagogue. Photo: Globe and Mail …

#thislookspromising

Grammar Sequels

Now dinner with the delicious Doris!

A cheeky Manhattan with the delightful Doris

A reminder that ‘noggle’ is a very old dialect verb for just about managing …

Happy 100th Birthday, Prince Edward Viaduct (Bloor Street Viaduct)! 💯 🎉 This, …

#OTD: The opening of the Prince Edward (Bloor Street) Viaduct marked a new …

In 1004 AD, the Byzantine emperor’s niece shocked her dinner guests by eating …

Tree love (via @oatmeal)

Word of the day: “dappled” - blotched, patched, mottled, diversified …

PIET MONDRIAN is an anagram of ‘I paint modern’. (via @HaggardHawks)

The fax machine predates the telephone by 30 years. (via @qikipedia)

Vespa's Electric Scooter is Now Available for Pre-Order

Just BE BEST! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

(via @charliemackesy)

Roman poet Virgil was born #otd in 70 BC. This wooden writing-tablet found near …

KAKORRHAPHIOPHOBIA is the fear of failure. (via @HaggardHawks)

10 of Toronto’s most breathtaking trees — our ravine queens and urban legends | The Star

It’s time for... KUNG FU!! The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

#theyoungmaster and his bff Violet at the barn [wpvideo 8bodPV1p ]

Forest grandeur

Maple Spiced Parsnip Cake with Maple and Buttermilk Glaze

It’s beautiful up here at the barn!

Well, it’s got root vegetables, spices, maple, and buttermilk. Let’s call it an …

War for the Planet of the Apes

A-Whole-Lotta-Leftovers Chilli and Garlic Soup with Beef and Seafood Balls in …

Facebook October 2018 security breach: Everything you need to know | iMore

Word of the Day: RIG-A-DIG (adj.) jaunty, bouncy

Spicy Caramelized Pork and Mushroom Pizza with Crispy Kale and Goat Cheese

Weekly #sourdough

Canadian painter and sculptor Kazuo Nakamura, a founding member of Painters …

Fall by @brian_bilston

I feed on good soup, not beautiful language. - Molière

Empty Bowls (not pictured here)

Oh you know, just chilling with Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future

Goes without saying, really. #ROMspiders

Mirror of Dearth, 1989 - Winsom Winsom, Canadian-Jamaican, born 1945. Ananse …

Projected on the floor #ROMspiders

This is the world’s largest and most elaborate piece of cloth ever made from …

Man Diving, Ganges Floods, Benares, Uttar Pradesh, 1985 - Raghubir Singh, …

Stopping at the ROM before Empty Bowls

Penned by Henry James for his friend Grace Norton (via @LettersOfNote and …

On #WorldMentalHealthDay: the Welsh phrase "dod yn ôl at fy nghoed" - meaning …

The Tragic Tale of the Canadian Horse — The Canadiana Project

the fuckening #stronglanguage

Why Is a ‘Pepper’ Different From ‘Pepper’? Blame Christopher Columbus - Gastro Obscura

There’s the Root Veg Tian and the Shiitake and Miso Stuffing Leftovers

It’s possible that my whole dinner has been the gorgeous, fatty, crunchy bits. …

I once had a family, with whom I would have horrible, argumentative, deeply …

Young Master Titus Turkey is out the door, along with his accoutrements - Giblet …

Young master Titus is done like dinner (literally). Giblet gravy is happening. …

Young Titus is heading back in for his second round in the oven at a lower …

Weekly #sourdough - the second of the weekend

I guess if one is going to make bread stuffing, one should use one’s own …

Ant-Man and the Wasp

I hope you don’t imagine that everything comes out perfectly! Sometimes things …

Mason - Dance, Move, Shake

L’automne est un deuxième printemps où chaque feuille est une fleur. • Autumn is …

‘Companion' literally means ‘bread mate’ (from the Latin ‘com’ with and ‘panis’ …

Good Omens - Official Teaser Trailer | Prime Video

Glasses #boysDOmakepasses

#thislookspromising (Young Titus Turkey is dry-brining in the fridge right …

Word of the day: "maunder" - a slow, leisurely, happily aimless walk; to …

Black pepper was once so valuable it was used as currency, hence the Dutch word …

MUSCLES ‘Cheer up!’ he said. ‘It takes 17 muscles to smile but 43 to frown.’ She …

Ferrets sleep for as much as 20 hours a day. While in a deep sleep they are …

A tale of two socks. (via @Oatmeal)

The other commas do all the grunt work, and then the Oxford comma swans in and …

To TANTLE is to keep yourself busy, but not actually achieve anything. (via …

(via @museumhack)

Why Menu Translations Go Terribly Wrong - Gastro Obscura

Re-posting because #InternationalCoffeeDay

October takes its name from being the 8th month of the Roman calendar – octō …

It’s time for... SAMURAI!! Zatōichi

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. - Charlie …

Achieve Your Dreams

Smoked Salt Chocolate Tart in an Oreo Cookie Crust

Chindōgu is the Japanese art of creating gadgets that are not exactly useful, …

Now we hope it sets! 🤞

Onion Challah Knot Rolls with Everything Bagel Topping #taketwo

I feel like these knots of dough look... like... um... #maybeitsjustme …

Sometimes I’m in the mood to make a proper pastry tart shell and sometimes I’m …

Weekly #sourdough. I’m experimenting with the amount of flour in the recipe. …

"Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners (1887)" by French painter …

A quick dinner of Penne in Slow-Cooked Spicy Tomato Sauce with some of those …

How Van Gogh's Starry Night was inspired by Hokusai’s Great Wave | The Art Newspaper

The world is a complicated place.

The Intriguing History of the Color Red, from Vermilion to Cadmium Red

Oats - a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland …

Ancient Scotland, A Stunning Aerial Film Taken Over the Older, More Remote Parts of the Country

A protologism is a new word invented in the hope that it will enter common …

#thislookspromising

Canadian-born artist Ralston Crawford was born on this date in 1906. This is …

Kitchen Sink Minestrone Soup with some Rendered Pancetta and the pesto I made …

KAVANAUGH! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

“There’s great value in being able to step back and laugh at yourself, at life …

The Girl with All the Gifts

Gruyère and Kale Bread Pudding for a Sunday Brunch

Solo: A Star Wars Story

#thislookspromising #therewillbepesto

Weekly #sourdough

Spicy 🌶 Sichuan Pork and Veg Noodles with Pickled Jalapeños

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. …

9 Tricks to Avoid Fake News

Do you remember the 21st night of September? #currentmood September - Earth, …

Sailors wore gold earrings to ensure there was sufficient money to pay for a …

Inside a 17th-Century 'Barbarian' Cookbook From Japan - Gastro Obscura

A piece by British illustrator Arthur Rackham, who was born #otd in 1867. This …

There is no love sincerer than the love of food. — George Bernard Shaw

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon …

Sometimes there is no better verb than ‘futzing’: messing around and paying …

Word of the day: "cusp" - a point where two curves meet; a threshold; a place …

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

GILLY-GAUKIE is an old Scots dialect word meaning ‘to idle away your time on …

Weekly #sourdough, including a Sourdough Crust Pesto Pizza with Spicy Roasted …

In Finnish mythology it’s believed that the Aurora Borealis is caused by a …

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

How OK, a cheesy joke from the 1830s, became the most widely spoken word in the …

Flemish painter Jan Brueghel the Younger was born #otd in 1601. This is "A …

For #RoaldDahlDay2018, a word list of Dahl's which is filed at the …

The Irish word IARMHAIREACHT means ‘loneliness felt at dawn’. (via …

Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary defined LUGGAGE as “any thing of more weight than …

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

#OTD, 1861: First Streetcar Rolls onto the Streets (via @Spacing)

During Peter the Great's rule, men with beards had to carry a "beard token" …

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Tomato, Goat Cheese, and Herb Tart (and a Galette) and some Caprese

#thislookspromising

Tomato, Goat Cheese, and Herb Tart (and a Galette) and some Caprese

Onion Challah Knot Rolls covered in Everything Bagel Topping

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sometimes things just don’t rise when you want them to. I’m talking about bread! …

#thislookspromising #too

Humans are awful. (via @poorlydrawnlines)

Weekly #sourdough

Flatbread topped with Deeply Caramelized Pork, Mushrooms, Kale, and Goat Cheese …

#thislookspromising

Word of the day: "aestivate" - to pass the summer in a state of torpor, …

Why do we hate certain words? | OxfordWords blog

what are you having? (via @lizclimo)

Word of the day: "gossamer" - spider-silk, shimmering in air or on grass. Prob …

Word of the day - TIDSOPTIMIST(Swedish): a person who’s habitually late …

Cheetahs are so naturally shy, in captivity they often need support dogs. …

What’s in the box (via @twisteddoodles)

Word of the Day: FORWALLOWED (adj.) tired from a restless night’s sleep (via …

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Celebrating #LabourDay with Ontario-born painter #GeorgeAgnewReid’s “Women …

I’ve decided to embark upon a re-watching of all the Harry Potter movies (and …

Irish-born Canadian painter Paul Kane was born on this date in 1810. This is …

I can confirm that the savoury bread pudding is just as good if not better the …

In 18th century slang, a MORNING-KILLER was someone who slept in, or who lounged …

A Savoury Bread Pudding with Cheddar and Turkey Sausage

Canadian portrait painter Dorothy Stevens was born on this date in 1888. This …

Word of the day: ACCISMUS (1500s) - the refusal of something you actually …

We must record everything.

Weekly #sourdough #tictactoe

September is so called as it was the seventh month of the Roman calendar – …

Word(s) of the day: "meteorological autumn" - meteorologists split the year …

Astérix The Gaul

Toronto in the summer of 1851 — from the Gooderham & Worts distillery on …

Keeping it Fresh: Preservatives and The Poison Squad - Gastropod

A path that is WILSOME winds its way through a wild or isolated landscape. (via …

Mispronouncing words you only know from reading is sometimes called ‘Calley-ope …

With apologies to Michael Stipe.(via @brian_bilston) #thisis50

Canadian painter Kathleen Munn was born on this date in 1887. This is "The …

Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your …

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Marcus Garvey's place in Toronto's history - Spacing Toronto

Canadians who fought in the War of 1812 gathered for a reunion nearly 50 years …

Loose litter on the steps. Belgian Police Dog and puppies, 1924. Photo: John H. …

Strange etymology of the day: ‘geek’ has gone from (very) bad to good. It’s a …

Said Panzanella served with a delightfully soft boiled egg

Panzanella Salad with Grilled Sourdough, Bocconcini, and Basil from my garden

Love is Strange

SARCHASM - The gulf between the person who makes a sarcastic comment and the …

Don’t worry! My sidekick has the chicken well under control. #theyoungmaster

Weekly #sourdough

If you’re LUSKY then you’re lazy or sluggish. (via @HaggardHawks)

#Happybirthday🎈to the legendary artist who introduced the world 🌎 to the …

Dinner with the heavenly Helen!

You may already know that I really enjoy Kathleen Munn’s work. This is Untitled …

Paul Gauguin, L’Enfant Endormi, 1884

John Constable, Edge of a Wood, around 1816

General Idea is on display! This is AIDS, 1988.

I’m thinking of going to the AGO.

Thanks to the City of Toronto Archives for this photo of Allan Gardens that is …

Spuddle: a useful verb from the 17th century that means to work feebly and …

Irish painter Helen Mabel Trevor, The Fisherman's Mother, 1893 #womensart (via …

Written around 3,800 years ago, this clay tablet is the world’s oldest known …

It’s a sunflower day!

Dinner with the devastating Doris

People who love to eat are always the best people. - JULIA CHILD

A map of Mackenzie’s rebellion — from the rebel camp at Montgomery’s Tavern …

Kathleen Munn: Rebel Girl | The Essay | Art Canada Institute

A learning experience is one of those things that says, ‘You know that thing you …

Aesthetic artist and writer Aubrey Beardsley was born #otd in 1872. This …

HUCKMUCK - the confusion that results when things are out of place; the feeling …

Split. I *might* be freaking out because I did not know this was the second in …

But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most of us …

Call Me by Your Name

Astérix et les Vikings

In the 1970s, Enrico Fermi National Laboratory hired Felicia the ferret …

Feeling sick today 🤢 so no Sunday-Funday for me. I will be encouched and …

Weekly #sourdough. Tomorrow, some of last week’s bread might become panzanella …

Why scientists suspect proof of a turning point in Earth's history is sitting in a lake in Milton, Ont. | CBC News

This is what Trinity Bellwoods Park looked like a century ago

My Pinot Noir Pepper harvested itself a bit too soon in the storm last night. …

Szechuan Pork Noodles topped with Pickled Jalapeños, Chilli Garlic Sauce, and …

Call me Julienne, darling! Everybody does! #thislookspromising #miseenplace

Before Carlton and College got married, Vintage 1930s. Then photo: …

Riding into the weekend with Canadian abstract artist #JockMacdonald’s 1939 …

The idea of the eyes producing (rather than passively receiving) light was the …

Friendship (via @charliemackesy)

A GOUSTER is a wild outburst of foul language. (via @HaggardHawks)

A boy and his chicken #theyoungmaster

Exclamation points and periods are causing anxiety. The solution is full exclamation point amnesty.

Sleep Deprivation May Cause Infectious Loneliness | Smart News | Smithsonian

MAWMSEY (adj.) dull or lifeless through lack of sleep (via @HaggardHawks)

In 1954, Group of Seven artist Frederick Varley was part of a delegation that …

Stir Fry of Chicken and On-The-Edge Brussel Sprouts, Peppers, and Green Beans

#Tfw you look in your fridge and realize that all the vegetables are on the …

The ‘bee’s knees’ is one of many fanciful (and nonsense) …

Lunch with the delicious Dale

Freak shows and other long-gone acts from the CNE

The “IKEA effect” is a cognitive bias in which people tend to put …

Weekly #sourdough. Back to a tried and true method and consistent results. More …

Pesto and Spicy Roast Tomato Pizza with Bocconcini topped with a Spinach …

British R100 airship flies over Toronto, #OTD Aug 11, 1930. Photo: William …

American realist painter Martin Johnson Heade, known for his salt marsh …

Word of the Day: SLURG (v.) to laze around sluggishly (via @HaggardHawks)

The word HAZARD derives from ‘zahr’, an Arabic word meaning ‘die’. It was …

The expression ‘parting shot’, meaning a last-minute remark, was originally a …

The obsolete term ‘Owl Jacket’ is taken from the Italian …

Sentient Coffee

PRONOIA – a strange, creeping feeling that everyone’s out to help you. (via …

NGC 6543, better known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula. (Image: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and …

Painter and teacher Mary Augusta Hiester Reid in her Toronto studio, ca. 1907. …

Word of the (summer) day: "driùchcainn" - the feeling of walking barefoot …

There is no mysterious essence we can call a 'place'. Place is change. It is …

It's Simcoe Day! Unveiling of the General John Graves Simcoe monument, Queen's …

The NEB-OF-THE-MORNING is the time between dawn and sunrise. (via …

Every year in Ancient Athens, citizens had the chance to vote their least …

Tomatoes, Bocconcini, and Basil 🌿

#OTD Happy birthday to one of Canada’s most influential and iconic painters Tom …

Avengers: Infinity War

Hans Christian Andersen "Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine! Look at the cut, the …

Spicy Pork and Mushroom Flatbread with a bit of Fresh Mozzarella and Goat …

Weekly #sourdough. Not quite the rise I want but maybe it’s envious of the …

Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn’t try it …

Jane Austen Board Game

Fucks to Give (via @rubyetc_) #stronglanguage

The word ‘vegan’ was coined by Donald Watson in 1944: he took the first and last …

#walkingtothegym

Word of the day: ONOMATOMANIA - frustration at being unable to think of the …

One of the oldest cities in Canada — Saint John, New Brunswick — just a few …

Um... it’s *really* alive! 😆 #rylan #sourdoughstarter

#August is named after the Roman emperor Augustus. It was previously known as …

In the late 1500s, the English printer Henry Denham proposed using a reverse …

It’s ALIVE!! #rylan #sourdoughstarter

A group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance. Image: Pedro Szekely (via …

Life of the Party

Hydrangeas on St. George St., ca. 1920. Photo: Alexander W. Galbraith. …

History of the British Isles in four maps. …

Dwell (via @poorlydrawnlines)

The word guacamole comes from Mexico, specifically, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) …

A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry (via @brian_bilston)

The Death of Stalin

Chocolate and Stout Bread Pudding (Do you really think I could eat all the …

Ok. Just one more. #thislookspromising

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Baked Lemon and Herb Crusted Haddock on Mujadara Rice with Lemon and Tahini …

#thislookspromising

I try to limit my social media posts to: I made this. I did this. I …

Witness the birth of a rye #sourdough starter.🤞 I am considering the name …

Weekly #sourdough. Not as tidy as I’d like but that’s what I get for playing …

Chicken Burger with Soy and Sesame Slaw and Avocado

Forest bathing (via @littlebunny.bigworld)

A Passing Storm by Frederic Edwin Church, 1849, Oil on Canvas, Museum of Fine …

Word of the day: CALLIPYGIAN (from ancient Greek ‘kallipygos’) - having …

Climate Change Is Killing the Cedars of Lebanon - The New York Times

#todayinawkwardposes #theyoungmaster

happy face (via @lizclimo)

Word of the (heatwave) day: "swelter" - to be oppressed by heat; to sweat …

RABATMENT is an artistic technique in which an object is emphasized by being …

It’s time for... Kung Fu!!! League of Gods [Feng Shen Bang]

"Josephine Baker (III) by American sculptor and mobile innovator Alexander …

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Canadian painter, sculptor and teacher Charles Fraser Comfort was born on this …

Pitch Perfect 3

The ampersand (&) gets its name from a corruption of 'and per se and' and …

Weekly #sourdough

Shakshuka with plenty of parsley and feta served with some za’atar pita

The opposite of an ‘automaton’ is a HETEROMATON—a device that cannot move …

postmodern remakes

Italian artist and founding member of the Futurist movement, Giacomo Balla, was …

A QUOCKERWODGER—literally a wooden puppet—is a politician whose ‘strings’ are …

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands (2004-2017) was a …

#Theyoungmaster turned around and saw this giant turquoise dog-god; jumped into …

There must be something good on DoggyTV today. #theyoungmaster

💔 #mycharmingcompanion

😯 Rembrandt was born #otd in 1606. This self-portrait made when he was 24 is …

Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt was born #otd in 1862. This is the …

The crimped metal sleeve at the top of a pencil is called a ferrule. (via …

Macbeth #literarylimericks (via @wrong.hands)

“It’s impossible to jump into a portrait. As I sketch, my subject becomes …

Small plates with the delicious Doris

Perhaps a delightful cocktail before dinner!

Tim Pitsiulak - Migrating Walrus

Kenojuak Ashevak - Owl with Dogs, Fish and Birds

Lawren S. Harris - Autumn Forest with Glaciated Bedrock, Georgian Bay, around …

Jack and the Jack Paintings

𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝔀𝓼 †hå† wê †êñÐ †ð rêmêmßêr whå† wê håvê rêåÐ 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ …

sand castle (via @lizclimo)

Alex Colville: An Eye for Animals

Birthdays (via @animal_problems)

Home Scene from Pose

#PoseFX Billy Porter as Pray Tell Sings!

Brené Brown on Empathy vs Sympathy

Word of the day: “sielunmaisema” - literally “soul-landscape”, “soul-scene”; a …

Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy | Stephanie Lay

The Banquet (a loose adaptation of Hamlet)

Japanese painter Katsuda Tetsu was born on this date in 1896. This beautiful …

20+ of the Best Free Online Resources From Art Institutions Around the World

Tom Thomson passed away on this day in 1917. Summer Day (1915), permanent …

Ready Player One

Weekly #sourdough (I skipped last week because of the heatwave. The last thing I …

A nice simple and homely dinner of Trout on Garlicky Mashed Potatoes with Lemon …

WISHTONWISH is an old nickname for the prairie dog. (via @HaggardHawks)

#SaturdaySweets courtesy of Canada’s great Maritime realist painter #MaryPratt - …

Chicken Stir-Fry with Brussel Sprouts and Red Peppers in a Spicy Chilli Sauce

Elephants (via @sadanimalfacts)

Viola Desmond’s 104th Birthday

The parabolic curve of minding others. (via @Oatmeal)

The Telling - Ursula K. Le Guin

French painter, sculptor and writer André Lhote was born on this date in 1885. …

Rubber gloves, watermelon and carrots—why combine these things in a painting? …

Someone had his first trip on the TTC bus today. He was super-popular and had …

OED Word of the Day: mafted, adj. Oppressed or stifled, esp. by the heat; …

Betteridge’s Law | No.

Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova was born on this date in 1881. …

A 1908 image intending to be a horrifying glimpse of a post-suffrage future. Now …

In 1996, a public poll was held in Canada to suggest new names for the Northwest …

#July is named after Julius Caesar, who was born in this month in 100 BC. The …

How Isaac Newton's Apple Tree Spread Across the World

British painter Sir Stanley Spencer was born on this date in 1891. This is “The …

Toronto, take a lesson from Montreal: Cities are for people

At 154 °C bread undergoes the Maillard reaction (named after the French chemist …

The Arabic word for hamster translates as ‘Mr Saddlebags’. (via @qikipedia)

Louis Armstrong - West End Blues

#OTD in 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, …

#OTD in 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, …

#OTD in 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, …

#OTD in 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, …

Internet sadness distribution (via @michellerial)

From the 1870s to the 1890s, a decorative fountain was located at the south end …

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Mas que nada (introduced by Eartha Kitt / Something Special 1967)

Sergio Mendes performing on stage at the Ontario Place amphitheatre, July 31, …

The Internet - Dontcha

Canadian painter Marian Dale Scott was born on this date in 1906. This is …

Fake News: An Origin Story

Why are we here? (via @charliemackesy)

Utagawa Hiroshige II created this three-part print in 1861. The image is …

Sweet Charity. My second gay movie of the evening.

Happy #Pridemonth! 🌈✨ “Baby Makes 3” (1984/89) by the queer Canadian art trio, …

Meet the engineer who keeps outdoor music away from the neighbours | CBC News

George Michael - Careless Whisper (New album release) (Alexandr Misko)

Visit a New Digital Archive of 2.2 Million Images from the First Hundred Years of Photography

Koko the gorilla, who died this week aged 46, mastered more than 1000 words of …

Once Upon A Story You've Always Been Told by Julie Sype on iBooks

Susie Dent: Fear and loathing of foreigners is embedded in the language we use

Solstice comes from the Latin solstitium, which combined the words for sun + …

Happy #SummerSolstice! We’re celebrating from afar with this mezzotint of …

Happy #SummerSolstice! We’re celebrating from afar with this mezzotint of …

Happy #SummerSolstice! We’re celebrating from afar with this mezzotint of …

GEEPIE-GAWPIE is an old Scots word for a hand shadow. (via @HaggardHawks)

GEEPIE-GAWPIE is an old Scots word for a hand shadow. (via @HaggardHawks)

GEEPIE-GAWPIE is an old Scots word for a hand shadow. (via @HaggardHawks)

A group of puffins is called a CIRCUS. (via @HaggardHawks)

Entirely trivial, unofficial, but sometimes necessary word of the day: a …

#Theyoungmaster doesn’t enjoy the show I’m watching so he’s opted for DoggyTV …

I have company! #mycharmingcompanion #theyoungmaster

Despite being dark-skinned and living just below the equator, between 5% and 10% …

Something that is INCOMPLEXIONATE is utterly devoid of human feeling or mercy. …

Toronto's Official Bee

Interview: A Photographer’s Quest to Document the Oldest Trees Around the World

To BLOWZE is to sweat profusely. (via @HaggardHawks)

The memorial stone has now been placed on top of #StephenHawking’s grave in …

#Todayinawkwardposes #theyoungmaster is serving you almost vertical and Wookiee …

#Todayinawkwardposes #theyoungmaster is serving you almost vertical and Wookiee …

#Todayinawkwardposes #theyoungmaster is serving you almost vertical and Wookiee …

#Todayinawkwardposes #theyoungmaster is serving you almost vertical and Wookiee …

What to feed a millennial (via @michellerial)

Word of the day: “xenia” - the hospitality & generosity extended to those …

True Facts : Pangolins Posse

Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is …

Kim Jong Un Offers to Host Peace Talks Between United States and Canada

When Maurice Sendak came to his editor with a proposal for a book called “Where …

More from John Constable. This is “Hampstead Heath.” @FitzMuseum_UK (via …

Landscape painter John Constable was born #otd 1776. This atmospheric view of …

Word of the day: ZIZZ - a brief (perhaps inadvertant) nap outside of bed (via …

My mood vs the temperature (via @twisteddoodles)

COMMANDER OF CHEESE! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. Anthony …

The trail of bubbles left by an #otter as it swims underwater is called the …

Sense8 Series Finale. I’m glad they made a wrap-up episode.

Today in History: French explorer Jacques Cartier enters the St. Lawrence River, …

The French phrase ‘beauté du diable’—literally, ‘the devil’s beauty’—refers to …

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Heroes

art school of fish

Emily Brontë, who wrote Wuthering Heights, and Kate Bush, who sang ‘Wuthering …

Roses: Frank Dunlop. Photo: Alexander W. Galbraith, ca. 1920. #FloraFriday (via …

Everything will be ok. (via @twisteddoodles)

Closet (via @extrafabulous_comics)

Canadiana Shorts: A Tomb in High Park

Pose. Watch it for the music…and the shade.

vote baby vote!

Time @animal_problems

The Black Bull on Queen Street, drawn 130 years ago — long before the line-ups …

Apart from humans, prairie dogs’ vocabulary is more advanced than any other …

Do you have any other advice? (via @charliemackesy)

Photographer Captures the Mystifying Moods of Mount Fuji at Dawn

HALCYON literally means ‘kingfisher’. The expression HALCYON DAYS—meaning ‘a …

Mythos: Gods (at Shaw Festival)

Word of the day: SQUIRK (19th century slang) - the undignified half-snort you …

HOGWASH is literally kitchen scraps or swill, good enough only to be given to …

June is named after the Roman goddess Juno – the god of marriage and childbirth. …

Word of the day: “anchorite” - a person who has withdrawn from the world by …

I was about to post something about the use of the C-word by certain orange …

#Theyoungmaster has loved poor monkey’s arms and legs right off. He still makes …

The Hungarian name for the daisy, ‘százszorszép’, literally means ‘beautiful one …

Happy birthday to West Coast artist #JockMacdonald (born 1897 🎂) who was a …

Stephen Fry on Trump, the monarchy and Canada

American soldiers serving in France during the Second World War used the …

Today is #WorldOtterDay – so here is the Otter Summoning Spell from The Lost …

A pretty etymology for the day: the word ‘daisy’ is a shortening of ‘day’s eye’, …

I love spending several hours preparing a dish that’s for the weekend while …

Still not clear how this could possibly be comfortable #theyoungmaster

To SHEEP’S-EYE someone is to look amorously at them. (via @HaggardHawks)

The Minister’s Daughter - Julie Hearn

View of Toronto skyline, looking south-west, from south of Gerrard and Jarvis …

I am hope. - The Sandman, Morpheus, Dreamlord

The Pirahã people of the Amazon have no numbers in their language; they only …

Ashbridge’s Bay Views #dogwalks (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

#recharging #dogwalks (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

The word ‘donkey’ used to rhyme with ‘monkey’. (via @qikipedia)

Well into the 20th, a human alarm clock known as a “knocker-up” would trawl the …

Vegetarian Bibimbap with Mushrooms, Carrots, and Zucchini topped with Seaweed …

#dogwalks (at Leslieville)

Clubbing in the Wild - VLDL (nature documentary parody)

Here’s a #tbt! That’s my dad and my grandmother. I would guess it’s about 1923 …

Happy 88th birthday to Canadian wildlife painter Robert Bateman, born #otd in …

Mono no aware (物の哀れ) is a Japanese phrase that literally translates as ‘the …

She’s Opted Out of Me (via @brian_bilston)

#GDPR (via @twisteddoodles)

Artist Reimagines Canada’s Mountain Ranges as Vibrant Geometric Landscapes

It takes no compromise to give people their rights…it takes no money to respect …

Tower of London ravens can be sacked for ‘conduct unbecoming to Tower …

German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer was born #otd in 1471

The Refined, Scandalous Art of Japan's Traditional Woodblock Tabloids

#WorldBeeDay (via @twisteddoodles)

In Argyll, bumblebees are sometimes known as “Seillean na Tòine Mòra” - “bee of …

I have company! #Theyoungmaster is taking full advantage of the couch while …

I want all my friends to come up like weeds, and I want to be a weed myself, …

Who is Michael Curry? The minister who told royal wedding 'love is the way'

Under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch …

Munk Debates - Munk Debates

Victorian Emoticons #gigglemug

The ancient root for brown is ‘bher-’ – which meant ‘shiny’ (perhaps in the …

True Facts : Ant Mutualism

Paint love (via Little Bunny. Big World) #IDAHOTB

Everything You Need to Know About Hokusai, the Painter of ‘The Great Wave’

A.J. Casson was born #otd in 1898. He was a key member of the #GroupofSeven. He …

A handwriting sample for library school students, from the 1901 book A Library …

Africville residents' survival to be part of study on protests | CBC News

This is one of the most elaborate and detailed drawings by Italian Renaissance …

Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, known for her stylish Art Deco portraits, was …

Pâro: The Feeling That Everything You Do Is Somehow Wrong

NUDICROUS - The level of inebriation when someone feels the need to remove …

Canadiana Shorts: The Sakura Trees of Toronto

100 of the most commonly used Chinese characters. Even if you learn just a few …

Doesn’t this look kinda like a chicken to you? 🐓

100 of the most commonly used Chinese characters. Even if you learn just a few …

Advice From The Beatles (via @michellerial)

A LAGABAG is a lazy idler. (via @HaggardHawks) #metoday

Baaba Maal - Baayo (Live at Celtic Connections 2016)

Opinion | Reasons I May Be Eating Right Now

Because of the peculiar noise the birds’ wings make when they take flight, …

Mothers of Confederation

French painter and sculptor Georges Braque – one of the founding fathers of …

A beautiful sunny morning for a walk with the dogs (at Cherry Beach)

The Exiled Princess of Ottawa

In honour of #JEHMacdonald’s birthday (born #otd, 145 years ago 🎂), here’s his …

'Incredible' bioluminescence gives California coastline an eerie blue glow

Maeinschein - the green-gold sunlight that falls through the young leaves of …

pop quiz (via @lizclimo)

Word of the day (Mongolian): EGDUUTEI - an irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze …

Archeologists find remains of Roman-era temple in Egypt | CBC News

I think it’s time for a bit more Terry Pratchett! The Light Fantastic #reading

When French Jesuit missionary #LouisNicolas travelled to Canada (then New …

#Theyoungmaster can be somewhat… intense… when waiting for his dogwalker.

Hokusai died #otd in 1849. His masterpiece ‘Under the Wave off Kanagawa’ from …

Her name was Yoda, A showgirl she was. (via @brian_bilston)

American painter Ralph Goings, who was connected with the Photorealism movement, …

Here’s a chart by Abstruse Goose showing which TV shows the aliens near various …

Over them shrill shrieked in his fierce glee The swift with wings and tail as …

otacust, image by @imogenfoxell (via @OED)

RUDY and the BEAST - Randy Rainbow Song Parody

#otd, 98 years ago, the iconic Group of Seven’s debut exhibition was held at the …

True Facts : Carnivorous Plants

Did you know that there’s a Group of 7 comic?? https://groupof7comic.ca

Word of the International Dawn Chorus Day: “gökotta” - rising early & going …

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The History of Europe: Every Year

Medieval shoes could be up to 2 feet long. (via @qikipedia)

Arrested Development: the remix – can Netflix's rehash gamble work?

Word of the day: “grimmelings” - the first or last gleams of the day (Scots, …

Artist’s Hand-Cut Paper Sculptures Capture the Vibrant Energy of Birds, Bees, and Beyond

Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Canadian artist and Group of Seven member Franklin Carmichael was born #otd in …

Motorcycle Hand Signals

#StarWarsDay (via @twisteddoodles)

People who can’t distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I …

To SLURG is to laze around sluggishly. (via @HaggardHawks) #guilty!

John McCrae | Historica Canada

Foot of Yonge St. looking north, federal govt Customs House on left, Great …

This #AsianHeritageMonth exhibit focuses on the struggles endured by the first …

Celebrating Asian Heritage in Canada

c. 1930: Hand-tinted flowers

Leonardo da Vinci died #otd in 1519. He made a number of sketches depicting the …

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. T. …

#May is named after the Greek goddess Maia. The zodiac sign of Gemini starts in …

Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues

Oscar Peterson, here, 20 years old, at the Home Services Community Centre on …

Sigmund Freud kept a porcupine on his desk as a reminder of the ‘prickliness’ of …

Laurel and Hardy 'The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine' Restored 24fps

#KathleenMunn’s “The Dance” (c. 1923) for #InternationalDanceDay (via …

Word of the day: “sjushamillabakka” - ‘between the sea & the shore’, i.e. in …

Until the reign of Henry VIII, kitchen assistants in the royal household worked …

The Handmaid’s Tale. Don’t they know that my little heart can’t handle Kate Bush …

like a mountain (via @PDLComics)

“Jay” used to be US slang for “foolish person.” So when a pedestrian ignored …

Scarborough Bluffs, beautiful #Kodachrome colour photo taken 70 years ago, April …

Word of the day: “dryad” - a spirit of the trees or forests, as - in Greek …

I love this chart. #InternationalChartDay. A tree chart of Indo-European and …

Today is John James Audubon’s birthday! Celebrate the day by downloading one of …

The inset appears to move when the image is swayed. #visuallatency (via …

Mud puddles are delightfully cool and soothing. Don’t ask me. Ask this guy. Note …

While playing ball, #theyoungmaster quite often stops and abruptly drops into a …

OMG 😆 New Yorker cartoons but with Kanye tweets (via @PigsAndPlans)

A HAWCHMOUTHED person is someone who swears in all situations, regardless of how …

The Great Scone Map of the UK and Ireland

True Facts: Frog Fish

A small piece of etymology for the day: the expression ‘turn a blind eye’ to …

big, sad, dewy eyes

Spring is trying to spring.

Spring has sprung! Beauty of wildflowers that grace our Canadian landscape - …

If Wallets Were Skirts by @1annecasey

It’s time for… MORE KUNG FU!! Into the Badlands

Scotch daisies, ca. 1920. Photo: Alexander W. Galbraith #BotanicMonday (via …

Remembering St George patron saint of England, Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, …

OBJECTS ARE PEOPLE TOO

Word of the day: TASLEEK (Saudi Arabic) - to nod along and pretend you care what …

Won’t someone think of the dragon? Even St George looks sympathetic for this …

The dragon slain by St George is traditionally said to have been called ‘Old …

Shakespeare was likely born #otd in 1564 and died #otd in 1616. This engraving …

Fort Blunder: The Fort That America Mistakenly Built in Canada

It’s time for… KUNG FU!! Birth of the Dragon

Enchanting Illustrations Carved From Old Books

1911 - A Trip Through New York City (speed corrected w/ added sound)

Novelist Charlotte Brontë was born #otd in 1816. This illustration to Jane Eyre …

Giraffe. In his traveloque Nicolas Muffel described a giraffe he saw. This is …

I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for …

Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

Happy Birthday to Colombian figurative artist and sculptor Fernando Botero, who …

I just wanted to illustrate the lengths to which #theyoungmaster will go to in …

Dazzling Elements of Ancient Islamic Architecture We Still See Today

Some Dürer creatures (via @damien_kempf)

Looking east from Royal York Hotel, 1929. Building with arched roof is Great …

BBC Sound Effects Archive Resource • Research & Education Space

BBC Sound Effects Archive Resource • Research & Education Space

Tattoos remain on the skin for life but skin cells don’t. As they die, the old …

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

#theyoungmaster enjoys a bit of foot-sleeping.

The way you see colour depends on what language you speak

Word of the day: “dilapidate” - to fall slowly to ruin, to cause to decay or …

50 Objects That Define Toronto: Fragments of The Temple Building

Leonardo da Vinci's Notebook

Happy birthday Leonardo da Vinci, born #otd in 1452. Painter, sculptor, …

EUTEXIA is the quality of being easily melted. (via @HaggardHawks) #🤞

#youknowidontliketojudge #yesido

The French mathematician Descartes had a theory that monkeys and apes were able …

TTC’s subway station typeface a font of intrigue

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. …

Ooo! I feel a #rabbithole coming on! Evolution of the English Alphabet …

when someone takes me to a nice restaurant. (via @lizclimo)

This is how #mycharmingcompanion lets me know that I am a dumb dumb and she does …

“Red Eiffel Tower” by French artist Robert Delaunay, born #otd in 1885. Delaunay …

Sunnyside, view of boardwalk, baths in background, #OTD April 12, 1925. From the …

Coined in 1955, GADZOOKERY is the deliberate use of old fashioned words and …

Two Snails Set Off

Albert Einstein revealed his special theory of relativity #otd in 1905 (then, an …

Good dog! @BLMedieval Add 10294/1 f. 1dr (via @melibeus1)

Watch Prince Play Jazz Piano & Coach His Band Through George Gershwin’s “Summertime” in a Candid, Behind-the-Scenes Moment (1990)

Tour of the Moon in 4K

50 Objects That Define Toronto: Toronto Purchase Agreement

WAMPLE is an old Scots word for a slight or unexpected bend in a road or stream. …

Looking east towards old Union Station (south of Front, west of York), 1927. …

The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images

…and, at the end of the day, may I just remind you that the national animal of …

YOU CAN'T STOP HIS TWEETS! A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

#NationalUnicornDay [Zürich, MS Rh hist 161, 16th c.] (via @DamienKempf)

How many horns does a unicorn have? Hint: trick question. Answer at …

March 27, 1931: Retirement day for Mickey & Prince, the last horses in …

A sad #unicorn with a disapproving sun #NationalUnicornDay @bodleianlibs @BDLSS …

Allan Gardens, new conservatories in 1926 #otd (via @TorontoArchives)

I’m going with 4 today. (via @museumhack)

Sometimes I don’t sleep so good. #caffeinequeen☕️👑

50 Objects That Define Toronto: James Gardens Projectile Point

In a beautiful pea-green boat

Why are we here?

You came back! (at T & T Supermarket)

Moody morning (at Cherry Beach)

Sunday Sparkles

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

In Irish, the word for otter translates as “water dog”, the word for squirrel …

I feel like Legion is the most stylish, weirdest, most interesting superhero …

The pen is mightier than the sword … if the sword is very short, and the pen is …

Fairy Tales (via @Oatmeal @neilhimself)

What’cha doin’? Just hangin’.

What makes a tree a tree?

50 Objects That Define Toronto: Footprints Under Toronto Bay

Scadinavia #plinytheelder

Italian painter Gino Severini, a leader of the Futurist movement, was born on …

Carmen Miranda: "Rebola a Bola" (1941)

Word of the day: “saudade” - a feeling of melancholic longing for an …

Home page | Climate Atlas of Canada

Nichelle Nichols, this actress who played Lt. Uhura in Star Trek, wanted to …

Talking Heads - Slippery People (from "Stop Making Sense")

I wish the first word I ever said was the word “quote,” so right before I die I …

French painter Maurice de Vlaminck, one of the founders of the Fauve movement, …

Dr. Maya Angelou’s 90th Birthday

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the most distant …

The OED Just Added the Word 'Trans*.' Here's What It Means

Release notes: the formal language of sexuality and gender identity | Oxford English Dictionary

“Le grand amoureux I” by German painter and sculptor Max Ernst, born #otd in …

PELINTI (Buli) - the action of moving hot food around your mouth with your …

The "Midgets Palace" of Montreal

An especially opulent late medieval example for #InternationalChildrensBookDay : …

Early landscape photography often borrowed conventions from painting, like …

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I …

Pioneering artist and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian was born #onthisday in …

Word(s) of the day: “Laethanta na Riabhaiche”, “The Borrowed Days”; the name …

Random (and a little philosophical) word-fact of the day: ‘person’ is from the …

Easter #animalproblems

Easter egg hunt bonus: is this #MaryPratt work a painting or a photograph? 🐣🐣🐣 …

In Australia, the Easter Bunny is often replaced by the Easter Bilby (seen …

Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights (via @damienkempf)

Here are some #Easter bunnies drawn by Beatrix Potter! 🐰💐☀️ After feasting in Mr …

Sunday morning sparkles

Sunday morning ripples

Sunday morning sparkles

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

Sunday morning ripples

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

Canadian painter and sculptor Bertram Brooker was born #otd in 1888. This is …

#OTD Mar 31 1931, the first Toronto by-law was passed to prohibit rush-hour …

The Long Linguistic Journey to 'Dagnabbit'

Morning light (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Canadian painter Will Ogilvie, a founding member of the Canadian Group of …

500 Miles - Inside Llewyn Davis

Great Leap Years - Official site of Stephen Fry

Old City Hall before the clock was installed, ca 1900. Photo from City …

#Passover2018 Look! The Easter Bunny came to the seder! @BL_HebrewMSS Add MS …

#Passover2018 Look! The Easter Bunny came to the seder! @BL_HebrewMSS Add MS …

Rarghh! Smash Smash Smash!

WILLY-NILLY—meaning ‘haphazardly’ or ‘whether you like it or not’—is a 17th …

#todayinpowerposes by Ottley #theyoungmaster

‘Nerts!’ was 1920s American slang, used as a politer version of the risqué and …

I guess I can’t get enough of these slightly tired tulips.

“Dog View” from Akita-inu, home of Japan’s adorable Akita dogs / 秋田犬がふるさとをストリートビュー

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Hey Jude #flowchart

No one captured the comfort of domestic memories better than London, …

The Shape of Water

The Passionate Photo Colorizers Who Are Humanizing the Past

I love them when they start to look tired. (I look tired) #tulips

Why do we swear? | The Economist - YouTube

An Incredible World Map That Plots the Literal Translation of Every Country Name In the World

#PatersonEwen created his own rendition of the legendary work by 19th century …

You know I am. @effinbirds

Stunning Photos of a Beautiful Shepherd Dog Posing Happily With His Owl Friends

These chessmen are part of a hoard found in a sand dune on the Isle of Lewis in …

A HUMSTRUM is a sulky, petulant mood. (via @HaggardHawks) #manflu 👶🏻🤒

Massive vintage movie poster collection is being digitized and made available online

The Last Conversation You’ll Ever Need to Have About Eating Right

In honour of #WomensHistoryMonth, a painting of York (TO) by @ElizabethSimcoe …

Life is NOT a Journey - Alan Watts

#WorldPuppetryDay

The Philharmonic Turntable Orchestra Performs Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor

Happy Nowruz to those celebrating the Persian new year! #haftsin

Franco-Ontarians

Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window. Steve Wozniak

Get happy with the word ‘happy’ - OxfordWords blog

Welcome, spring! Here’s #MaudLewis’ “Yellow Birds” to kick off the new season. …

Remembering When 'The New York Times' Explained Pizza

A MACARONI SHRUG is a disdainful, posturing shrug of the shoulders. (via …

More from the #ROM on its 104th birthday! (via @ROMtoronto)

Once again, I’m not quite clear what’s going on here. I guess it’s comfortable? …

#OTD Mar 19 1914, the Royal Ontario Museum officially opens. Happy birthday …

#currentmood #mondaymood

This brilliant illustration was made in the mid-16th century for the Mughal …

Tulips! Thanks, @doodlesruletoronto!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BANSHEE derives from the Irish for ‘woman of the fairies’. (via @HaggardHawks)

A timely reminder #stpatricksday #paddysday #PaddynotPatty (via @twisteddoodles)

The view south towards Queen West via University Avenue in 1927 before the …

St Brigid of Ireland, the 6th-century abbess of Kildare, was noted for the …

If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay …

Hypnos was the ancient Greek god of sleep. His wings allowed him to move over …

More from #MaryPratt whose early works depict the transcendental nature of …

Professor Stephen Hawking 1942 - 2018

Canadian realist painter Mary Pratt was born #otd in 1935 in Fredericton. This …

If Science Was a Person

Men are in error when they lament the flight of time, accusing it of being too …

American painter Reginald Marsh was born on this date in 1898. This is …

The Love Triangle That Brought Down Québec

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average …

A ‘tenter’ is a frame for stretching fabric, which gives us the metaphorically …

BETSUBARA (Japanese) - literally “extra stomach”, the feeling when you suddenly …

French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour was born #otd in 1593. This is “The …

Prairie tranquility as depicted by Winnipeg landscape painter, #CharlesComfort …

The smallest discernible movement of a computer mouse—equal to 1/200th of an …

A little girl in Toronto lost to history – and now found

Well, I am! @effinbirds

MOUNGE (v.) to idle while there are jobs to be done (via @HaggardHawks)

Going to bed an hour before my body thinks it’s time. #wishmeluck

Word of the day: “water-snake” - Old English name for the otter (Lutra lutra), …

Opabinia was a pre-historic creature with 30 legs, 30 flippers and a trunk with …

A PLURALE TANTUM is a word that is usually only ever used as a plural – like …

Let’s go! #theyoungmaster #kaylee (at Leslieville)

Word of the day: kenning - a (typically) two-word metaphor that stands in for a …

What do you want to do today?

Snake wrapped around the world [Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects …

Maple sugar hut in the Don Valley, 1913. Photo: James Salmon collection (via …

Heritage Minutes: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Riding the Glen Road bus in #Rosedale, #otd Mar 8, 1923. Photo: Alfred Pearson …

Named after an Amazonian queen said to have been killed fighting alongside …

This International Women’s Day, feminists should - finally - accept transgender women

Women of the world

How Toronto got its name

Wishing everyone a purr-fect hump day in honour of our favourite painter of …

From Trudeaumania to fuddle duddle: Canadian English additions to Oxford Dictionaries - OxfordWords blog

City of Toronto in 1834. Watercolour map produced by Ethel G.A. Foster for the …

#OTD 1834 Town of York incorporated as a City and renamed Toronto. Plan of York, …

It’s Toronto’s 184th anniversary today! Toronto in 1834. Painting by Owen P. …

MATUTOLYPEA – grumpy first thing in the morning. (via @qikipedia) #me

Renaissance master Michelangelo was born #otd in 1475. This sophisticated chalk …

Cinderella’s glass slipper originated in a mistranslation of Charles Perrault’s …

The singular pronoun “they” was popular in the English language for centuries, …

Japanese painter Kanō Tan’yū was born #otd in 1602. This is “Long-tailed Bird …

Well, this is a new thing. I’m not sure what’s happening here. #theyoungmaster

At the Intersection - @brian_bilston

The Allan Gardens in the early 1900’s. (via @oldTOseries) (at Allan Gardens Park …

Canadian artist William Kurelek was born #otd in 1927. This is “Portrait of the …

Adults in their 50s tend to remember more from their 20s than they do from their …

Some people see functional shift As a sign that our tongue is adrift But speech …

Chinese-born American artist Fay Chong was born #otd in 1912. This is “March …

Doris has the best ideas! It’s time for an Manhattan! (at Luma)

Well, that’s quite festive! #viewfrommywindow

Victorian Fountain at #AllanGardens in 189? #tbt (via @FOAllanGardens …

How Orange (the Fruit) Inspired Orange (the Color)

World Book Day: leafing through the pages of history

March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. The Roman calendar originally …

The Finns have a word, takatalvi, for the heartbreaking experience of winter …

Dutch painter Carel Fabritius was born sometime in February, 1622. A pupil of …

A group of penguins on land is called a waddle. (Image: MemoryCatcher) (via …

French painter, sculptor and printmaker, Honoré-Victorin Daumier, was born #otd …

Sesame Street: Ladybugs' Picnic

Sesame Street: Number 9 Martian Beauty

Sesame Street: Alligator King

The Anti-Slavery Society of Canada was founded in Toronto on February 26, 1851. …

MONDAY MORNING KARMA Weary of its buzzing, he smashed up his alarm, with his …

SLOOMY (adj.) sleepy, sluggish; slow-witted (via @HaggardHawks)

SNEEZE was originally spelled ‘fnese’, but the initial F was misread as a long …

Fox [Tapestry the Lady and the Unicorn, Musée de Cluny] (via @DamienKempf)

“Dash my wigs!” was a 19th century expression of surprise. (via @HaggardHawks) …

The colour orange is named after the fruit, not vice versa. (via @qikipedia)

Janelle Monáe – Make Me Feel [Official Music Video]

‘I was born a slave, but nature gave me the soul of a free man.’ Toussaint …

CURBAWDY (Scots) - the art of seeking a quarrel. (via @qikipedia)

I’m sure I’m on the list. Can you check again? [BnF, Fr. 9561, 14th c.] (via …

BALDERDASH SYNDROME is a rare psychological disorder in which sufferers give …

STRIKHEDONIA. The joy of not giving a damn. (via @qikipedia)

Photographing the dingoes of the Great Sandy Desert

LOGANAMNOSIS is the obsession with finding a specific word you’ve forgotten. …

Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born #otd in 1473. His radical …

For your Monday morning, here is the wild man with red shoes [Beinecke, MS. 287, …

Bears love trees [Hieronymus Bosch, Garden Of Earthly Delights] (via …

Metanalysis is when the division between words in a phrase shifts over time. For …

Telephone Love - JC Lodge (Original Video - Improved Sound)

Call me Bubbles, darling! Everybody does!

Dinner with the delightful Luc and the Delicious Jules! (at Campo Restaurant)

An Manhattan of a Friday afternoon (at Luma)

#TBT to the Palm House at #AllanGardens 105 years ago. Source: City of Toronto …

Happy Birthday, Galileo (born #otd in 1564)! How many people have a unit of …

Order-in-Council P.C. 1911-1324 — the Proposed Ban on Black Immigration to Canada

On the day after St #ValentinesDay, the feast of Saint Faustinus is considered a …

To SLOOM is to snooze or sleep fitfully or lightly. (via @HaggardHawks)

saudade (I think Scots have some of this too.)

Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine

The first children’s picture book features sounds made by animals as the way to …

Happy Palentine’s Day!

SMYSTER is a Scots dialect word meaning ‘to laugh quietly to yourself while you …

Bird Of Paradise Courtship Spectacle - Planet Earth - BBC Earth

Schvans (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Rough seas (Shortly after this shot, the spray blowing off the lake soaked me.) …

Oscar Wilde’s play Salome premiered #otd in 1896. This illustration to the …

PHAGOMANIA (n.) an excessive desire for food or eating (via @HaggardHawks) …

A USAGEASTER is a grammar pedant, or a self-appointed and ill-informed expert on …

Interstellar Theme (Oud cover) by Ahmed Alshaiba

It’s lonely at the top [Historia Plantarum, Biblioteca Casanatense, 15th c.] …

You can watch the progress of Toronto’s salt trucks, snow plows, and sidewalk …

Original cut-out animation pieces for Monty Python & the Holy Grail (via …

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a …

Mulligan (n.) - surname, from Gaelic Maolagan, Old Irish Maelecan, a double …

The Anglo-Saxons called February Solmoneth (mud month) or Kale-monath (kale …

#TBT to @Torontounion in 1930. Look at those steam engines! 🚂l (via @MyTOFD)

Word of the day: MENCOLEK (Indonesian) - to tap someone lightly on the opposite …

Advice from a dog (via @obviousplant)

There is an account called @effinbirds and it knows me so well. #stronglanguage

#mycharmingcompanion has it right. #Naps for everyone!

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. Herbert Henry …

‘Please sir, I want some more.’ Charles Dickens was born #otd in 1812. This …

terrible at remembering names

Frederick Langdon Hubbard, Chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1936. He …

Enthralling #misswormwood

‘Dossier’ comes from the French word for “back,” ’dos,‘ and originally meant …

Sesame Street - If I Knew You Were Coming

The Icelandic word, ÍSBÍLTÚR, is the specific act of going for a drive and …

#otd 1981: The Bathhouse Raids. In the @Spacing book “25 Days that Changed …

If you’re FORWALLOWED then you’re worn out from tossing and turning all night. …

Scottish painter James McIntosh Patrick was born #otd in 1907. This is “An …

French painter and sculptor Fernand Léger was born #otd in 1881. This is “The …

Everybody expected the Spanish Inquisition – they were legally obliged to give …

An Gearran (Gaelic) - February

Wonder in Aliceland (at Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts)

Wonder in Aliceland (at Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts)

The sign (at Honest Ed’s)

Pre-show Dinner (at KINKA IZAKAYA TORONTO)

Dancehall party in my cab.

MUSTACHIOSTREPSOMANIA is the tendency for young men to stroke their first …

This Cosmic Calendar was put together by Eric Fisk and based on an idea …

You Gotta Believe

The river names ‘Tyne’ and ‘Humber’ are thought to be survivals of the …

Cho dall ri dallag (Gaelic) - as blind as a mole

I adore this review of the Muppet Show. 🤣

Romanian-born painter Ștefan Luchian was born #otd in 1868. This is “Anemone.” …

Happy Birthday to Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, who was born …

Black History - The Canadian Encyclopedia

First census of Toronto’s Black population in 1840 counted 525 people | Toronto Star

Black History Month - Canada.ca

FAIR-MAID-OF-FEBRUARY is an 18th century name for the snowdrop. (via …

#February is named after the Roman purification festival Februa. This image …

Old Grand Trunk Station, foot of Yonge Street [1907?] (via @AemiliusJarvis)

Hans Holbein the Younger, the son of Hans Holbein the Elder, was born sometime …

The linguistic legacy of Paris is Burning - OxfordWords blog

The word PARAPHERNALIA originally referred to all of a woman’s possessions that …

How I Met My Wife

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Italian landscape painter Bernardo Bellotto was born on this date in 1721 in …

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The 20 most beautiful indoor spaces in Toronto

The 300-Year History of Using “Literally” Figuratively

The sublime beauty of Indian ragas

Aadhaar is the Hindi word of the year for 2017 - Times of India

Cho gorach ri an fhaoileig (Gaelic) - as crazy as a seagull

A BOUFFAGE is a satisfying meal. (via @HaggardHawks)

Oh, poor rabbit. #thekayleeandottleyshow (at Leslieville)

The Kaylee and Ottley Show (This show goes on for hours.)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

New #socks with #polkadots!

Stephen Collins on the Bayeux tapestry – cartoon

Seison Maeda, one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters, was born #otd …

The Holocaust began with words — and in the era of the internet & social …

A ZENZICUBICUBE is the square of the cube of a cubed number—(x³)³)². So 262,144 …

One of Toronto's oldest parks is set for a major upgrade

The hedgehog’s old name, ‘urchin’, comes from the same root as ‘horror’. (via …

The Anglo-Saxon name for hedgehog was ‘igl’. (via @qikipedia)

Sea urchins were named after hedgehogs. (via @qikipedia)

Wilder Penfield

The soft edges where loaves of bread have expanded and touched one another …

Happy #BurnsNight! In 1902, the Burns Literary Society of Toronto presented the …

My Heart's in the Highlands

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the …

Don’t gobblefunk around with words. Roald Dahl

Dinner with the delightful Doris (at Campo Food Hall)

The Distinctive Line Between One Subject and Another, John McEwen (at AGO - Art …

Liberation, F. H. Varley (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

Northern Lake, Tom Thomson (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

A woman with a spade, seen from behind, Vincent Van Gogh (at AGO - Art Gallery …

The Shop Girl, James Tissot (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

It’s about time for a visit.

PLUVIOPHILE – someone who loves rainy days. (via @qikipedia) 🙋‍♂️

#currentmood (at Leslieville)

Polish-born French painter Moïse Kisling was born #otd in 1891. This is …

A graceful Sunday self-portrait brought to you by Russian-Canadian modern artist …

More beautiful winter on a surprisingly spring-like day (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Crooked House #agathachristie

I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it. Mae West

Happy Birthday to American painter Mark Ryden, called the “godfather of pop …

Word of they day: MAMIHLAPINATAPAI (Yaghan) - a look shared by two people, each …

老屋后的枣子熟了，正好做笼酸枣糕解解馋

It’s everybody’s favourite day, #PenguinAwarenessDay! So it’s important to know …

The Finnish word for pedant, pilkunnussija, translates literally as ‘comma …

OED Word of the Day on A. A. Milne’s birthday: Eeyorish, adj. Deeply …

Nerd that I am, it tickles me that ‘raid’, 'ride’, and 'road’ are siblings. Road …

‘Eeyore’ is a phonetic spelling of the sound a donkey makes (when described in …

We snap as many pictures today, every two minutes, as were taken in the entire …

Winnie the Pooh author A A Milne was born #otd in 1882. Here are Eeyore and Pooh …

A Canadian Slavery Story

#OTD, 97 years ago, the Montreal-based #BeaverHallGroup—known for its equal …

Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing from Carnegie Hall 1938, Newsreel footage!

A MORKSHRIEK—literally, a shriek in the dark—is an unbelievable story or old …

Buddha’s Brain

#BlueMonday explained #science (via @twisteddoodles)

It’s Sunday and my landlords have threatened me with eviction because I expected …

This fabulously floral bouquet was painted by trailblazing artist and scientist …

St. James’ Cathedral, Toronto, 1938. Nicholas Hornyansky. (via @ScenesFromACity)

Soon after its reappearance, centuries later, in Farmer & Henley’s “Slang”, …

The original meaning of “shithole” was quite literal, and dates back to 1629: …

💩🕳 (via @stronglang)

The Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing says that under their kilts …

The Final Ride of the Mail Robots

For the 1st time, the maple leaf 🇨🇦 is flying over Highclere Castle (the real …

I’m all about breathing today. ‘Spirit’ is from the Latin 'spiritus’, breath - …

meh, int. Expressing indifference or a lack of enthusiasm (via @OED)

John Coltrane - Lush life

Photographer Captures Striking Macro Images of Individual Snowflakes With Colorful Patterns Inside

Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that’s not the …

The linguistic legacy of Paris is Burning - OxfordWords blog

TOBY was 17th century slang for the buttocks. ‘To tickle someone’s toby’ meant …

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can …

Tiny word-fact of the day: ‘alone’ began as ’all one’, i.e. on one’s own. …

#winterfashion #fez (at Ryerson University)

How to avoid mixing your metaphors - @brian_bilston

The Scottish Sisters Who Pioneered Art Nouveau | JSTOR Daily

What winter looked like in Toronto 100 years ago

Ultimate #NoirToronto is a lit up Temple Building circa 1900. A darkened Old …

Another moody morning at the lake. (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Feeling like I should get out of bed…

Magnolias are the oldest surviving flowering plants; they first appeared 100 …

My furnace is having trouble keeping up with the cold. I’ll have to do some …

Vintage Photographs of the Construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct

What are you watching?

I know I should be skating on the lake or building ice sculptures or something …

Sci-fi author Judith Merril and the very real story of Toronto’s Spaced Out Library | Toronto Star

Enjoying the icy surroundings of Toronto’s lakefront, 1906. That’s photographer …

To have ‘the blues’ is a shortening of ‘blue devils’, malevolent demons once …

Ok. I’ll sit on the chair, then. #couchesarefordogs #mycharmingcompanion …

A poronkusema is a distance of about 7.5 km in Finland. It’s how far a reindeer …

The PENINKULMA is an obsolete unit of distance once used in Finland, that was …

#theyoungmaster has definitely not got this ninja thing down. #ottley …

My charming companion is honing her ninja skills by blending undetectably into …

The Hong Kong Orchid Tree (Bauhinia blakeana) at Allan Gardens is in bloom! …

AM FAOILLEACH - A’ chiad mhìos den bhliadhna / The first month of the year. …

The sunlight streaming in my window and hitting @daneshhanbury’s painting warmed …

Victoria & Abdul

Chinese painter Qi Baishi was born #otd in 1864. This is “Painting of a cicada.” …

Toronto's Victorian-Era Tropical Garden Conservatory

“January” (1979) by #AlexColville. (via @artcaninstitute)

#HappyNewYear! January is named after the Roman god Janus. He had two faces so …

NEWERYMORN (n.) the morning of New Year’s Day (via @HaggardHawks)

The first song played in Times Square every year is Guy Lombardo & His Royal …

2017

AFTERVIEW (n.) reminiscence, retrospection; the act of reflecting on the past …

Blade Runner 2049

City of the Future? Humans, Not Technology, Are the Challenge in Toronto

Take everything as it comes; the wave passes, deal with the next one. — …

One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are …

Author of The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling was born #otd in 1865. This …

Word of the Day: SEGNITY (n.) laziness, idleness (via @HaggardHawks)

“Painting is now a universal language.” — #HaroldTown (1924-1990, Toronto-born …

The Wondrous Creatures of Hieronymus Bosch Turned Into Highly Detailed Handmade Piñatas

The Great Australian Adjective by W. T. Goodge, The Sydney Bulletin, 1898 …

Look who’s come for a visit! #theyoungmaster

The Original Absolutely Fabulous Sketch (from French & Saunders) - Video Dailymotion

SNEETER (v.) to sleep in an uncomfortable position; to doze or snooze awkwardly …

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich - Open face. Insert turkey sandwich.

Star Wars: The Force Awaken #starwars #rewatch

Trees #animalproblems

I’m not sure what the message is here but Happy Frogmas all the same.

Merry Christmas from the late 19th century!

Young Tristan Turkey is out the door. Now for my Christmas burrito.

Merry Christmas (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Nollaig Chridheil!

Black Christmas #christmastrauma

It’s Christmas Eve! In Diana Thorneycroft’s series “The Group of Seven Awkward …

St. Nicholas #iwillfightyou

A snowy Christmas Eve on Yonge Street looking north, near King Street. #OTD …

Winter Wonderland (at Ashbridges Bay)

Guys! Guysssssssss! Let’s go! #theyoungmaster (at Leslieville)

A hand-drawn Christmas card sent by J.R.R Tolkien (as Father Christmas) to his …

Saturday is Caturday 🐈 as painted by the great Maritime artist #AlexColville, …

Roland the Farter was a court jester of Henry II who, every Christmas, had to …

“A CANADIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY IN 1850 – From a drawing made in the best style of …

#FridayFlashback to the Victoria Skating Rink in winter 1863. #AllanGardens is …

The True Meaning of Christmas #autometalogolex

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE! It’s only getting lighter from here. This delicate, …

Sam & Friends: Old Black Magic

How did Santa’s reindeer get their names? - OxfordWords blog

Word of the day: BRUADARACH (Scots Gaelic) - a dreamer or a visionary. (via …

Today is the #WinterSolstice – the shortest day of the year in the northern …

The cast of Rudolph at the RCA studios in Toronto, 1964. Rudolph (Billie Mae …

The only exception was the narrator snowman voiced by Burl Ives. The voices for …

Inside a French Museum Filled With Miniature Movie Sets

“SANTA CLAUS FLYING ROUND THE EARTH IN HIS NEW AERIAL CAR – Sometimes Santa …

How can you help a grieving friend during the holidays? - Refuge In Grief

Jupiter’s aurorae are spectacular… (Image: NASA, Hubble, ESA) (via @qikipedia)

People Get Ready - James Booker (Let's Make A Better World Live In Leipzig)

Bayou Maharajah. ‘Dr. John described Booker as “the best black, gay, one-eyed …

‘Record’ is from the Latin ‘by heart’, because information was often memorised …

Reindeer antlers grow at a rate of more than an inch a day, making them the …

HUMDUDGEON (n.) an illness or ailment invented to get out of going to work (via …

WHIPPER-TOOTIES are pointless misgivings or groundless excuses for not trying to …

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Happy Christmas to all. (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

I’m not dramatic. YOU’RE dramatic! (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Makes one almost enjoy winter. #almost (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Jean-Claude Van Johnson - Official Trailer [HD] | Amazon Video

Borrowed into English in the early 1800s, the Italian expression ‘dolce far …

The online test of identity in which users are asked to replicate a distorted …

Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Rumi

I am endeavouring to make a clementine cake. I’m going to boil these little …

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there’s a nobler art of leaving …

#AllanGardens under a fresh dusting of snow, circa 1993 or 1994. Photo: City of …

Ravi Shankar's sitar: taking India to the world

Fabric flaps on sides of hats or caps that protect the ears in cold weather are …

Beware of sarcasm: the word is from the Greek for ‘flesh-eating’, with the idea …

Migros Weihnachten 2017: Wer steckt denn da in den Migroskassen?

mistletoe (via @haggardhawks)

Opinion | Lighting Hanukkah Candles Under the Swastika’s Shadow

91% of Canadian manners is just pretending you didn’t see someone else slip on …

Decorator crabs usually adorn themselves with sponges and algae, but when …

#HappyHanukkah! 🕯 Can you spot the hanukkiyah—nine-candle menorah used during …

by @mackvarnish ・・・ #grovers #immaculateconception #furby #muppet #nativity …

#AllanGardens all dressed in white. Pic: D. Winterton #snowday (via …

Someone felt he needed to “hold foots” with me. #theyoungmaster (at Leslieville)

Trivial word fact of the day: ‘icicle’ began as ‘ice ickle’, in which an ‘ickle’ …

NINGUID - snowy; covered in snow. (via @qikipedia)

Bungee-Jumping Alien

MURG is a Scots dialect word for a heavy fall of snow. As a verb, it can be used …

Mythos: Stephen Fry reads from his retelling of Ancient Greek myths

Before Edward Lear Was a Limerick Genius, He Was a Teenage Parrot-Painting Prodigy

Happy birthday to Newfoundland-born realist painter and printmaker …

Work Party # 2 (at Harbour Sixty Steakhouse)

VERBIGERATION – obsessive repetition of meaningless random words and phrases. …

Needles - @brian_bilston

Naughty children beware! Tonight is Krampusnacht or Krampus Night. Krampus is a …

This girl, tho…

The Refugees, 1937 by Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka (via @womensart1)

German-American cartoonist Thomas Nast conceived and introduced our modern image …

Archimedes’ number myriakis-myriostas periodu myriakis-myriston arithmon myriai …

What's the Singular of 'Scissors'?

To MOUZLE something is to make it untidy. (via @HaggardHawks)

So I came home to these beauties - birthday flowers from SS!

Aerial view of the Toronto City Hall taken from an aeroplane, 1919. Eaton’s …

Stephen Collins on delivery services – cartoon

TripIt | A trip to Montreal, QC, Canada from November - December 2017

BED-FAVOURITE (n.) someone who likes to lie in in the morning (via …

Home sweet home

Jupiter, you’re bluetiful 💙! Churning swirls of Jupiter’s clouds are seen in …

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Despicable Me 3

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Step inside these 15,000-year-old caves in Montreal

An Dùbhlachd (Scots Gaelic) - December, depths of winter

How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is …

So this was happening at the Christmas party last night. …

So this was happening at the Christmas party last night. …

‘Aberdeen Window’ by contemporary Scottish artist Frances Walker #womensart (via …

#December is so called as it was the tenth month of the Roman calendar – ‘decem’ …

JAYUS (Indonesian) – a joke so awful you can’t help but laugh. (via @qikipedia)

Saint Andrew’s Day! Patron saint of Scotland, Cyprus, Greece, Russia, Romania, …

Humans and elephants are the only animals with chins. (via @qikipedia)

TIL that I work on the 13th floor in Montreal.

In Scotland, ‘gardyloo’ was a warning one would cry before dumping slop out into …

First night in a hotel - time for a room service burger? Of *course* it is!

Tracey Ullman - Some Sort of Therapy Centre

TripIt | A trip to Montreal, QC, Canada from November - December 2017

TripIt | A trip to Montreal, QC, Canada from November - December 2017

I think we found a correlation… (via @stats_canada)

Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)

Fernweh [fairn-vay]: a beautifully wistful German word, meaning the longing to …

I'm Sally O'Malley and I'm 50

A tartan has been designed specifically to be worn while exploring Mars. …

Can we still call it late fall? (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

I don’t usually take photos of food in restaurants but this Green Tea Opera Cake …

French Post-Impressionist painter and poster artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec …

Lunch with Trevor (at Miku Restaurant Toronto)

#TBT to November 24, 1913. Horticultural Ave. (not yet named) served the …

The father of Art Deco, artist/designer Romain de Tirtoff — better known as Erté …

40-34 Queen St. W., Toronto, 1885. Comparing #beforeandafter my digital edits, …

You want to see my stitches? I will require the tummy rubs. #theyoungmaster

New #socks! Somewhat 3D this time. (Geometry pedants go!)

Treppenwitz is the German word for a witty comeback that you think of too late …

Like local history? This homegrown app brings Toronto facts to your fingertips

disillusionment of 10 point font

Someone got caught ever so gingerly licking my plate with a lamb pie on it. …

Heathrow Bears Christmas TV Advert - #HeathrowBears

PHYSBUTTOCKE was a 16th century insult aimed at a vain, dandyish young man. (via …

Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

Dutch painter Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os was born on this date in 1782 in …

A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

Toronto Sign will be dimmed today for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today …

MUDITA - joy from other’s joy, vicarious happiness; the opposite of …

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Danish/Icelandic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen was born on this date in 1770. This …

Ghost signs tell the story of lost Toronto

In 1972, the CBC held a contest to complete the sentence “as Canadian as …

Somebody was SO ASLEEP! #theyoungmaster

This little fella, in his fierce pink onesie, had a certain surgery (downstairs) …

The Hitman’s Bodyguard

SNUDGE is an old English dialect word meaning ‘to walk with the head held down …

Toronto Islands, 1857: a year before a storm cut it from the mainland, and …

Toronto Islands, 1857: a year before a storm cut it from the mainland, and …

A FLAG TREE is one so exposed to a prevailing wind that one side of it entirely …

All this talk about how King St is changing for pedestrians and streetcars - …

A group of starfish is called a galaxy. (via @qikipedia)

This Interactive Periodic Table Features a Haiku for Each Element

One cannot go wrong with an Manhattan on a Friday afternoon. (at Luma)

Canadian artist Florence Carlyle was born in 1864. This is “The Tiff” from the …

#TBT to the Palm House & Austin Floyd’s “Cascading Fountains” at …

Like is more than an overused filler word - it's a sign of sophistication, says JOHN KELLY

I also managed to check out the Florine Stettheimer exhibit. (at AGO - Art …

I also managed to check out the Florine Stettheimer exhibit. (at AGO - Art …

Dinner with the delicious Doris! (at R&D)

Visiting David Milne (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

Streetcar at Avenue Road and Bloor Street, 1912. James Salmon collection. (via …

The Little Hours

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is …

Sesame Street: Try a Little Kindness (with Tori Kelly)

Flash Talk: Swearing in Québec

“Stop thinking about art works as objects & start thinking about them as …

Michelangelo was called a heretic for giving Adam a belly button on the Sistine …

The Japanese word SHINRINYOKU—literally ‘forest-bathing’—refers to a relaxing …

Carpool Karaoke w/ Sam Smith ft. Fifth Harmony

FU, CKOI (or: Saying “fuck” on the radio in Canada)

Maple Leaf Gardens opened #OTD, 1931. William James Family fonds (via …

Doing “The Human”

Meet the Rottweiler-Sized Prehistoric Otter With Teeth That Could Crunch Bone

Today in the kitchen: Two methods of turkey stock, old fashion cauldron and …

#MollyLambBobak’s watercolour “Poppies” (n.d.) for Remembrance Day; Bobak was …

On #RemembranceDay, here is a red poppy made by Mary Delany. (via …

Irish painter Louis le Brocquy was born on this date in 1916. This is “Image of …

‘To hune your hoddle’ is an old Scots expression meaning ‘to slow your pace’, or …

Ella Fitzgerald Recording Will Be Released After More Than 60 Years in Record Label Vault

I have a stick and it is mine and it is not yours and I love it so much. …

This atmospheric view of Lindisfarne Priory was painted by watercolourist Thomas …

This atmospheric view of Lindisfarne Priory was painted by watercolourist Thomas …

Some companies in Japan encourage workers to take a 20 minute power nap at their …

EPISTEMOPHILIA - an excessive striving for or preoccupation with knowledge. (via …

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are …

To TIMPLE something is to ruin it by fiddling or overhanding it. (via …

There once was a man from Peru Whose limericks stopped at line two (via …

A matrix of -shits (via @stronglang)

Canadian painter Paul Peel was born #otd in 1860. This is “The Young Botanist.” …

9 Nervy Facts About the Vagus Nerve

“The Tangled Garden” by Canadian Group of Seven founder J.E.H. MacDonald, born …

These roof tiles were made in China in the 15th or 16th century. The images of …

Remember, remember, it’s the fifth of November. Happy gay forks!

The earliest known photographs of Toronto

The Early 20th-Century ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe From Harassment

Zischeln is a useful German verb meaning ‘to whisper angrily’. (via @qikipedia)

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety. …

In my seemingly unending quest for better sleep, I got a new pillow. @endy

An t-Samhain - November

Old Age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you have to start …

HIGHFALUTINATION is ludicrously pompous or overblown speech or language. (via …

#currentmood #theyoungmaster (at Leslieville)

The symbols used by !$%@ing cartoonists to indicate swearing are called …

WINDOW literally means ‘wind-eye’. DAISY literally means ‘day’s-eye’. (via …

Dinner with the dashing Derek (at Korean Grill House)

#WilliamKurelek, All Things Betray Thee Who Betrayest Me, 1970 (via …

‘Aghast’ & ’ghastly’ come from ‘gasten’ (“to frighten”), from ’gast,‘ the …

The ‘h’ in ‘ghost‘ is a historical hiccup. William Caxton, having first …

In Germany, it’s traditional to hide all the knives on Hallowe’en, so returning …

FORMIDOLOUS (adj.) frightening, dreadful (via @HaggardHawks)

Turned on the heat today, just to give it a test, and imagine my surprise when …

AUTUMNITY (n.) a period beyond one’s youth; middle age (via @HaggardHawks)

The True Story of Toronto's Island Ghost

The Heebie Bee Gees. (via @brian_bilston)

HISTY-FISTY is an old Scots dialect word describing someone who is untrustworthy …

It takes a photon 40,000 years to get from the centre of the Sun to its surface, …

A falling leaf: A kind of grief For Summer’s passing. - Ian McMillan @IMcMillan

My charming companion knows how it’s done.

Canadian Graffiti (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

The young master going about his business (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

A moody morning at the lake (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

SLINGE (v.) to lounge, to idle (via @HaggardHawks)

Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, it is explicitly illegal in Britain to …

American painter Elizabeth Nourse was born on this date in 1859. This is “Head …

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself. …

I have a couple of visitors today. I am making meatballs and they love me a …

Most clams begin life as males, but half of them turn female when older. (via …

Need a Last-Minute Costume Idea? Check Out This 18th Century Demonology Book

‘Friend’ and ’fiend’ derive from the Old English words for “to love” and “to …

American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein was born #otd in 1923. This is “Reverie.” …

AKERINGTIME is an old English dialect name for autumn. It literally means …

Known for her sumptuous floral works, artist Mary Moser was born #otd in 1744. …

jack o’ lanterns

I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks. Totie Fields

Scots haggis exports to Canada to resume

‘Sympathy’: you share the feelings of another. ‘Empathy’: you can imagine and …

cool spiderwebs!

Mario's Word of the Week - Apodyopsis

Are you a ghost?

Kensington Market

Heritage Minutes: Kensington Market

Besides serving as letter drops, mailboxes also dispensed stamps & had …

To HURKLE-DURKLE is to lounge in bed when you should be up and about. (via …

Half of the world’s population has a genetic mutation that makes Brussels …

Scottish painter David Roberts was born #otd in 1796. This is “The Piazza Navona …

SNIPPER-SNAPPER (n.) an uppity young man (via @HaggardHawks)

Laneway colours no. 3 #dogwalks (at Leslieville)

Laneway colours no. 2 #dogwalks (at Leslieville)

Laneway colours no. 1 #dogwalks (at Leslieville)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

So, this is happening on my deck in the last week of October.

The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees (via …

This is “Grey Day in Town” by Canadian Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris, born …

Until 1899, the list of official diseases of the Royal College of Physicians …

#DYK Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriele Rossetti had two pet wombats? Here are …

We walked as far as the railway bridge. (at Crothers Woods)

Sumac (at Crothers Woods)

Thanks to the marathon, this was our morning walk. (at Crothers Woods)

Get to know Florine Stettheimer - AGO Art Matters

scooby, n. not to have a scooby: not to have a clue (via @OED)

New #socks with what I think must be green and red dragon scales.

Futurist painter and sculptor Umberto Boccioni was born #otd in 1882. This is …

“…BUT IT’S MINE! I FOUND IT!” #theyoungmaster #lanewaypizza (at Leslieville)

My charming companion knows it’s early in the afternoon but, maybe, just maybe, …

#HappyDiwali! The Hindu festival celebrates the triumph of light over dark. This …

#OTD 1918, the Prince Edward Viaduct opens. Looking east to Broadview Ave, ca …

One definitely goes to dinner with Doris for the company and the great food but …

Dinner with the enchanting Doris! (at Grey Gardens)

…also Alex Colville - Soldier and Girl at Station (at AGO - Art Gallery of …

…also William Kurelek - The Bachelor (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

… also Tom Thomson - Maple Saplings (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

Back to visit Adam, among others. (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

Mario's Word of the Week - Antipodal

The Group of Eight

Japanese Artist Crafts Intricate Insects Using Bamboo

Exile in Ontario: How the Russian royal family came to an end in Toronto

The ‘philtrum’ is the vertical groove between the bottom of the nose and the …

How Oscar Wilde’s life imitates his art | OUPblog

They’re not new #socks but this shit has been somewhat B-A-N-A-N-A-S today. …

In search of the elusive Lawren Harris "Toronto House" - Spacing Toronto

People who are good at maths are twice as likely to be sexually active in old …

James Tissot, “Chrysanthemums, 1875.” #art @the_clark (via @MarieRochon)

Kefir Flatbread

The wonderful 19 C. French painter James Tissot was born #otd in 1836. This is …

What’s the Word for Turkey in Turkish?

#mycharmingcompanion, #theyoungmaster, and their friend Kaylee showing how good …

The history of sourdough bread

Confelicity - a much-underused word meaning delight in someone else’s happiness; …

Socrates vs Nietzsche

My charming companion has not fully embraced her princess status because she is …

I love everything about this word: Bärenschliffe — polished rock surfaces in …

#JamesWilsonMorrice put #CDN artists on the map while exhibiting alongside …

comessation, n. Feasting, banqueting; indulgent or uproarious eating (via @OED)

Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor Kazuo Nakamura was born #otd in 1926. …

In Norwegian, pålegg is ‘anything that could conceivably be put in a sandwich’. …

The “punch” in “pleased as Punch” is properly capitalized. (It’s the puppet, not …

…and then… I found some Charles Rennie Mackintosh!! …complete with stylized …

White Women and Their Plants - Saul Williams #anishinaabegartandpower (at Royal …

My Father - Carl Ray #anishinaabegartandpower (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Flying Geese - Francis Kagige #anishinaabegartandpower (at Royal Ontario Museum)

“Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.” #eatoncourt (at …

Gas Column #theevidenceroom (at Royal Ontario Museum)

“In models and casts, The Evidence Room traces the work done by German …

Live video windows with scenes around Toronto #thefamilycamera (at Royal Ontario …

#mickey #thefamilycamera (at Royal Ontario Museum)

“This Exhibition explores how photography shapes the idea of family. In Canada, …

This year’s bowl filled with Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Purée with Puffed …

ROM viewz (at Royal Ontario Museum)

(I’m having a little sit-down too) (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Hanging out at the @romtoronto for a bit before Empty Bowls. (at Royal Ontario …

Picking up tickets for tonights event. (at Gardiner Museum)

American artist George Ault was born #otd in 1891. This is “New Moon, New York.” …

Douglas Adams's Abandoned 'Doctor Who' Episode is Being Completed Nearly 40 Years Later

OYAYUBIZOKU (Japanese) - thumb tribe. Young people who are better at texting …

IKEA Just Launched A Pet Furniture Collection, And Animal Lovers Want It All

Stunning colour photos of Toronto in the 1950s

Today is a Holiday in Honor of the World’s Most Remarkable Alphabet

I just can’t get enough.

German-born Impressionist painter Max Slevogt was born on this date in 1868. …

Who’s a pretty bird? Who’s a pretty bird? Why, Torquil is! #happythanksgiving

Today’s herbs brought to you by my little garden.

Rough seas (lakes) (at Ashbridges Bay)

Early morning at the lake (at Ashbridges Bay)

The word ‘robot’ came into English via Czech in the early 1920s, after ’robota’ …

TripIt | A trip to Montreal, Canada from November - December 2017

Gossamer - the fine, filmy webs spun by small spiders that float in the air or …

#dogwalks with #theyoungmaster (at Leslieville)

Walking to the gym (at Ryerson Quad)

Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will …

Swans - take 2 (at Ashbridges Bay)

A thirty-second note is demisemiquaver. A sixty-fourth note is a …

BALDER (v.) to use coarse or vulgar language (via @HaggardHawks)

A bit of park time before coffee with Brian (at Barbara Hall Park)

#dogwalks (at Leslieville)

plotz - collapse or be beside oneself with frustration, annoyance, or other …

New position #theyoungmaster (at Leslieville)

#Theyoungmaster is comfortable in a wide variety of (what I call awkward) …

OCTOBERIST (n.) someone who takes a dismal view of things, in particular of …

The month #October takes its name from being the 8th month of the Roman …

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. Anne of Green Gables, …

//www.instagram.com/p/BZtbR3zAckW Serenity (at Ashbridges Bay)

Fall colours (at Ashbridge’s Bay)

Fall flowers looking tired (at Ashbridges Bay)

Your morning swan (at Ashbridges Bay)

Why have I never been to the Mackenzie House Museum in Bond Street? …

This ancient frog could have preyed on dinosaurs

Canadian comic book illustrator, painter, and visual artist Camilla d’Errico was …

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you someone else is …

My new #socks zigged when they should have zagged.

YEVRISOME is an old Scots dialect word describing someone with an insatiable …

The earliest record of the word PIQUANT in English is as another word for a …

The Unconventional Life of Mary Walker, the Only Woman to Have Received the U.S. Medal of Honor

French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain was born sometime in 1600. This is …

mellifluous is from Latin mellifluus ‘flowing with honey’, from mel ‘honey’ + …

GTD (part 2) I’ll be going back. (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

GTD (part 2) I’ll be going back. (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

There was so much to see at the Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters …

Here for the GTD preview. (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

To boldly go for it: why the split infinitive is no longer a mistake

How to stay cool on a hot day? Apply nose directly to air conditioning vent. …

Star Trek: Discovery

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea? - Randy Rainbow Song Parody 🚀🎶🇰🇵

TripIt | A trip to Montreal, Canada in September 2017

He would have been 81 #otd

Thank you to my lovely Montreal host, the lovely and charming @julius_caron, for …

Village People (at Gay Village, Montreal)

Library Lines (at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / Grande …

…because air conditioning (oh ya, and books) (at Grande Bibliothèque)

Zou Bisou Bisou (Lyric Video)

#NationalPunctuationDay

LIGIBED (n.) a lounger, a lazy idler (via @HaggardHawks)

A GALDER is a nonsensical, prattling person. (via @HaggardHawks)

Toronto just got a book garden by the waterfront

Mario's Word of the Week - Defenestrate

Oxford Bags, the Ridiculously Wide-Legged Trousers of the 1920s

French Fauvist painter Charles Camoin was born on this date in 1879. This is …

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich …

A walk up the mountain with the Ladies from the office (and, for some reason, …

FALL she loved to catch the falling leaves in autumn she would sit and wait …

The view fro @julius_caron’s back window looks like a dilapidated castle.

How Pants Went From Banned to Required in the Roman Empire

Punishment for wearing trousers in Rome in 397: ‘the offender shall be stripped …

A GONGOOZLER is someone who stares absent-mindedly at something, English Dialect …

Room service burger. Omnomnom. That is all.

TripIt | A trip to Montreal, Canada in September 2017

F-Bomb #stronglanguage

British illustrator Arthur Rackham was born on this date in 1867. This is …

Walking into a room and then immediately forgetting why you’re there is called …

Defected Records

We must not, in thinking about how we can make a big difference, ignore small …

The expression GOODY TWO-SHOES derives from the title character of a children’s …

Dutch realist painter Anton Mauve was born on this date in 1838. This is …

For Centuries, People Celebrated a Little Boy’s First Pair of Trousers

Chipmunks #sadanimalfacts

Once Upon a Time in China II

In an effort to clean out my storage space, I’m retrieving a few boxes a time. …

A NIP-CHEESE is a mean, ungenerous host. (via @HaggardHawks)

Ornamental pepper, happy in the afternoon sun. Thanks, @doodlesruletoronto!

Transformers: The Last Knight (because @daneshhanbury said it was terrible so I …

Voles #sadanimalfacts

Pigritude (1600s): the state of utter sloth that renders you incapable of moving …

Laneway Beauty No. 1 #dogwalks

Laneway Beauty No. 2 #dogwalks

Flemish Baroque painter Jan Brueghel the Younger was born #otd in 1601. This is …

It’s impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren’t feeling twinkly …

My charming companion feels strongly that she should get a treat after each …

small angry dog

The young master seems to enjoy my shoes…for naps. (at Puppy Patrol)

Imagine doing your morning commute on this!! #bicycle #cycling. William James …

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in …

DUVET Duvet, you are so groovet, I’d like to stay under you all of Tuesdet. - …

Nudibranchs: indicators of climate change

Beauty on the way to the gym (at Ryerson Quad)

TripIt | A trip to Mont-Royal, QC, Canada in September 2017

TripIt | A trip to Mont-Royal, QC, Canada in September 2017

Akinori Goto 3D Printed Zoetrope At Independent Creators Festival 2016

I’ve got the brain of a four year old. I’ll bet he was glad to be rid of it. …

Site of Ontario’s Legislature, #QueenPark was opened as a #Toronto public park …

French Orientalist painter George Clairin was born on this date in 1843. This is …

VETGANS is a Dutch word for a penguin. It literally means ‘fat goose’. (via …

Coined by the humorist Roger Price in 1953, a DROODLE is a simple sketch with an …

The Icelandic word for computer is tölva - derived from “tala” (number) and …

Cows (via @sadanimalfacts)

Radio telescope unveiled in B.C. will listen in on secrets of the universe

American painter Preston Dickinson was born on this date in 1889. This is …

SOODLE (v.) to walk in a leisurely, unhurried manner (via @HaggardHawks)

Camels (via @sadanimalfacts)

IGNORAMUS literally means ‘we take no notice’ in Latin. (via @HaggardHawks)

Mario's Word of the Week - Indelible

American folk artist Anna Mary Robertson, AKA Grandma Moses, was born #otd in …

HERISSON, FURZEPIG and LAND-URCHIN are all old names for hedgehogs. (via …

The revolving door was invented by a man who hated holding doors open for women. …

#OTD in 1929, horses in livestock parade at #CNE. (via @TorontoArchives)

DODO birds took their name from a Portuguese word meaning ‘simpleton’. (via …

In France, a ‘can of worms’ is a ’basket of crabs’. (via @qikipedia)

On the 5th of September 1698, Peter the Great of Russia introduced a beard tax. …

No man can be wise on an empty stomach. George Eliot (1819-1880)

The title page of the very first English dictionary, Table Alphabeticall (1604), …

Chainlink beauty #dogwalks (at Puppy Patrol)

#Theyoungmaster typically commences this particular maneuver approximately an …

It is once again time for… Kung Fu! The Sorcerer and the White Snake

MoneySuperMarket - Dirty Dancing

German painter, sculptor and designer Oskar Schlemmer was born on this date in …

A POWSOWDIE is a dish of many random ingredients. (via @HaggardHawks)

You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once and move on. Homer …

Talking to a bot

ZHAGHZHAGH (Persian) - the uncontrollable chattering of teeth. (via @qikipedia)

Before humans reached Hawaii, the dominant animals there were giant ducks. …

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

One beardsecond is a unit of length equal to the average amount a beard grows in …

The Latin phrase ‘barba tenus sapientes’—‘wise as far as his beard’—is used to …

Hypnos was the ancient Greek god of sleep. His wings allowed him to move over …

It’s been a complicated day. #howmanydogsdoyousee #overunderoverunderoverunder

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

//www.instagram.com/p/BYi7806AhpH Playdate #theyoungmaster #kaylee (at Puppy …

This is in no way an indication of the energy level we’re experiencing today. …

Scottish landscape painter John Thomson was born on this date in 1778. This is …

Fruit Flies (via @sadanimalfacts)

September was known as HARVEST-MONTH, ’hærfestmónaþ’, in Old English. (via …

‘Ye’ as in ‘Ye Olde Bookshop’ is pronounced ‘the’. ‘Y’ stands in for Þ (thorn) …

An t-Sultain (Scots Gaelic) - September

50 Objects That Define Toronto: First Map of Toronto

Some laneway beauty #dogwalks (at Puppy Patrol)

In accordance with his instructions, the hard drive containing Terry Pratchett’s …

bothy (image @imogenfoxell, via @OED)

It’s nice to have a secret place where you can hide. (at AGO - Art Gallery of …

Old and new (at Grange Park)

An old friend in a new location (Large Two Forms - Henry Moore) (at Grange Park)

Adam -Rodin (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

Mario's Word of the Week - Riposte

gràineag (Scots Gaelic)

Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters | AGO Art Gallery of Ontario

What other time could it be? It’s time for… Kung Fu!! Sword Master is a remake …

Eleven: a numerical etymology | Haggard Hawks | Words, language and etymology

Interior of Allan Gardens circa 1890. (via @torontolibrary)

Royal Photographic Society unveils top science photos from around the world

This is How Canada Talks - The 10 and 3

This guy seems like he’s going somewhere and he’s got a great head of hair. …

Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo was born #otd in 1899. This is “Moon and Sun.” …

American folk artist Sheldon Peck was born on this date in 1797. This happy …

Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of cemeteries & embalming. He is often …

How very cheery! (at Ryerson Quad)

A bit of beauty along the way. (at Ryerson Quad)

Whenever you fall, pick something up. Oswald Avery

American painter Dorothea Tanning was born on this date in 1910. This is “Eine …

Well, that’s just crazy! A 250ft+ tapestry retells every single episode of …

The first recorded use of x as a kiss was in 1763, in a letter by naturalist …

Why I CC’ed You on this E-mail

I’m not a robot.

One more Alex Colville. This is “Seven Crows, 1980.” @OwensArtGallery (via …

#Toronto Bay, 1886. #TOHistory (via @AemiliusJarvis)

“It’s the ordinary things that seem important to me” – #AlexColville, born #otd …

Canadian painter Alex Colville was born on this date in 1920 in Toronto. This is …

Photographer Puts LEGO Minifigs in Amusing Situations

Antinous was the Roman emperor Hadrian’s lover. He drowned in the Nile and …

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. Philip K. …

Meet the Mexican mole lizard, it only has 2 legs & can sever its own tail …

Neighbourhood #eleganza (at Garden District, Toronto)

Study for “Proun” 8 Stellungen, #ElLissitzky, 1923 (via @agotoronto)

“Departing Day”, #JockMacdonald, 1936 (via @artcaninstitute)

YES! WE HAVE NO STEVE BANNON! 🍌👋🏻 - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Mubblefubbles (1500s): a vague, non-specific feeling of malaise or melancholy. …

It’s completely possible that I just got myself a pair of pink shoes! …

🌘 (via @Oatmeal)

Word of the day: PROGGLES (20th century Scottish) - the spines of a hedgehog …

(via @SethMacFarlane)

Poor Monkey is… less than he was… as a result of some amount of chewing on his …

2017 has been confusing, so I created an updated table for measuring units of …

Sesame street- MANAMANA - Original 1969 version

The phrase ‘good riddance’ was coined by Shakespeare. The phrase ‘good riddance …

ULKIPITUS - That thing associated with common sense which makes you alter course …

Something sunny on a rainy day #dogwalks (at Leslieville)

Oh my stars! New #socks!

#OTD The first electric streetcar car operated on Church St, 1892. (via …

Canadian landscape artist Lucius O’Brien was born #otd in 1832. This is “Sunrise …

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. …

These pansies and ferns were painted by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Brett, known …

Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco, was born sometime in 1841. This is …

Had some spare time and found a charming little place for a bit of meditation. …

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

SUNDAYISH (adj.) slow, languorous, at a leisurely pace (via @HaggardHawks)

Somebody misses Mum. #theyoungmaster

A boy and his platypus. #theyoungmaster (at Puppy Patrol)

There’s a lot of speculation about who the woman in this portrait might be, but …

Nobody knows who invented the fire hydrant. The patent records were destroyed in …

American landscape painter Martin Johnson Heade was born on this date in 1819. …

French landscape painter Claude-Joseph Vernet was born #otd in 1714. This is …

Canadian landscape painter James Wilson Morrice was born #otd in 1865. This is …

Alexander Graham Bell

#footpillow #thatsathingright? #theyoungmaster (at Puppy Patrol)

Here’s a poem for #NationalLazyDay, written while reclining on my chaise longue. …

We perfected them. #droningon (via @mental_floss)

I don’t ever need to hear the phrase “a whole nother level” ever again. I thank …

Mario's Word of the Week - Ort

A bit more beauty. #dogwalks (at Leslieville)

A bit of beauty along the way. #dogwalks (at Leslieville)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

First they came for verbs. I said nothing cause verbing weirds language. Then …

SNOOFMADRUNE is an old Scots dialect word for a lazy, indolent person. (via …

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them …

John Graves Simcoe's Weird Relationship With Slavery

It’s time for… Kung Fu (no really this time) Once Upon a Time in China (Wong Fei …

The Big Dipper Through Time

That time when Toronto was kind of filthy

A QUISBY is a lazy idler. In 19th century slang, ‘to do quisby’ meant ‘to shun …

Castle Frank, 1796, painted by Elizabeth Simcoe. Long before it was a subway …

It’s Simcoe Day! Here’s the unveiling of the General John Graves Simcoe …

Rosetta Stone by The British Museum - download 3D model

GÖKOTTA (Swedish) - rising early to listen to the birds and appreciate nature …

Monty Python's Argument Clinic

Art Canada Institute - Institut de l'art canadien

Tom Thomson was born #otd in 1877 (d.1917). “West Wind” was his last painting. …

Alien: Covenant

American figurative artist George Tooker was born on this date in 1920. This is …

#formefromme #civicedition

Natura Insects, Gorgeous Insect Arrangements Made Out of Flower Petals, Leaves and Stems

Polish Photographer Constructs Arcimboldo Inspired Faces From Colorful Produce of All Kinds

HAIKU #27815 millipede proverb: journey of a mile begins with five hundred steps …

New PEN Archive Offers 1500 Hours of Audio/Video of Your Favorite Authors Online

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

First World War - The Canadian Encyclopedia

Legendary Toronto soul singer Jackie Shane re-emerges

Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)

1915 Black Spruce and Cherry Blossoms #tt1915 (via @TTLastSpring)

rumblegumption (Scottish) - Good judgement (via @PeterSokolowski)

GLAZOMANIA is an obsession for making lists. (via @HaggardHawks) #ihavethis

Someone is too tired to get up to drink water. Problem solved. #theyoungmaster

The Great British Tea Heist

Tea Tuesdays: The Scottish Spy Who Stole China's Tea Empire

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so subbornly is because …

“Farm, Haliburton” (1940) by Franklin Carmichael (via @mcacgallery)

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. - …

The Early Gay Rights Manifesto That Lord Byron (Probably) Didn't Write

Slavery Abolition Act, 1833

Chloe Cooley and the Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada

May your August be filled with simple pleasures. “Summer Time” (1918) by Arthur …

Japanese painter Sakai Hoitsu was born #otd in 1761. This is an untitled work …

Binky - Satisfy your phone cravings on the App Store

#August is named after the Roman emperor Augustus. It was previously known as …

The Comedy Pet Photography Awards – in pictures

Caribana and the meaning of ordered chaos - Spacing Toronto

Seeing Canada, Canada's Queen City (1928)

TREADMILLS were originally vast man-powered mills—used to crush rocks and grind …

Dave the Gnome, who lives on my stairs and silently judges me with his eyes as I …

It’s time for… Kung Fu Yoga? I watched it so you don’t have to. 😕

The lost restaurants of Toronto

The Abstract-O-Meter (via @abstractsunday)

Russian Romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky was born on this date in 1817. This is …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

Well, hello there! Celebrating a milestone with Helen and a 20 year old.

THE DAY WE ARGUED ABOUT ROMAN NUMERALS Of that day when we argued, my memory is …

GILGUY (n.) a thingummy, a whatchamacallit (via @HaggardHawks)

What Hanlan's Nude Beach Means to Toronto's Queer Community

RORY-BORIES is a Scots dialect name for the northern lights. (via @HaggardHawks)

The Very First Black Hole Ever Discovered Was Discovered At U of T

French American artist and sculptor Marcel Duchamp was born on this date in …

Susie Dent’s Guide to Swearing is top bollocks

RORYDANDRUM (n.) a garish mixture of colours (via @HaggardHawks)

#postedwithoutcomment

Enjoy Doctor Who with Immersive 3D Sound!

Mario's Word of the Week - Lalochezia

The young master is, in fact, a lapdog. #defacto (at Puppy Patrol)

The word oxymoron is derived from Greek words meaning ‘sharp’ and ‘dull’, making …

What happened to all the public washrooms in Toronto? - Spacing Toronto

Toronto St & Adelaide 1912 showing TO’s first public bathroom, built 1885, …

bigwig (image by @imogenfoxell, via @OED)

As a word meaning ‘ostentatious’ or ‘over-decorated’, FROU-FROU is a French …

A bit of #math #poetry (via @brian_bilston)

South Mountain Fairy Trail

The Best Roti in Toronto

One of my little tea roses has decided to bloom.

It’s time for… Kung Fu! Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

It’s time for… Kung Fu! Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

How a child’s murder led to the rebirth of Toronto’s Yonge Street

The Anti-Waiter Sentiment That Made Automat Restaurants Go Mainstream

The young master was chilly so he got cozy in a blanket… and then decided to …

What I am told are rather gigantic rose-hips. (at Port Lands)

See the Most Captivating Infographics of the Last Century

Just one more Hopper. This is New York Movie, 1939.

Historicist: Eden Smith and the Arrival of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Toronto

Historicist: Eden Smith and the Arrival of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Toronto

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. - Edward Hopper

disappointing moments in evolution

About to disappear as part of Dundas/Victoria trackwork and paving: the last …

Exquisitely Detailed Watercolor and Pencil Illustrations of the Animal World in Miniature

What it looks like inside the clock tower at Old City Hall

What it looks like inside the clock tower at Old City Hall

80% of the planet’s animal biomass gets around on six legs. (via @qikipedia)

Mathieu Da Costa

A PIFFLER is someone who talks nonsense. (via @HaggardHawks)

A bit of beauty while walking with the young master. (at Puppy Patrol)

Hippopotomonstrosesquippeddaliophobia - the fear of long words. (via @qikipedia)

Mario's Word of the Week - Wangle

“At the Stables, Horse and Dog, 1861” by French Impressionist Edgar Degas, born …

Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened. Terry …

The Toronto Globe building, at the corner of Yonge & Melinda, as seen in …

Italian painter Giacomo Balla was born #otd in 1871. This is “Dynamism of a Dog …

#currentmood (Also, can someone come up with a set of ottermojis so I can …

Ghost in the Shell

Vincent van Gogh’s long, miserable road to fame

More Than Bread: Sourdough As a Window Into The Microbiome

One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item …

It’s time for… Kung Fu! Painted Skin

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

How Doctor Who nearly became the Time Lady

The mysterious selfie queen of Paris high society

FROWST (n.) extra time spent in bed on Sundays [19C slang] (via @HaggardHawks)

The Rosetta Stone was discovered #otd in 1799. It was the key to deciphering …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

I’d like to introduce you all to my new boyfriend. #ilovehimsomuch❤️

Literally or figuratively?

Because the Thai word for ‘five’ is ‘ha’, the Thai equivalent of LOL is 555. …

ZAZ - "PARIS SERA TOUJOURS PARIS" [Official Video]

This pair of hanging scrolls, with their remarkable forms and colours, depict …

Viennese painter Gustav Klimt was born #otd in 1862. This is one of his most …

The History of Movable Paper in One Massive, 9,000-Book Collection

Happy Dance #justbecause (at Puppy Patrol)

HUCKMUCK - According to the English Dialect Dictionary, the confusion that comes …

This Illustrated Periodic Table Shows How We Regularly Interact With Each …

DOODLE SACK (old English) - bagpipe. (via @qikipedia)

HELLUATION is gluttony or a ravenous appetite. (via @HaggardHawks)

…and of course I had to have a bit of a visit with The Lady. John William …

The third exhibit we crammed into our whirlwind evening was Fire & Light by …

Here’s @marcyrogers13 with all her #AR friends. #ReBlinkAGO (at AGO - Art …

Had some augmented reality fun at @agotoronto with #ReBlinkAGO. We started out …

Free Black North (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

AGOing (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

“There is my love…of the young artists of my country who can carry on the dreams …

#EtymologyOfTheDay: To translate Plato’s POIOTES (SUCHNESS), Cicero coined his …

QUOBBLED – the wrinkled state of your fingers when they’ve been in water for too …

25 Things You Might Not Know About Futurama

The Best Demon Illustrations of All Time

SHIVVINESS - A shive is a tiny splinter or fragment of something, or else a …

Historic art gets 'remixed' with Art Gallery Ontario's new ReBlink AR exhibit

CROOCHIE PROOCHLES (Scots dialect, 1920s) - discomfort from sitting in a cramped …

It’s time for… Kung Fu! Mojin: The Lost Legend

Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free …

STRAVAIG - to wander about aimlessly (via @qikipedia)

Happy Birthday to painter David Hockney, born #otd in 1937. My Parents, 1977.

Not sure what this is. #phallic (at Evergreen Brick Works)

Sumac (at Evergreen Brick Works)

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

100 years ago today, #TomThomson drowned in Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park. The West …

DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE (adv.) in a lazy or slovenly way; carelessly, slapdash (via …

July 7-9 1936, TO heat wave temp reached 40.3 C. Good day for ice cream! …

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Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was born #otd in 1907. This is “Self-Portrait with …

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Happy birthday to William Boyd “Bill” Watterson II, born #otd July 5, 1958.

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French cubist painter André Lhote was born non this date in 1885. This is “Two …

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‘Tainted Love’ by Soft Cell was released nearer to the end of the Second World …

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WORM-MONTH is an old Scots nickname for the month of July. (An Etymological …

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Toronto Jubilee Parade, #otd 1927. New Canadians float, from Associated Foreign …

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Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto - Faith+Pride

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plouter, image by @imogenfoxell (via @OED)

Your nose is always in your field of vision, but your brain ignores it using a …

Nobody leaves! #ottley #blockthedoor (at Puppy Patrol)

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As it’s apparently #WorldGiraffeDay, a timely reminder that a group of giraffes …

It’s the first day of summer and Tom Thomson just nailed it with this one: …

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The Kazarma or Arkadiko Bridge, Greece is possibly the oldest bridge still in …

The Kazarma or Arkadiko Bridge, Greece is possibly the oldest bridge still in …

Today is the #SummerSolstice – the longest day of the year in the northern …

New #socks! I think those are paisleys…

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#currentmood (at Puppy Patrol)

Canadian artist Frank Johnston who worked with the Group of Seven was born on …

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“Hello, Robot” (via @abstractsunday)

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Some beauty on the way home from the gym. (at Ryerson Quad)

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To WHAFFLE is to eat greedily. (via @HaggardHawks)

To SUSHLE is to eat or drink noisily. (via @HaggardHawks)

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#Hokusai produced a series of drawing manuals aimed at students called ‘Hokusai …

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EGGTAGGLE is an old Scots dialect word meaning ‘the act of wasting time in bad …

John Raymond Carson’s poem ‘Scintillate Scintillate’ is a synonymous version of …

Touch, Manhood, and the Boundaries of Same-Sex Intimacy in Nineteenth-Century Canada

To FOOZLE is to waste your time. (via @HaggardHawks)

Treading water is essentially an optimistic act. me (talking about going through …

16th century French encryption book from the court of Henri II (via …

PARADISE - A contemporary interpretation of The Garden of Earthly Delights

#purple (at Ashbridges Bay)

It was a sparkly day, overall. (at Ashbridges Bay)

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#purple (at Ashbridges Bay)

Lovely blossoms, possums! (at Ashbridges Bay)

#googlyeyes in the wild with #glitter (at Ashbridges Bay)

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Maurice Sendak illustrated envelopes when responding to fans. Also, this …

American illustrator Maurice Sendak was born #otd in 1928. This is my copy of In …

French painter Gustave Courbet who led the Realism movement was born on this …

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An ant has two stomachs. One to hold food for itself and the second is for food …

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Apologies to the Group of Seven. #canada150 (via @neville_park)

A group of otters is called a romp (Image: Neil McIntosh) (via @qikipedia)

The French poet Robert Angot’s 1634 poem ‘The Lute of Minerva’ was written to …

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Someone who is STULTILOQUIOUS is talking foolishly. (via @HaggardHawks)

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In 1899, Thomas and Alice Day named their newborn son Time Of (via @qikipedia)

1. This couch seems alright. 2. I shall christen it with a good quantity of …

“Shhh! I’m watching TV. Also, mummy, we need a bigger TV.” #ottley (at Garden …

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The Yellow Violin, 1949, by Raoul Dufy, born #otd in 1877. @agotoronto (via …

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Dune …because after two seasons of Twin Peaks, I need more David Lynch and Kyle …

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POSTERIORUMS (n.) the buttocks [16thC] (via @HaggardHawks)

AN T-ÒGMHIOS - Siathamh mìos den bhliadhna, Scots Gaelic for ‘June’, literally …

The collective name for a group of opossums is a grin. (via @qikipedia) …

NURDLING - pushing old pennies into a hole in a bench (game played in pubs) or …

Origin of the word ‘boudoir’. C18: from French, literally: room for sulking in, …

Original plans for the clock of #BigBen, which started #OTD 1859. …

COVFEFE is an 18th century dialect word meaning ‘to not know what you’re doing’. …

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PANDICULATE (v.) to yawn or stretch with tiredness (via @HaggardHawks)

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HYPNAESTHESIS is drowsiness or sleepiness. (via @HaggardHawks)

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Nap time! (at Puppy Patrol)

Diana gave me some gigantic strawberries so I made (what I see now is) a rustic …

Lilac (at Ashbridges Bay)

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Verdant (at Ashbridges Bay)

A PUTTOCK is a bird of prey. ‘Gentle puttocks have long toes’ is an 18thC …

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So, in going through some keepsakes, I found my dad’s binoculars. The address, …

On #towelday, a day of commemoration of Douglas Adams, I give you my towel, …

SHIBUI (Japanese) - simple, subtle and unobtrusive beauty. Described as ‘felt …

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It’s time for… Monkey Fu! The Monkey King 2

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#hokusai (via @britishmuseum)

Happy Victoria Day! Queen Victoria monument, Queen’s Park, 1926. Queen’s Park …

THROTTLEBOTTOM - an inept politician (via @qikipedia)

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The mythical curly haired Venus emerges dripping from the reeds. (at Cherry …

A misty morning at the lake (with extra bonus inland lake) (at Cherry Beach Off …

More by Henri Rousseau. This is “The Dream” @Moma (via @MarieRochon)

French post-impressionist painter Henri Rousseau was born #otd in 1844. This is …

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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account …

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Laneway tree (at Leslieville)

Sailing on the wind (at Ashbridges Bay)

There used to be a beach here. (at Ashbridges Bay)

More #tulips🌷 (at Ashbridges Bay)

Someone’s been doing some guerrilla gardening. #tulips🌷 (at Ashbridges Bay)

New benches! #benched (at Ashbridges Bay)

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1966: Art Gallery of Toronto becomes Art Gallery of Ontario (@agotoronto). (via …

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Blossoms hanging on! (at Ryerson Quad)

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More A.J. Casson. This is “Little Island.” (via @MarieRochon)

1882: Intense poultry dispute between Toronto neighbours (via @MackenzieHouse)

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The magnificent sculpture, Support in Venice, highlights the threat of climate …

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Canadian #GroupofSeven artist A.J. Casson was born #otd in 1898 in Toronto. This …

#OTD 1894, the University Avenue Armouries officially opens. Photo: Dorothea …

I tire of your insolence, #manservant. I am in my cave. You cannot see me. …

In 18th century English, a BISHOP’S-FINGER was a signpost, supposedly because it …

Why don’t you come and give me a scratch, #manservant? NOT THERE! NO NOT THERE!! …

Hokusai’s late style comes into view at the British Museum

The Yonge Street Arcade, Toronto’s 1920s shopping mall (via @YorkPioneers)

Polish Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka was born on this date in 1898. This …

When Marco Polo thought he’d found unicorns he called them ‘very ugly brutes to …

A SUMMER-BLINK is a brief spell of sunshine during a period of bad weather. (via …

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FOWKIN is a 17th century word for a fart. (via @HaggardHawks)

Sometimes, I tire of yelling at the #manservant to bring me food and of his …

I Am Not Your Negro

Dog/Cat vs Leash (via @Oatmeal)

Speaking of cozy. #manservant #catsitting #blue

Somebody else has too (cozy place, that is) (at Leslieville)

Somebody has found his cozy place. (at Leslieville)

Today in tulips… #floppy

The water level is super high. (at Cherry Beach Off Leash Area)

A hazy and sparkly day at the beach (at Cherry Beach Off Leash Area)

Slightly angry skies (at Cherry Beach Off Leash Area)

“Big Trees at Estaque” by French cubist Georges Braque, born #otd 1882 (via …

It’s time for… Kung Fu!! (films with really odd English names) Eight Diagram …

Where did the #manservant hide my treat? Oh, he vexes me so! #blue #catsitting …

College St and Spadina Ave intersection, looking NW, 90 years ago #OTD May 13, …

Practical Mechanics magazine predicted in 1949 that: ‘Computers in the future …

Dressing in drag around the turn of the 20th century

Happy birthday to J.E.H. Macdonald, born #otd in 1873. Aurora, Georgian Bay …

The #manservant puts the food in the dish. #catsitting #blue

Asian Heritage in Canada

CERBERUS is the monster that guards the entrance to Underworld in Greek myth. …

‘Until the age of 70, nothing I drew was worthy of notice’ – #Hokusai died #otd …

STOOSHIE (Scottish) - uproar or commotion. (via @qikipedia)

A bird's eye view of Toronto growth since 1879

People who indulge in a bout of swearing before exercising perform better than …

On the trustworthiness of farts

GELOTOPHILIA – the joy of being laughed at. (via @qikipedia)

The gardeners at Ryerson are on it! (at Ryerson Quad)

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Gorgeous Paper Sculptures of Endangered Species

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English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and …

To MOODLE is to dawdle or waste time aimlessly. (via @HaggardHawks)

Tulips are pretty, inside and out. #formefromme

My tulips are enjoying their sunny corner. #formefromme #pinkandred

Coolest thing you’ll see today = Rosa Park’s pancake recipe (yup, that says …

Van Gogh's Starry Night Illusion AMAZING

German expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on this date in …

Some signs of spring (at Ryerson Quad)

GRUFELING (Scottish) - to lie in bed closely wrapped in coverings. (via …

Woodland Waterfall by Tom Thomson at the McMichael Gallery @mcacgallery (via …

Lord Byron would respond to the locks of pubic hair sent by adoring women fans …

Oh, did you think #starwarsday was over? It’s #revengeofthefifth 😎 (via …

Happy #StarWarsDay #MayTheFourthBeWithYou (via @ROMtoronto)

American pop artist and social activist Keith Haring was born #otd in 1958. This …

Born #OTD in 1890: #FranklinCarmichael, a #GroupofSeven member who loved …

Well, I had to get some new canisters for all the flour I got, didn’t I?

Recall Details #maythefourthbewithyou

May the Fourth, you’re our only hope ✨ (via @museumhack) #maythe4th …

102 years ago today, John McCrae sat down in the middle of a muddy war zone …

Sentinels, by Lawren Harris (1926). One of those examples where a title changes …

Your aesthetics are pleasing.

Good morning! #tulips

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Architects have decorated this new building in Amersfoort, Netherlands with …

A MIRTHQUAKE is an explosion of laughter, or anything hilariously funny. (via …

Doctors Without Border Collies

American Gods #squee

BOOK-BOSOMED (coined by Sir Walter Scott) - a person who carries a book with …

I Hide Giants That I Make From Wood In The Wilderness Of Copenhagen

BOKETTO (Japanese) - to stare blankly into space (via @qikipedia)

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. Neil Degrasse Tyson

A rose among the tulips #formefromme

Spring is #springing!

Free Black North | AGO Art Gallery of Ontario

Lucky Rocketship Underpants

Torchon (at 416 Snack Bar)

It’s #nationalsuperheroday (via museumhack)

What? A new list of Manhattans? I shall methodically work my way through it! (at …

Brilliant Digital Collages That Incorporate Iconic Paintings Into Young, Hip Urban Environments

April showers bring May flowers—as depicted here by Nova Scotian folk artist …

When he retired the senior crayon maker at Crayola admitted he was colour blind. …

#OTD Apr 27 1813, 1,700 American soldiers and sailors land on the shores of Lake …

KABELSALAT (German) - tangled mess of cables. Literally translates as …

In 1865, a widower erected an encrypted tombstone in Wellesley, Canada, in …

John James Audubon’s Made-Up Bulletproof Fish

American naturalist, ornithologist and painter — John James Audubon — was born …

Why are sloths so slow? - Kenny Coogan

Wow! I ordered flour from @arvamills yesterday and it arrived today! Free …

Excess Weight #sadanimalfacts #worldpenguinday

A DIMRACKER is a total failure or disaster. (via @HaggardHawks)

A NASOTHEK is a collection of the broken noses of statues and busts. (via …

This is what I’m dealing with today. #upsidedown #puppypatrol #ilovemymonkey (at …

During the California Gold Rush, miners kept their sourdough starters alive by …

Historic Arva Flour Mill

Russian avant-garde artist Lyubov Popova was born on this date in 1889. This is …

In the 17th century, a coward was known as a “quake-buttock”. (via @qikipedia)

Dog’s Best Friend

It’s time for…Kung Fu!! Monk Comes Down the Mountain

TASIS - stretching the sound of a word out because it’s fun to say (via …

“Sunday Afternoon” (1972) by #ChristopherPratt. “My work essentially comes from …

A certain puppy enjoys sleeping on my foot. It must be the #socks! (at …

The first letters of the last 21 lines of Lewis Carroll’s Through The …

#JockMacdonald, a trailblazer in Canadian art from the 1930s to 1960, became the …

To MUNGE is to grumble or mutter complainingly. (via @HaggardHawks)

Exclamation marks were introduced into the English language in the 15th century …

10 Everyday Phrases That Come from Printing

Spanish Surrealist painter, sculptor and ceramicist Joan Miró was born #otd in …

STOATER (Scottish) - This is Glaswegian dialect for something or someone that is …

Blurry Vision #deepdarkfears

There appear to be bees on the floor! (at WaterPark Place)

Royal H. Burpee

Edward Gorey, Pack Rat

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#OTD Apr 19, 1904 Great Fire of Toronto. Fire insurance plan by Charles E. Goad …

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#OTD Apr 19, 1904 Great Fire of Toronto. Bay St north of Wellington St W, …

#OTD Apr 19, 1904 Great Fire of Toronto. Front St at Bay St, looking east. …

globbe (image by @imogenfoxell, via @OED)

There were no photos allowed at the exhibit but I stood in front of this today. …

Checking out Georgia O’Keeffe (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

It’s the ordinary things that seem important to me. — #AlexColville (via …

This hidden library might be Toronto's most beautiful room

New #socks, with which I begin my blue period.

A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one. Baltasar Gracián …

Truck carrying passengers during streetcar strike, Spadina Ave and College St, …

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Eggstatic – stroboscopic patterns for Easter eggs (EggBot)

Happy Easter! This is St. Anne’s Church in Toronto, painted with murals by …

It’s time for… Kung Fu! Five Fingers of Death

#OTD Apr 16 1807, following government legislation establishing a public school …

Wishing you a very happy Easter from the City of Toronto Archives! Simmons & …

Who doesn’t like Easter?

59% of people start eating their chocolate bunnies at the ears, 4% at the bottom …

It took a few tries to get the final shot. #bunnychaos

It took a few tries to get the final shot. #bunnychaos

Happy Easter from these lovely bunnies!

This fierce queen shrieked and shrieked and then ran away and faked a broken …

A Brief History of Drag in the Art World

CUMBLUFF is an old Scots word meaning ‘stupefied’ or ‘utterly amazed’. (via …

Assassin’s Creed

Easter #animalproblems

Italian painter, inventor, scientist, and renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci was …

That bright star is actually Earth, seen between Saturn’s A and F rings by …

Christopher and His Kind

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In the 19th century drinking cocoa was often bulked out with brick dust and iron …

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For 2,000 years chocolate was consumed only as a drink. The first British …

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#beardsocks (You heard me!) from China via the aforementioned charming …

Indian Dinner featuring Danger Girl and Charles Rennie Mackintosh to celebrate …

Indri in costume: How my grandmother taught me to dress up and dream – and helped me become the…

Cedars are terribly sensitive to change of time and light - sometimes they are …

SLUGABED - a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising. …

By 1808, York built its first substantial Wharf at Church Street between the …

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. Carl Gustav Jung

Orange Tulips are trying to #spring. #springing #formefromme

Floordrobe - An untidy heap of discarded clothing left on the floor of a room …

Rather than count to 10 on their fingers, the Oksapmin people of New Guinea use …

KAKISTOCRACY - government by the least qualified or worst individuals (via …

On #VimyRidgeDay, we’re looking at #AYJackson’s “A Copse, Evening”, 1918 — a …

“No, Ian. In fact I would prefer that you not go home. I see that you’ve put on …

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The medical term for a hangover is ‘veisalgia’, from ’kveis’ the Old Norse term …

“The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. This blue is the light that …

Medieval Passover Seder (with cats under the table), Forli Siddur, Italy, 1383 …

Spring is trying to spring.

Wonderful Geometric Paper Animal Sculptures

Born #otd in 1849, John William Waterhouse returned time and time again to the …

Calvin and Hobbes were named after French theologian John Calvin and political …

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. …

The Seine at Chatou“ by French Fauvist Maurice de Vlaminck @metmuseum, born #otd …

American artist Harvey Dinnerstein was born on this date in 1928 This is …

Pedantic factoid o’the day: the “ba-dum-ching” punctuating a joke is called a …

Bastards of the Bestiary: Eight Mythological Creatures Too Gross, Sad, or Monstrous to Be Loved

Sweet sidekick: Maple syrup extract appears to boost antibiotics

Prolonging the pronunciation of a word because you like the sound of it is …

Breathe when you breathe. Walk where you walk. Talk when you talk. Cry when you …

German-born botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian was born on this date in 1647. …

The Ojibwe word for APRIL, ‘iskigamizige-giizis’, literally means ‘maple-sap …

Dolphins intentionally chew on toxic pufferfish to get high. (Photo by …

RAMSHANDRY (adj.) thoughtless, impetuous (via @HaggardHawks)

Partly cloudy with sunny breaks. (at Ashbridge’s Bay Park)

A sparkly morning’s walk at the lake. (at Ashbridge’s Bay Park)

The Torontonian Roots of Doctor Who — The Canadian Behind The Legendary TV Show

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

RuPaul Call Me Mother Official Song

Spam detection in the physical world

#formefromme #drywalldustedition #nofooling

Postcard - Toronto - Bay St. Wharf - Looking N. From Lake - Ships - 1914 (via …

Irish Romantic painter William Mulready was born on this date in 1786. This is …

Hanlan’s Point ferry docks and #TTC streetcar loop, 1926. #Panorama photo: …

FOOL is thought to derive from the Latin word for a bellows, ‘follis’, and …

Etymology of the Day: Trigger

Here’s How the Rest of the World Defines Personal Space

William Kurelek: Life & Work by Andrew Kear …

A group of crocodiles is called a BASK. (via @HaggardHawks)

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people”: Vincent …

Sarah Churchill (1660 - 1744), the first Duchess of Marlborough, to economise on …

A chilly job for March 30 1916. Brick culvert in North Toronto near Belt Line …

The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was born on this date in 1746. This is …

CURMUDGEON. One theory derives it from the Gaelic muigean, which means …

How Aristotle Created the Computer

Etymology of the Day: random

Billy on the Sesame Street

#OTD 1867: London passes the British North America Act, creating the Dominion of …

My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one. …

Every spring the blue grouse makes the world’s shortest migratory journey, …

PERSHITTIE – (19th Century Scots): demanding and hard to please. (via …

This is the largest known banyan tree in the world. It’s called Thimmamma …

Meteor showers from space

An early draft of John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, was eaten by his dog, …

Artist Edward J. Steichen, born on this date in 1879, shot this iconic image of …

It’s too strong!

Into the Badlands (It’s time for… KUNG FU!! There seems to be lots on tv right …

Hurricane Bianca

Meet the Eye of Sauron - the star Formalhaut, 25 light years from Earth. (Image: …

HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPEDALIAN - pertaining to extremely long words (via …

LOLPOOPING is an 18th century word for idly lounging about. (via @HaggardHawks) …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

CAPERCAILLIE literally means ‘horse of the woods’. (Scots Gaelic: capull coille) …

Known for her depictions of young female sitters, Beaver Hall Group member …

One pooped puppy #ottley

Action shot with raincoats #ottley #gracie (at Ashbridges Bay)

This #socks is bananas! B-a-n-a-n-a-s! This is one of the pairs brought back …

Etymology of the Day: Puppy

In Baden-Powell’s ‘Scouting for Boys’ (1908), there are tips for dealing with …

Standing in the path of University Ave being built south of Queen, #OTD 1931. …

A shoe can’t love you back, but it can’t hurt you too deeply either. And there …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

Someone has discovered the joy of the found tennis ball. #ottley (at …

Twelfth Century Typography

FARPOTSHKET (Yiddish) - trying to fix something but ending up making it worse. …

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

OED Word of the Day: fodgel, adj. (image by @imogenfoxell ) (via @OED)

Detail of top of Concourse Building, 100 Adelaide West, 1970s. From Toronto’s …

Sesame Street - Poetry with Cookie Monster

CRAMBO-CLINK is an old Scots word for a terrible poem or rhyme. (via …

Charles Bukowski bought a fax machine just before he died. Here’s his first, …

Global Affairs Canada nixes cardboard cut-outs of Justin Trudeau | Toronto Star

How to be perfectly unhappy - The Oatmeal

What the Toronto waterfront used to look like

Toronto’s waterfront in 1854. Painting by John Howard (via @TorontoArchives)

A group of salamanders is called a MAELSTROM. (via @HaggardHawks)

Irish painter Sir John Lavery was born on this date in 1856. This is a portrait …

Have a happy, healthy, and prosperous Persian New Year! #nowruzmobarak

MAMAGUY - to deceive someone through flattery or lies (via @qikipedia)

What Leslieville looked like over the past century

How Science Is Helping Us Understand Gender

A group of zebras is called a ZEAL. (via @HaggardHawks)

A pretty paisley pattern in my new #socks

Everything depends upon your mind. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

Etymology of the Day: Heyday

This Giant Group of Whales Is Definitely Up to Something

Randy Rainbow: The Terrifying, Tolerance-Promoting ‘Beauty and the Beast’

#OTD 1912, the Royal Ontario Museum officially opens. Happy 105th birthday #ROM! …

LOGOMACHY - an argument about words (via @qikipedia)

#watching Iron Fist

This painting from our collection is in PARIS right now! Varley’s “Early …

This is Rosa Bonheur whose painting I posted last night.

Last time I was here, my excuse was terrible weather. This time, the only excuse …

Paddy not Patty

White supremacists promote myth of Irish 'slavery' ahead of St. Patrick's Day

Botany event at U of T shows off Canadian artist's flower power

One of the great painters of animals, Rosa Bonheur, was born on this date in …

The Gaelic named whisky uiscebeathadh (“water of life“). This was shortened to …

#reading Oryx and Crake

Why isn’t it the “Ide” of March?

Marshall McLuhan

Happy 82nd birthday, Mary Pratt! Split Grilse, 1979 (via @mcacgallery)

The Inuit word KIINANGUJUQ means ‘someone who cannot bring themselves to look at …

Cheese - milk’s leap towards immortality. CLIFTON FADIMAN

Today I learned that owls did not say HOOT until the 17thC. In Old English ‘owl’ …

Yonge Street Wharf, Toronto, 1890s. Photo: F.W. Micklethwaite. (via …

Japanese artist Gaku carves patterns into fruit and vegetables, takes a photo …

Three GIFs That Make Pi Instantly Understandable | Nerdist

Etymology of the Day: Skosh

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than …

We are what we ate: Canada’s history in cuisines

Apple Scotland - iPhone commercial for Siri

A DOG-SLEEP is a short nap, or a sleep from which you can be easily awakened. …

A group of aardvarks is known as an aarmoury of aardvarks, photo by Jack …

There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want. CALVIN AND HOBBES

Flying Horse - Gatorrada (Cat-Toast)

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day! Winnie the Pooh

Daylight Saving Time #animalproblems

QUADDLE is an old English dialect word for a habitual complained or moaner, …

The Latin word for ‘pelican’ is ONOCROTALUS. It literally means …

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

I *might* also be trying a slow cooked rice pudding. I’ll let you know in four …

The last days of Maple Leaf Stadium, Bathurst and Fleet streets, January 1968. …

American painter Kenneth Hayes Miller was born on this date in 1876 in New York. …

A (cautious) reminder of the 18th century verb ‘jirble’: to spill a liquid as a …

ARKHAM’S RAZOR - Occam’s Razor proposes that when more than one explanation is …

Zenosyne: The Sense That Time Keeps Going Faster

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

The Reason Comic Sans Is a Public Good

For International Women's Day: Five Fascinating Stories from the History of Toronto

How to Spot Fake News

I have always had a special relationship with #InternationalWomensDay #iwd …

“The Twilight of Life” (1894) by Sydney Strickland Tully, this was the first …

“Little Worker” (1907) by Helen McNicoll (1879-1915), a Cdn impressionist who …

Harriet Mary Ford (1859-1938) was a painter, muralist, as well as as a writer, …

“An exciting moment” by Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866-1928). She was known …

Women’s College Hospital, Grenville site, 1935. First hospital “run by women for …

Spring came early for Tom Thomson, too, as he painted the ice break-up in …

Dutch painter Piet Mondrian of the De Stijl movement, was born on this date in …

“The Women Who Want Votes and Their Sympathizers at the Ontario Parliament …

The Views are Different Here | Tourism Toronto

Prudence Heward is known for her paintings depicting the growing independence of …

View of King Street E, 1834. Lithograph by P.A. Gross. Photo: James Salmon …

It’s Toronto’s 183rd birthday today! Toronto in 1834, Owen P. Staples painting, …

In 16th century English, saying that ‘the fat flits from my beard’ meant that …

An ANTICATEGORIA is a defensive retort in which someone turns an accusation made …

A GIROUETTE is a weathercock. GIROUETTISM is a constant changing of opinions. …

'Sometimes you don't know what you're looking at': This artist brings fossils to life

Art Canada Institute - Institut de l'art canadien

Maple Leaf Stadium, Fleet and Bathurst Streets, #OTD Mar 5, 1929. Built 1926 by …

The word APRON was originally ‘napron’, until the phrase ‘a napron’ was …

boffola, n. An uproariously funny joke (via @OED)

Portlandia Kuko Airport Sushi

a brief history of walls

‘What fresh hell’: the pitch-perfect chorus of our collective news outrage

Historicist: The Women's Home Guard

Hendrik Willem Mesdag - Sunset at Scheveningen - A Fleet of Fishing Vessels at …

“I don’t think there’s such a thing as an evil animal,” said painter …

The 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world

#fsm for @daneshhanbury

‘Lent’ is the old English word for Spring. It was related to the days …

Claude Monet. Agapanthus. (via @MenschOhneMusil)

Here’s some rubbish from 100 years ago. City of Toronto Dept of Street Cleaning …

The @OED’s full dictionary entry for the word SET is two times longer than …

Escalator Instructions

Sun on Prospect Street (Gloucester, Massachusetts), Edward Hopper. (via …

Etymology of the Day: Pal

A tale, fictitious or otherwise, illuminates truth. Rumi

Ambiguous abbreviations

prasophagy, n. The eating of leeks; a diet of leeks (via @OED) #stdavidsday

Happy St. David’s Day! Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! (Did I do that right, my Welshies?)

This Picture Has No Red Pixels—So Why Do The Strawberries Still Look Red? - Motherboard

In Duchy Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in the German Empire in 1916, you could have your …

Someone is a bit of a drama queen about being in the crate.

Joseph Mitchell, A. S. Colborne, and the Anti-Profanity League

Four iconic Black Canadian leaders: Donald Moore (seated), Stanley Grizzle, …

The incredible facial reconstruction of a young Pict who was murdered in …

“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.” — Tennessee …

Puppies are exhausting (and I get to go home).

I spent most of the day with a puppy and he is adorable. (I’m the gay uncle)

It’s time for… KUNG FU!! (and visiting my charming companion)

Arrival: A Response To Bad Movies

Jennifer Hudson - It's Your World ft. R. Kelly

The word ‘mamihlapinatapai’ is thought to be one of the most difficult words to …

11 Hand-Drawn Infographics About African-American Life by W.E.B. Du Bois

Influential Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on this date in …

It was never about bathrooms. (via @TraceeEllisRoss)

Winslow Homer, “Summer Night, 1890.” (via @MarieRochon)

American landscape painter Winslow Homer was born on this date in 1836. This is …

St. James Cathedral on Church St. Here’s a late 19th century Micklethwaite photo …

Diana Thorneycroft’s “Lake and Mountains with Double-double” (2008) features a …

The calculation ( (12 + 144 + 20) + (3 × √4) ÷ 7 ) + 5 × 11 = 9² + 0 can be …

Exquisitely hand-colored portraits offer a glimpse of 1870s China

The Bias That Trump (Like Reagan) Uses to Fool America

In the 4th and 5th centuries, the must have gadget for a Roman was a portable …

Radio station CFRB, currently Newstalk 1010, 1st broadcast #OTD in 1927. The …

Pyotr Konchalovsky, considered the “Russian Cézanne” was born on this date in …

If you’re CHRYSOSTOMIC then you’re extremely eloquent or well-spoken. It …

Ansel Adams: Photography With Intention

That time when the Space Age landed in Toronto

Families torn apart by slavery sought lost loved ones in newly archived ads

Arabic Words Illustrated Based On Their Literal Meaning

American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams was born on this date in …

Happy President’s Day to my poor, funny Americans.

A matter of opinion: demonising food groups

It’ll catch on.

BLUP (19th century Scottish) – a misfortune brought about by lack of foresight …

If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that …

My charming companion is not feeling so hot so we’re hanging out today. (at …

German expressionist painter Gabriele Münter was born on this date in 1877. This …

“Crossing #Toronto Bay on the ice, foot of York St.” – Pic appeared in Toronto …

I improve on misquotation. CARY GRANT

New #socks and shaved doodle #mycharmingcompanion

The magnificence of a clear winter sky (at Ashbridges Bay)

Diana suggested that this stays-red-all-winter plant was called “burning bush” …

Some beautiful winter sun on a super-warm February day. (at Ashbridges Bay)

Ducks on Ice (The Ducks Capades?) (at Ashbridges Bay)

Not many people know this but my charming companion has a circus act called …

Why Everyone on the Internet Is an Asshole

To DEDOLEATE is to cease to be unhappy. (via @HaggardHawks)

Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole a Confederate Warship and Became a Congressman

Wear your Barrie’s furs & Spirella corset to the Piccadilly Tea Room, Bloor …

(via @museumhack)

‘Like a sow playing on a trump’ is an old Scots expression describing anything …

You Are Not The Majority

In Mandarin Chinese ‘chīcù’ (to eat vinegar) means to be jealous. A jealous …

Milk and bread wagons, Parkside Drive, Toronto 1929 @TorontoArchives (via …

Remembering Nüshu, the 19th-Century Chinese Script Only Women Could Write

Underground Railroad

Kanō Eitoku, an influential member of the Kanō school of Japanese painting, was …

Talking to plants

Charles-François Daubigny of the Barbizon school, was considered the father of …

PUMP-HANDLER is a 19th century word for a powerful or overly enthusiastic …

TERGIVERSATION - evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement, being …

How apropos! British Pre-Raphaelite painter Valentine Cameron Prinsep was born …

As well as affianced couples, St Valentine is the patron saint of epilepsy, …

VALENTINE, from early saints named VALENTINUS, comes from the Latin VALERE, to …

This is “Road to Baie St. Paul” (1933) by A.Y. Jackson, but it could also be the …

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on …

Impossible body standards

American painter Grant Wood was born #otd in 1891. This is “The Midnight Ride of …

CACOËPY is bad or incorrect pronunciation of words. (via @HaggardHawks)

Poetry is like fish: if it’s fresh, it’s good; if it’s stale, it’s bad; and if …

QUIGNOGS (19th century Cornish) – ridiculous notions or conceits (via …

Dress for the job

RAÐLJÓST (Icelandic) – just enough light to see by (via @qikipedia)

We were all ready for #sundayfunday and then this happened! (and has continued …

Carlo Carra, one of Italy’s most influential modernist painters, was born on …

Found: A Long-Lost Photo of Harriet Tubman

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (at Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres)

RAMMIST - confused or irritable due to waking up too early. (via @qikipedia)

Toronto's Small Piece of a Wonder of the Ancient World

Sneeze was originally fnese - the change was caused by misreading the “f” as a …

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. …

Left No Ball Unchased: Endearing Epitaphs in America's Oldest Pet Cemetery

The Map of Mathematics

To FRIBBLE is to waste your time, or busy yourself with a pointless task. (via …

1 in 5 people wake up wearing fewer items of clothing than they went to bed in. …

You have a ready wit. Tell me when it’s ready. Henny Youngman

Jerusalem artichokes were known as CANADA POTATOES in the 17th century. (via …

PLEEP (19th century Scottish) – to speak in a querulous, complaining tone of …

You take the colour where you find it. (at Ashbridges Bay)

Branching out (at Ashbridges Bay)

Now and Then: First Baptist Church

Art that is vital is always closest to home. - Jack Shadbolt, born #OTD in 1909. …

Abstraction 119, 1945, from HIGHER STATES: Lawren Harris and His American …

I truly believe that one day, there will be a telephone in every town in America …

Look, up in the sky! (via @xkcdcomic)

I am your fellow man, but not your slave

Street Cleaning Dept clearing litter on James St, #OTD 100 years ago, Feb 3, …

Canada's Oldest Maple Tree

Eric tries to fit in.

Scratching Post

The Hierarchy of Disagreement

It’s been this long since @charlespavia and I have seen each other. #shame …

Is this a groundhog? Is this what we’re celebrating today? Asking for a friend. …

Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions - BBC News

Toronto's Founding Purpose: A Haven For Refugees

Life hasn’t been the same

Saturn’s moon Dione is illuminated by Saturnshine, sunlight reflected off the …

Early photo of #OsgoodeHall on the north side of Queen St W, 1856. Photo: …

Why Unicorns Went Extinct » IllustrArticles

A MISOLOGUE is someone who hates rational discussion or reason. (via …

Anything can happen, the tallest towers Be overturned, those in high places …

David Tennant Assures Us That Everything Will Be Alright - The Last Leg

DYSNOMY is the enactment of bad laws. (via @HaggardHawks)

Lawren Harris died on this day in 1970. This painting of his - Montreal River - …

Some infiltrators among the intrepid winter ducks? (at Ashbridges Bay)

APRICOT derives from a Latin word, ‘praecoquum’, literally meaning …

My charming companion is a ball-dog most of the time but occasionally takes time …

LTH Crowd Favorite - Make America Great Again

More skies (at Ashbridges Bay)

Amazing skies (at Ashbridges Bay)

Vlad the Impaler

Lion Dance Video TV Lion dance Hong Kong Traditional New Year 2017

My new lock screen compliments of Apple. #firerooster 🔥🐓

The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen

Gong Hey Fat Choy, 恭禧發財, Happy New Year!

THE STORYTELLER the soldier and death

SNUDGE - to stride around looking terribly busy, when in fact you are doing …

Holocaust Remembrance Day. The pink triangle was used by the Nazis as a badge to …

#OTD 1945 Auschwitz was liberated. Today is recognized as International …

Dutch painter Hendrik Avercamp was born on this date in Amsterdam in 1585. This …

OTSUKARESAMA (Japan) - “You’re tired.” is used to let someone know that you …

QI | What Was Smuggled Into The USA From Canada?

Robert Burns statue, Allan Gardens, 1902, unveiled same year. Photo: Alexander …

Sonnet, written on hearing a Thrush sing in a morning walk, on the Birth-day of …

To OUT-BEARD someone is to better or outdo them with a show of defiance. (via …

You are what you eat.

SLORRACH is an old Scots dialect word meaning ‘to eat or drink messily’. (via …

Study for Painting No. 2, c.1941, Lawren Harris. (via @mcacgallery)

Exhibition - sunset over fountain, Nov. 27, 1915. (via @ScenesFromACity …

More collective nouns 😉

Polish-born French painter Moïse Kisling was born on this date in 1891. This is …

Villagers in India have been busy knitting elephants jumpers to protect them …

Spray (at Ashbridges Bay)

Rolling (at Ashbridges Bay)

Crashing (at Ashbridges Bay)

Choppy (at Ashbridges Bay)

Sometimes, I take a small step back and wonder what life might have been like if …

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which …

Happy #NationalHuggingDay from #AlexColville, who kept close relationships with …

American pop artist Jeff Koons was born on this date in 1955. This is “Tulips.” …

ACCINGE (v.) to brace or ready yourself, to prepare for what is to come (via …

If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it …

The Inuit word KINGUNILIK means ‘someone who has left and whose absence is felt …

Good Omens #cantwait

Happy Birthday to American pop surrealist artist Mark Ryden, who was born on …

CLINQUANT (n.) something showy but of little real substance (via @HaggardHawks)

Amazon Is Giving Us a Good Omens Miniseries in 2018, If the World Hasn’t Ended by Then

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to …

The Inexplicably Fascinating Secret World of Thomasson

The LANUGE is the first growth of a man’s beard. (via @HaggardHawks)

Muskoka Express, Union Station, Toronto, circa 1913. (via @AemiliusJarvis)

French Post-impressionist artist Paul Cézanne was born on this date in 1839. …

Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, called his cat Kiddleywinkempoops or …

Some scribbly #socks!

The Grieving Need You Most After the Funeral

Concerned, But Not Wanting To Offend, Canada Quietly Plants Privacy Hedge Along Entire U.S. Border.

Moment of Tangency: A Glimpse of What Might Have Been

Japanese department stores play ‘Auld Lang Syne’ to tell shoppers it’s closing …

Jimmy Kimmel Live

To GYMNOLOGIZE is to think or meditate while naked. (via @HaggardHawks)

Miniature World

It’s time for… what I think might involve some Kung Fu… Ice Fantasy (So far, it …

Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea - BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paul Klee - Landscape with yellow birds, 1923 (via @lrnbo)

The orchid mantis attracts prey by camouflaging itself as a flower. Photo by …

Friends brought me this cute gift bag back from London. It was a whole lot cuter …

American photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston was born #otd in 1864. This is …

Not all grey, tho. (at Ashbridges Bay)

What do you call a group of seagulls on the ice? (at Ashbridges Bay)

A grey day at the lake (at Ashbridges Bay)

#formefromme #sundayfundayedition

Why Do Canadians Say 'Eh'?

Calling an old story a CHESTNUT derives from a scene in William Dimond’s Broken …

Born #otd Henri Fantin-Latour (14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) (via …

Scientists map beaver genome for Canada's 150th birthday

The Story Behind Gay Bob, the World's First Out-And-Proud Doll

The More You Swear, the More Honest You Are

A WAGHORN is a compulsive liar, who, according to an old Scottish proverb, lies …

Collectable Hieronymus Bosch figurines

Why Do We Quit 'Cold Turkey'?

A group of unicorns is called a blessing. (via @qikipedia) #unicornfacts

HUDDER-MUDDER (n., v.) concealment, secrecy; to conceal or cover up (via …

SNOW-BONES is an old 19th century word for the lines of snow left on a road …

Why is there a dot over the letter “i”? | Haggard Hawks | Words, language and etymology

A bit of morning magic (at Ashbridges Bay)

I couple of ducks that I can only assume are idiots. It’s cold! (at Ashbridges …

Lots of frozen rocks by the lakeshore (at Ashbridges Bay)

KOPFKINO (German) - playing out a scenario in your head, literally “head cinema” …

CJ7. It’s Stephen Chow but I don’t think it’s time for… kung fu. 😕

A SCINDAPSE is an imaginary thing. (via @HaggardHawks)

I’m only four minutes in and there’s already been puppets and a choreographed …

Toronto Street Railway Company two horse car, King St and Queen St at Sunnyside, …

5 Very Weird Marginalia Themes in Medieval Manuscripts

CURFEW literally means ‘fire cover’—it originally marked a time each night when …

Made in CNY - overview

🌌 (via @Oatmeal)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

“Art is like a labyrinth. One must search long & ardently for the passage …

Five Fascinating Facts about Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Teenage Kicks with @insideoutfestival (at TIFF)

SGIOMLAIREACHD (Scots Gaelic) - the kind of friend who tends to only drop in …

Perched, personable, persistent, and purring. #manservant #catsitting #blue

New Money Super Market advert is an epic dance off

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn. …

Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, born #otd in 1959. This is “Cosmic Eyes.” (via …

On the 11th day of Christmas my #archives sent to me, one piper piping in the …

Chicken Tikka Masala is a Scottish invention dating back to the late 60s when a …

On da move #manservant #catsitting #blue

The fierce jungle creature waits in his lair. He waits and he watches. He …

Photos of that eclipse taken by photographer William James, at his home on …

Photos of that eclipse taken by photographer William James, at his home on …

Today in 1925 preparations for the Solar Eclipse. It was thought safe to observe …

German Expressionist August Macke was born on this date in 1887. This is …

On the 10th day of Christmas my #archives sent to me 3 drummers not quite …

Pete Tong & The Heritage Orchestra - Right Here, Right Now/Lola's Theme [Live HD]

HURKLE-DURKLE - (Scottish) to lie in bed when you should be up and about. (via …

I am too exhausted to google. You do it. Type “new #manservant”. #catsitting …

John Battman - Cyanide & Happiness Shorts

Slava Raškaj, considered to be the greatest Croatian watercolourist, was born on …

On the 9th day of Xmas my #archives sent to me 5 ladies dancing the Charleston …

2017 is a prime number. The last prime year was 2011. Pairs of prime numbers …

Influential Chinese painter Qi Baishi was born on this date in 1864. This is …

The problem with the future is that is keeps turning into the present.

I feel you should pay more attention to this face, #manservant! This face! …

Beautiful Blues (at Ashbridges Bay)

A little leftover Christmas. (at Ashbridges Bay)

A fine way to start the year (at Ashbridges Bay)

Happy New Year! (I can’t say it any better than Neil Gaiman.)

2016

The 2nd Annual Tucker Awards for Excellence in Swearing

I find the #manservant to be quite shiny from certain angles. #catsitting #blue

AGATHISM is the belief that all things eventually get better, though the means …

I blame society.

HOGMANAY is thought to be a corruption of an old 15th century French word, …

On the 7th day of Christmas my #archives sent to me 7 swans a swimming, …

Come From Away (at Royal Alexandra Theatre)

His lordship surveys his domain and knows that he is master of all he sees. …

Getting to the bottom of pants

Mail & Empire (newspaper) bldg., aka the Mall Bldg., NW corner of Bay & …

Incredible Illustrations of Wild Canine Creatures Sprouting Out of Overgrown Greenery

New year’s resolution generator

WAG-WANTON (n.) an idle time-waster (via @HaggardHawks)

An ADYNATON—like ‘when Hell freezes over!’—is a figure of speech in which an …

The word ‘wow’ was popular in Scotland for 400 years before it caught on in the …

Perhaps if I rub myself all over the #manservant’s legs, he will understand that …

Did you just call me rotunda?? (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Flowers #chihuly (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Who’s baby is this? #chihuly (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Swimming on the ceiling. #chihuly (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Took a trip to the ROM this afternoon with the delightful Marcy. (at Royal …

#formefromme #prettyinpink #newyearedition #2017comethru

Further to my earlier clarifying map post… What’s across the ocean?

The Autopsy of Jane Doe #spooky

Pretty cozy having dinner with the charming Mark. (at The Blake House)

So many fucks will need to be given, in 2017. Start growing yours now - William …

Carting snow from Toronto’s streets, Dec. 28, 1922 (via @TorontoArchives)

If you’re CHUBBLE-HEADED then you’re silly or foolish. (via @HaggardHawks)

A More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Japanese Design Award

Last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await …

Story Time - A cutout animation by Terry Gilliam

A THELEMITE is someone who does whatever pleases them. (via @HaggardHawks)

Policeman, corner of King and Yonge streets, 1912. Photo: William James. (via …

Christmas tree and gifts, Dec 27, 1930 (via @TorontoArchives)

Seasons Greetings

The Latin name for turkey ‘Meleagris gallopavo’ translates literally as …

A little letter from E.B. White that might help get me to 2017 (from the book …

Slugs are twice as fast as snails. (via @qikipedia) [both are faster than me …

https://www.miscellanian.ca/2016/12/25/201505.html

Gayer, you say? Alrighty then! Absolutely Fabulous.

A YULE-CRUSH is a Christmas feast. (via @HaggardHawks)

Time for a proper gay Christmas movie. Auntie Mame.

My charming companion is here (with bells on) in case I clumsily drop any turkey …

#🎅🏽 #santaclassics (via @museumhack)

Troopers Assembling the Christmas Tree by Kyle Shearrer

Rejected Reindeer Names

Billie Holiday - Me, Myself And I

What did you call me?

Wild Scottish smoked salmon with pickled onions, capers, and cream cheese on a …

To SCURRYFUNGE is to hastily tidy a house. (via @HaggardHawks)

Sunnyside Amusement Park, under snow, #OTD Dec 24, 1924 (via @TorontoArchives)

Trees #animalproblems

The Scots word WHULLUP means ‘to curry favour with someone by giving them …

#🎅🏽 (via @museumhack)

All I Want For Christmas

Planet Earth 2 Screams

Christmas decorations on the Simpsons Building, Yonge St, looking north to Queen …

The radiant child, pop icon Jean-Michel Basquiat, was born on this date in 1960. …

Mark Twain’s Christmas wish, 1890. (via @LettersOfNote)

Dugnaður (DOOG-na-thuhr) or DUGA (Icelandic) - you have what it takes to make …

Holographic Wife Offers Intimacy to Japan’s Celibate Generation

Stick ‘em up!

I’ll hang these stockings by the fire! #socks

#formefromme #christmasballsedition

The Drunken, Pagan History of Christmas

A GOBEMOUCHE is someone who believes everything they are told. It literally …

Happy Solstice! It’s only getting lighter from here. Tom Thomson, Snow in the …

Know Your Snowmen

Queen Street subway, looking east, Nov 17, 1897. From Toronto City Engineer’s …

Map of the internet as of May 1973. The entire internet. (via @workergnome)

One Perfect Rose A single flow'r he sent me, since we met. All tenderly his …

My little Christmas corner (Thanks to Diana for the lovely poinsettia. Thanks to …

This frog has a plan. (via @mikelowerystudio) #frogfacts

Toronto Zoo Giant Panda vs. Snowman

Oojah (via @andrewhunterm and @oed) #thingummy

A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas

A TRIM-TRAM is a useless embellishment or ornament. (via @HaggardHawks)

Peter Sokolowski on the 2016 Word of the Year (Video)

Skating on a frozen Don River looking south of Riverdale Park! Photo courtesy of …

View of Simpson’s Department Store with holiday decorations, Yonge and Queen St …

Probiotics Antibiotics

Beautiful Pages of a Late Medieval Monk's Sketchbook

FASCINATING AIDA RUDEST CHRISTMAS SONG EVER! explicit lyrics

To OVERQUAT is to eat too much food. (via @HaggardHawks)

A Load of Fence Posts, 1911, from LEAPS AND BOUNDS: Lawren Harris works from the …

To FEDDLE someone is to spoil them or treat them as your favourite. (via …

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be …

Hand Jive Jingle, Christmas 2016, Gay Men's Chorus San Diego

Dreams is so quick on the outside but long on the inside. The BFG (Roald Dahl)

How to delete your Yahoo! data and shut down your account

There are no dirty words, only dirty minds. Lenny Bruce

Fix it, science! #dope

Toronto skyline showing air pollution, Mar 2, 1904. Photo: F.W. Micklethwaite. …

HEUCHTER-TEUCHTER (Scottish) - highland music, or music from the hills. (via …

Car-licking moose prompts warning in southern Alberta

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

French neoclassical painter François Hubert Drouais was born on this date in …

The Best Jerk Chicken in Toronto

RUMMEL-GUMPTION is an old Scots word for common sense or intellect. (via …

Mozart Has Sold More CDs in 2016 Than Beyoncé

Meet the squirrels that stole Christmas from Mel Lastman Square

One book attempted to record the entire world history of fashion

New York Magazine

In Victorian slang, a tiddlywink was an unlicensed or down-market pub. Aside …

Snow Fantasy, Lawren Harris, 1917. (via @mcacgallery)

What is love? #robots

To NIFFLE is to work slowly. (via @HaggardHawks)

Oh! That handsome woman is Saara Aalto’s fiancé! #duh #worstgaydarevar

Wanna hear a story?

FIDDLTIE-FA is an old Scots dialect word for an unnecessary fuss. (via …

My charming companion has availed herself of the couch within minutes of …

Bleak landscape with happy doodle (at Ashbridges Bay)

A bit wintry but Gracie doesn’t care! (at Ashbridges Bay)

A fantastic tagine and a delicious tomato and prawn appetizer to go with the …

Tashi knows how to take up space on a bed!

Whatever #manservant is doing, #manservant is doing it wrong. #Manservant will …

Invite me to your Christmas/birthday dinner party and I’ll bring my little …

The Red Maple, 1917, by A.Y. Jackson. Up now. (via @mcacgallery)

The History of The Log Driver's Waltz - Toronto Guardian

Osgoode Hall as seen from Canada Life Building construction site, 1929. Site of …

A MAJUSCULAR text is one written entirely in uppercase letters. (via …

Pigs in Space | “Alien: Look Who’s Coming to Dinner”| The Muppets

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, read by Neil Gaiman

Irish exit #gtfo

Well, hey sailor!

Uni? (at Canoe)

Work Christmas Party # 2 (at Canoe)

He’s behind me, isn’t he? #manservant #blue #catsitting

BA-DUM-TSS (via @Oatmeal)

‘Ooff’ is an obsolete and rare Scottish verb meaning ’to move about in a stupid …

Mexican artist Diego Rivera was born #otd in 1886. This is “The Flower Carrier.” …

Hairspray - Without Love

The #manservant has made a good start by responding to my constant meowing with …

A little Hairspray Live! to complete my afternoon!

Scientists Think Your Face Evolved to Look Like an Ape’s Butt

Dutch painter Cornelis van Spaendonck, a master of the still life flowers, was …

Why Do Songs Get Stuck In Your Head?

Bimbo: The sexist insult that changed its sex | Haggard Hawks | Words, language and etymology

Sore knee, huh?

Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing. Rumi

“Get your shit together”

BLUETOOTH technology takes its name from a 10th century king of Denmark, Harald …

Holiday gift ideas, 100 years ago, @TorontoHydro store window, #OTD Dec 6, 1916. …

#OTD in 1989, 14 women were murdered in the École Polytechnique Montreal …

I feel like a million tonight - but one at a time. Bette Midler

A Cat-Hater’s Handbook: Irreverent Vintage Gem Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer

Love Is a Drag: the story behind the groundbreaking secret 60s gay album

What Chinatown used to look like in Toronto

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest …

10 Indispensable Scottish Words

Pete’s Dragon

The great Russian painter & art theorist Wassily Kandinsky was born on this …

#OTD 1855, the Rossin House Hotel opened at the SE corner of King and York (via …

A LOVER’S KNOT is a poem or verse written in one continuous, intertwined line. …

Ian is returning from a trip to Montreal, Canada.

Elisabeth Moss on 'The Handmaid's Tale': 'We Never Wanted the Show to Be This Relevant'

Every Story is the Same

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. Dalai …

(via @museumhack)

everyday foodie menu

Yup. Merrer Kersmers! (at Montreal Racket Club)

Company Christmas Party at a rather Anglo throw-back (at Montreal Racket Club)

Mosquitos have been responsible for half the deaths in human history (via …

Rosa Parks was arrested #otd in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white …

Dancing Love for World AIDS Day

Great moments in swearing: Naughty spelling in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

The Roman consul Crassus loved his pet eel so much that he bought it a necklace …

Because ‘Dick’ is a pet form of ‘Richard’, RICHARDSNARY was 17th century slang …

"SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back

The Internet Archive is making a Canadian backup to protect itself from Trump

SMELLFUNGUS - a captious critic or faultfinder. (via @qikipedia)

Yay! Room service burger.

Gingerbread Man

The Secret Life of Pets

ARGHNESS is an old dialect word for fright or suspicion, or the unnerving …

Nothing found for -

Building vocabulary #stronglanguage

Hatred’s filling, but it isn’t nourishing. - Dorothy Parker and Arnaud …

Ian is about to leave on a trip to Montreal, Canada.

If you‘re AQUAT then you’re fully satisfied. (via @HaggardHawks)

So… I’m going to officially call this one a success! #sourdoughbread

You can call me The Sourdough Slasher!

The new banneton worked a treat! The dough just fell right out!

A lovely day at the beach! (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

A TRUEPENNY is an honest, reliable person. (via @HaggardHawks)

The cluttered beauty of Toronto streets in the 1960s

Here’s some Chilli and Garlic Turkey Soup

I may also have made some Thai Beef Noodles.

I feel that turkey soup is the answer. I forget the question. #miseenplace

Yorkville town hall, later St. Paul’s, built 1859 W side Yonge N of Bloor, …

Spectacular color postcards of the castles and moors of 1890 Scotland

Muppets - Florence Henderson - So happy together

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. John …

Artist Turns Shadows Of Everyday Objects Into Fun Illustrations (10+ Pics)

Why your body's internal clock might need a tune-up

How to Survive Winter in Toronto | culture | Torontoist

French painter and printmaker Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born #otd 1864. This …

QUEESTING (Dutch) - allowing a lover access to one’s bed, under the covers, for …

#OTD 1852, Toronto Normal School opens on Gould St, east of Yonge St., early …

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends (picture via @mackvarnish)

Monsters of the Internet

BARBATULOUS - having but a small beard. (via @qikipedia)

Etymologically, MALE and FEMALE are unrelated—MALE comes from the Latin ‘mas’, …

“I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh” #socks

Amazing white rainbow snapped over Scottish moor - BBC News

Sausage Party #godhelpme

Vicarious Yelling Station (via @miguelmarquezoutside)

Stunning colour photos of Toronto in the 1950s

“Something in the character of great forests is foreign, appalling…” - Huxley. …

We love this miniature street art by Slinkachu… (via @qikipedia) …

Don’t gobblefunk around with words. ROALD DAHL

PLISKIE is an old Scots word for a practical joke or escapade. (via …

Turkey sandwich on toasted sourdough *with* gravy. #youheardme

» #1 Disco Demolition Night

CONNIVENCY is the act of intentionally overlooking or ignoring something …

Why You Should Stop Appropriating Gay Culture

Don’t let Donald Trump’s antics distract you from what’s really important

#formefromme #changeintheweatheredition

Hahaha! A couple of neighbours were standing outside, their eyes wide and …

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar… First one says give me …

If something is OBUNCOUS then it’s very crooked. (via @HaggardHawks)

Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down 32 Actors' Accents | WIRED

The Baha’i Temple of South America. Templo Bahá’í de Sudamérica (via …

Possible Tom Thomson sketch unearths two more promising works

Planet Earth II. We begin our series with a sloth’s mating call. …

PLANET EARTH II Gives Us These Wonderful Dancing Bears | Nerdist

Found, Possibly: Hidden Tunnels That Were Escape Routes From Gay Bars in San Francisco

The Future Is Here: Automated Kitchen!

The original Sandman was a figure from Germanic folklore, who sent children to …

Looking Inside the Abandoned Schools of the Irish Countryside

Anishinaabe stories about the mischievous, wise gray jay

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society @RCGS_SGRC has chosen the Gray Jay as …

The Gray Jay - Canada's National Bird

Grand champion Angus bull at #RoyalWinterFair, #OTD Nov 17, 1926 (via …

Here’s a pic from Montreal archives of Robillard building (1921) which is now on …

How my handwriting has changed since Kindergarten - The Oatmeal

From 1919 to 1948 Korea’s national anthem was sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne …

Know your apples (via @obviousplant)

Desert Jerboa #sadanimalfacts

Toronto panorama of 1910 reveals massive change

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, …

OED Word Of The Year 2016: post-truth (adjective) - Relating to or denoting …

Rabbits #sadanimalfacts

American artist Georgia O’Keefe was born on this day in 1887. This is one of her …

10+ Stunning Animal Portraits By Ukrainian Photographer Sergey Polyushko

Born #otd in 1840, here’s Claude #Monet in front of his beloved water lilies. …

A fine example of Canada’s multiculturalism. #swansgeeseducks (at Ashbridges Bay …

Benched! (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

SNL: Kate McKinnon’s Emotional Hillary Clinton Sings Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’

Taboo (Gohatto). There was a reference to this film in the Third Gender exhibit …

A Brief History of Goth

Carlaw Ave established #OTD 1876 by Toronto By-Law 769. Named after Mjr John A …

Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal - The Oatmeal

John Cleese and Eric Idle's New Song, "F*** Selfies" - CONAN on TBS

Stephen Fry Hates Dancing - YouTube

Vintage Matchbox Inspired Artwork Featuring Pop Culture Monsters From Movies and Mythology

A MISOLOGUE is someone who hates reason or rational discussion. (via …

Improbable Times

I turned on the heat today.

ANAMNESIS (n.) remembrance of things past (via @HaggardHawks)

A.Y. Jackson Goes To War — The Group of Seven on the Western Front

Toronto gathers at the City Hall Cenotaph to remember. Armistice Day, Nov 11, …

Kubo and the Two Strings

Landscape with Poppies, 1887, by William Blair Bruce. (via @agotoronto)

I wanted to sit down but this guy was totally hogging the bench. Seated Buddha …

I love seeing the old building peaking through the new. (at Royal Ontario …

I love these old listening booths in the Egyptian exhibits. (at Royal Ontario …

This one’s for @daneshhanbury because #fashiongoals. (at Royal Ontario Museum)

“Sunset Glow at Awazu: Tomoe Gozen” from Eight Views of Martial Brilliance. …

Erotic Print (I noticed that there were dogs in lots of these pictures. These …

Wakashu (literally “young companions”) was a standard stage of life for all men …

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Preview (at Royal Ontario Museum)

#formefromme #cheermeupedition

Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine

“Behind the Trees” (a found voice memo animation)

The Donald Trump apocalypse begins: The Beaverton

Breathtaking Photos of Ancient Trees Against Starry Skies

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde …

EGROTE – to pretend to be ill in order to avoid work. (via @qikipedia)

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Five queer films to watch at Inside Out Ottawa 2016 | Daily Xtra

Our Fall Favourites Along the Waterfront

I can’t deal with “funny” today. Nobody is funny today.

UHTCEARE - waking up before dawn and not being able to get back to sleep because …

The universe is made of stories, not atoms. Muriel Rukeyser

Being an Effective #Trans Ally. Free poster from @The519 for …

I will call him Lawrence of Bacteria. This is the Kefir from Shivaun (Thanks, …

Italian Pastry Chef Creates Miniature Worlds With Desserts

Elections #animalproblems

FAMBLING is an old English dialect word for eating without an appetite. (via …

Oscar Wilde’s suffering makes holy ground of Reading Gaol

Unwanted Punctuation #yukoncornelius #rudolph #hermey

Hey America: Living In Canada Is A Privilege, Not A Consolation Prize

Why emoji matter

Time to Dump Time Zones

Kesar ki Phirni (Saffron Rice Pudding with Pistachios and Pomegranate Seeds) …

This looks promising! #saffron

My charming companion is all shagged out after a long squawk and feels that I’m …

…and yet more colours (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Lots of blues today (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Colours (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

There was a lot of sky today. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

An amazing November day at the lake. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Benched but not much of a view (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Once Upon A City: Apartments for the space age | Toronto Star

Where the Toronto street grid got its start

Toronto Railway Company car #324 in the yard, circa 1900. (via @transittoronto …

Ready for Buddha (via @sasapetricic) #china #beijing #temple #buddha

QUAQUAVERSAL (adj.) pointing or moving outwards in all directions (via …

My friend Blue making choices

Patti Smith reads from Oscar Wilde in HM Prison Reading

Alice Through the Looking Glass

HOLY SH*T (You've Got To Vote)

A MISOTRAMONTANIST is someone who hates or is suspicious of anything unknown—it …

Carbide Willson Ruins

Pixar’s New Short Film ‘Piper’ Is The Most Adorable Thing Ever And You Can Watch It For FREE

Word of the day: GROKE (Scottish) - someone who stares at you while you eat, in …

The @TorontoStar Building, 80 King St W, ca 1969, Joe Shuster’s inspiration for …

Left to Right: Aunt Dorothy, Uncle Doug, Grandmother Charlotte, Dad Alfred, …

Our thoughts and prayers…

I’m Canadian.

Your Dog Wants You to Be Quiet and Just Talk With Your Hands Instead

The Cubs and Indians’ hometown art museums are having a Photoshop war

Tom Thomson 1916 Jack Pine (via @TTLastSpring)

Wifty (adj) - Vague, imprecise; (of thinking, argument, etc.) unclear; …

Long ago, dog found human.

The Manning Arcade, 22-28 King St W, March, 1961. Designed by #architect E.J. …

China's most popular TV hostess just happens to be trans

Swedish bakers can hire a babysitter to look after their sourdough starter at …

Which fictional beard is the bestest? (via dorkly)

Cårven Der Pümpkîn | Recipes with The Swedish Chef | The Muppets

Carve-O-Matic (#2Q975)| Muppet Labs Experiment | Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker | The Muppets

GANFER is an old Scots word for the ghost of a living person, supposedly said to …

With the construction, we’ve got a better view of one of our local mansions. …

Saw this seasonal-appropriate vehicle on the way home from the park.

#OTD 1971, the last issue of The Toronto Telegram is published. Newspaper ran …

I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my …

😱✌️📱 (via @museumhack)

Ducks on a dark day (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Late fall at the lake (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Not sure what these are but they’re a lovely colour. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Ominous skies (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Only a bit of colour left (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Someone has clearly been benched! (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

If at first you don’t succeed… #statistics

Ian is planning a trip to Montreal, Canada.

Blade Trinity. Good things come in threes or vampires do or movies or something… …

one man's obsessive and historic collection of queer photography | read | i-D

Where the "comic book font" came from

Mr. Christie Makes Good Secret Chambers In Which To Imprison A Mistress

Blade II. It’s time for… Vampire Fu!

horror movie plot generator

Henry Moore's 'The Archer' Celebrates 50th Anniversary | Urban Toronto

There are vampire moths, vampire catfish, vampire snails and a vampire finch …

Vampires suffer from arithmomania (they love to count things), so scattering a …

In Bosnia, neglected pumpkins turn into vampires. They don’t drink blood, but do …

A SPIREWIND is a sudden fit of passion or excitement. (via @HaggardHawks)

Wow. That was a lot faster.

NO! IT’S OCTOBER! (at Hudson’s Bay)

My #googly game is strong. #googlyeyes

The many faces of the woman at rest

Halloween Safety Tips (via @obviousplant)

HUMDUDGEON (Scottish) - someone who might sit in the corner at parties, angrily …

Vintage Gay Halloween!

[posted without comment] #googly

The sourdough has a new jar. #googlyeyes

My dad and my grandfather fishing (apparently rather successfully), c. 1927. (I …

Time Lapse: Thousands of Books Get Reshelved Before the Rose Main Reading Room Reopens

Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not …

Whisker Figures, Amusing Photos of a Man’s Facial Hair Imagined as Various Landscapes

Things Bears Love

Editorial: Why must humans enjoy Fall and ignore signs of death all around them

Blade. Can’t resist.

NETHERSTONE (n.) the hardest part of something; a tough, resilient core (via …

Near Dark. Gettin’ my 1987 vampire on.

2016 Nikon Macro Photo Contest Winners Show The World Like You’ve Never Seen Before

In each picture is a whole lifetime imprisoned, a whole lifetime of fears, …

What lurks below…Nikolaus Freyenhagen in steel diving suit, July 8, 1930. …

When Tomatoes Were Blamed For Witchcraft and Werewolves

A “ghurry” is a Indian term for 1/60 of a day, or 24 minutes. (via @qikipedia)

Insomnia is when both sides of the pillow feel hot. Anna Akhmatova

SCISCITATION is an inquisitive eagerness to learn or know new things. (via …

Mental Note #storyofmylife

The last swim of the year. #Gracie

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

#Gracie surveys the water on what might be the last day of swimming.

I believe that aliens visited Lake Ontario and left us primary shapes. …

Fall Fetching Fun with #Gracie (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Trees are trying to autumn. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Drag Maple don’t care! Drag Maple needs to express herself! You go Drag Maple! …

Benched! (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Reading Gaol, Where Oscar Wilde Was Imprisoned, Unlocks Its Gates For Art

Why did I come in here? #storyofmylife

I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

#formefromme #coldsnapedition

ABARCY (n.) the state of always wanting more (via @HaggardHawks)

When will Toronto love its Modern architecture? - Spacing Toronto

If you’re FABULOSE then you’re fond of stories or fables. (via @HaggardHawks)

CLATTY HOWLIN' COCKWOMBLE!

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, diagnosing it …

Send in the assclowns

WITZELSUCHT (German) - make puns, or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless …

Alan Turing Law Finally Pardons All Gay Men In England And Wales

Trees are trying to make fall happen.

THRASONISM is a bragging, boastful talk. (via @HaggardHawks)

FREESK is an old Scots dialect word for a forced or insincere smile. (via …

Last one. Staircase. (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

I can’t resist posting something by William Kurelek whenever I visit the AGO. …

Arthur Lismer, Sumach and Maple, Huntsville, 1915. (at AGO - Art Gallery of …

Tom Thomson, Maple Saplings, October (1916-1917). There was some Group of Seven …

Oh dear! (at Dolce Gelato)

Dinner with Sean (at 7 Numbers)

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Jotunheim, 1892-1893. A bit bonkers. I love it. The …

Eugene Jansson, Gryning over Ridderfjorden, 1899. This was an exhibit of …

I’m looking at Starry Night.

Preview of Mystical Landscapes (at AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario)

“Noooooooo! I can dooooooo it!!” (at National Ballet School)

Horse-drawn streetcars on King, 1887. Carriages would ride the rails to stay out …

Och! What’s that emerging from the wee loch? Is it Nessie? No. It’s just my new …

Taking a Stroll Back in Time Through University of Toronto's Philosopher's Walk | culture | Torontoist

kerfuffle - disturbance, fuss

Who’s a good boy? (via @obviousplant)

King Cobra. I’m not clear why James Franco loves to do gay movies so much but …

King Cobra with InsideOut (at TIFF Bell Light Box)

Slow lorises are the only venomous primate. They produce venom from their …

Can Evolution Be Photographed?

Introducing the Prestissimo Card

Spider-Man Re-Animate

ACNESTIS (n.) the part of your back you cannot reach to scratch (via …

Stone relief no. 3 (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Stone relief no. 2

Photos of some stone reliefs (relieves?) from Thursday, no. 1 (at Royal Ontario …

You may be wondering why there was turkey this weekend instead of last. It was …

It can be difficult to get a good picture at a dog party because everyone’s …

Sporting new #socks today!

Starting my day with affirmations.

TTC concerned as signal system begins upgrading itself

Northern Lights, Tom Thomson, 1917 (via @TTLastSpring)

FANTY-SHEENY is an old dialect word describing anything showy or impressive—it …

This year’s bowl from Empty Bowls

Winnie-the-Pooh, first published #OTD, 90 years ago.

The bare space between the eyebrows is called the GLABELLA. (via @HaggardHawks)

The ROM is full of lovely contrasts. (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Hey little guy! (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Homage to the Highest Power (Daoist deities on parade 😉) (at Royal Ontario …

Hello, old friend! (at Royal Ontario Museum)

There are some exhibits that I visit every time. (at Royal Ontario Museum)

More Chihuly (at Royal Ontario Museum)

More Chihuly (at Royal Ontario Museum)

Empty Bowls! (at Gardiner Museum)

Membership has its privileges like breezing through the Chihuly exhibit while …

#formefromme #fallcoloursedition

Beep boop beep 🤖❤️

GEMAS (Indonesian) - the feeling that causes the irresistible urge to squeeze …

It was lovely down by the water today. #lobbystatuary (at 20 Bay Street, …

In the 17th Century, the Catholic Church declared the beaver a fish so that it …

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. - L. M. MONTGOMERY

Basil is happening!

My metabolism brings all the boys to the yard.

MYTHOMANIA is compulsive lying. (via @HaggardHawks) #ahem

DUNDERCLUNK is an old Scots dialect word for a large, doltish person. (via …

CLINCHPOOP is a 16th century word for an uncouth, ungentlemanly man. (via …

An ABYDOCOMIST is a liar who boasts about their lies. (via @HaggardHawks) #ahem

I adore this slightly derpy picture of #Grace I took today for her Thanksgiving …

Star Trek Beyond

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

all to myself (via @oatmeal)

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand. - Jacques Benigne Bossuel

This is my maternal grandmother, Vera Mae Tough (nee Campbell). This picture is …

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For Your Consideration (A bit of Christopher Guest craziness will distract me …

Idiocracy #topical

POGONOTOMY is the process of shaving or trimming a beard. (via @HaggardHawks)

The Glorious Symmetry of Hong Kong’s Streetscapes

Algoma Waterfall, 1920, by J.E.H. Macdonald (via @mcacgallery)

A flower WELKS when it become dry or loses its freshness. (via @HaggardHawks) …

It was bustling in the lobby today… (at 10 Bay Street)

Dr. Seuss wrote “Green Eggs and Ham” to win a bet against his publisher who said …

#formefromme #thanksgivingedition

Inside the pages of a 1981 Radio Shack catalog

TWIRK (v.) to twist the hairs of a moustache , 16th C. (via @HaggardHawks and …

‘To fall by your rest’ is to be sleepless or to have trouble sleeping. (via …

Women’s College Hospital, Grenville site, 1935. First hospital “run by women for …

Yay! My @sadanimalfacts book arrived! Thanks Brooke Barker for being cool with …

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“Hoax”: just a little etymological hocus-pocus

Book scorpions patrol piles of old books eating up dust mites and booklice. …

Chloe "Haunted House"

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GURRYSHANG is a Scots dialect word for a scene of uproar or confusion. (via …

A. Y. Jackson, a leading member of the #GroupofSeven, was born in Montréal #OTD …

Pentatonix & Dolly Parton - Jolene

That time when Toronto had hotels to marvel at

Stingers #animalproblems

PARALEIPSIS - mentioning something by saying you won’t mention it (via …

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Benched! (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

The road to surfdom?

The Welsh word for ‘cockerel’ is CEILIOG — which is why there’s a cockerel on …

Street Artist Transforms Trash Into Giant 3D Animal Sculptures

Dark and Stormy (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Wet hair don’t care. #gracie (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

She can’t be stopped. She will play ball. #gracie (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Benched! (On a rather grey and windy day) (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

wytai n. - a feature of modern society that suddenly strikes you as absurd and …

Fish #sadanimalfacts

A fire rainbow occurs only when the sun is high and its light passes through …

CLYTACH is an old Scots word meaning ‘to talk in an unintelligible or unfamiliar …

Bombardier completes first delivery of horse-drawn omnibuses to TTC

Another one of Diana Thorneycroft’s Group of Seven Awkward Moments, Maples and …

Queen Street Bridge, looking north-west, #OTD Sept 28, 1910. Photo: James Salmon …

FORFICULA is a Latin name for an earwig. To FORFICULATE is to feel a creeping …

Toronto Harbour Commission between Transport Sheds, & Navy League training …

In Praise of Stupid Bots

Are the neighbours fighting again?

SNOLLYGOSTER is a 19th century slang word for an unprincipled politician who …

What we know as “curry” has a long and curious history

very #currentmood

WHIPMEGMORUM is an old Scots dialect word for a noisy quarrel about politics. …

Mike Phirman Uses His Hands to Create a Snake That Performs ‘Trust in Me’ From ‘The Jungle Book’

For T.S. Eliot’s birthday, The Naming of Cats, which inspired the musical …

I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness. …

Missy Elliott - WTF (Where They From) ft. Pharrell Williams [Official Video]

Killdeer #sadanimalfacts

FUPPERTY-JIG is an old Scots dialect word for a clever trick or contrivance. …

I’ve walked past this rusty old guy countless times. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

We wondered if these were juniper berries (which made me want gin). (at …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

…and a windy day. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

It was a sparkly day. (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Walking at the beach with this guy. #murphy (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Picnic Benched! (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children. - Jim …

Remembering Jim Henson on his birthday. He was born #otd, 1936.

Maple-leaf viewing (Momijigari), from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the …

The Japanese word MOMIJIGARI refers to the tradition of visiting forests to look …

To DRIDDLE is to work feebly or ineffectually. (via @HaggardHawks)

Word on the Street this wknd. Word on Spadina, c. 1920′s, Hyman’s Book and Art …

wait for dinner

pizzazz, n. and adj. attractive combination of vitality and glamour; …

Because you can see a tiny reflection of yourself when you look in someone’s …

Goodbye, summer. Hello, fall colours. Autumn Birches, Tom Thomson, 1916. (via …

1915 Backwater (via @TTLastSpring)

Mud #animalproblems

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J.E.H. MacDonald, Forest Wilderness, 1921. (via @mcacgallery)

Mice #sadanimalfacts #metoo

Florence Foster Jenkins

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep. Fran Lebowitz

A caiman in the Amazon with a head covered in salt eating butterflies… (Image: …

From the 1914 book “Tremendous Toronto”, the intersection of Yonge & King …

Are you casting asparagus on my cooking? - Curly Howard

For the Love of Spock

1916 Lake and Red Tree (via @TTLastSpring)

A DOCK-WALLOPER is a lazy worker or idler. (via @HaggardHawks)

Central Intelligence

‘Spontaneous dancing’ was illegal in Sweden until this year. (via @qikipedia)

Rocks on the Beach (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Benched (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Snapping Turtles #sadanimalfacts #snap

X-Men: Apocalypse

The adjectival form of ‘abracadabra’ is ABRACADABRANT, used to describe anything …

Meditation 101: A Beginner's Guide

bowd·ler·ize (verb) - remove material that is considered improper or offensive …

Couldn’t resist taking a snap of the old, old, old homestead in Davisville. It’s …

EMPOWERMENT :: How I Became The Superhero Of My Own Life

New #socks are happening. #mycheckeredpast

Indonesian snacky food at @littlesisterto with the lovely Doris! (at Little …

#formefromme #easeintofalledition

Goldfish #sadanimalfacts

People are ‘blind’ to plants, and that’s bad news for conservation

KYRIOLEXY is the use of clear, straightforward language. (via @HaggardHawks)

1916 The Red Maple, Algonquin Park (via @TTLastSpring)

What Happens When Architectural Designer Tries Baking Desserts

English did not have a word for the color orange until the 16th century. (via …

Um… Furries? 😉🐒 (at TTC Subway Line)

Gray Squirrels #sadanimalfacts

If something is FLAMBUGINOUS then it’s fanciful or whimsical. (via …

…and my house internet has been down all day. Something may have gone down at …

I’m not quite sure what this plant is doing in Ontario… (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

The most beautiful day of the summer (in the fall) (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

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Benched (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

The Unexpectedly Existential Roots of Adjective Order

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver, born #otd, 1935. Happy birthday to one of my …

Captain America: Civil War

Letters of Note: It will be sunny one day

An Ode to Concrete

Free State of Jones

Orangutans #sadanimalfacts

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. Robert …

Eadweard Muybridge’s Motion Photography Experiments from the 1870s Presented in 93 Animated Gifs

Autumn is coming, with its deep, intense, fractured light. Detail of “Islands, …

A Welsh equivalent of ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’ is ‘paid codi pais ar ol …

#lobbystatuary (at 20 Bay Street, Toronto)

Studies have shown… (via @LastWeekTonight)

WALK WITH ME - International Trailer

Sheep #sadanimalfacts

Continents move at about the same speed as fingernails grow (via @qikipedia)

Harsh Truths From Baby Animals

www.zooportraits.com

Now You See Me 2

The Man Who Knew Infinity

KATHISOMANIA is an uncontrollable urge to sit down. (via @HaggardHawks) …

Figs and Wasps #ew

Wild Boars #sadanimalfacts

Snowflake (at Don Valley Trails)

From The Age Of Giants (at Don Valley Trails)

Train Bridge (at Don Valley Trails)

People Bridge (at Don Valley Trails)

Feathery (at Don Valley Trails)

The trails or me? (at Crothers Woods)

‘Born This Way’ Might Not Fully Capture Sexual Orientation

We don’t perceive objects as they are; we perceive them as WE are. #BrainPBS …

You can even hear yourself think.

The Scottish Scoundrel Who Changed How We See Data

Raja Rasoi Aur Anya Kahaniyan | Netflix

Abraham Inc. - Tweet Tweet (Jazz à la villette part4)

Things native English speakers know, but don’t know we know (via …

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. George Burns

On Saturn, auroras can last for days. Photo by NASA/ESA/Hubble. (via @qikipedia)

Reading Prison opens doors for Oscar Wilde art project - BBC News

Revisionist History Introduction

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The Inuit word PIJARALIVUQ means ‘someone who is fed up because something …

Yoga Joes, Classic Plastic Green Army Men Toys in Yoga Poses

The Latin equivalent of ‘between a rock and a hard place’ was ‘a fronte …

#formefromme #labourdayedition

Cats #sadanimalfacts

The expression “what the dickens!” was invented by Shakespeare. (via …

The Art of Biophilia: Extraordinary Mosaics Incorporating Earth’s Most Colorful Creatures

You’re welcome!

How to be perfectly unhappy - The Oatmeal

Hawk on a mosque (at Madinah Masjid)

Horticulture Building, #CNE, 1921 (via @TorontoArchives)

NINCOMPOOPIANA (n.) aestheticism; dandyish decadence and sensuality (via …

HONEYBLOB — literally, a lump of pollen carried by a bee — is an old Scots term …

How to Win an Introvert’s Heart

The "millennial whoop" is taking over pop music

Queen’s Park, 1934. Bandstand was located where King Edward VII equestrian …

PSITHURISM - the sound of leaves rustling in the trees. (via @qikipedia)

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

The truth behind the 5 second rule

The Conjuring 2

The Weird Connection Between Smiling and Racism

Automatic pushball game at #CNE, Aug 29, 1925 (via @TorontoArchives)

Word of the day: TITTYNOPE - a small quantity of something left over. (via …

The Gooderham Fountain (1907-1958) at Princes’ Blvd & Manitoba Dr, CNE, …

The cheeriest new umbrella (and some new plants)

View of Horticulture Building at night, #CNE, Aug 28, 1954. @LetsGoToTheEX …

SQUEAFFISH is an old Scots word describing someone who looks disreputable or …

2016 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Winner (Animal …

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

Ripples (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Benched (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Meerkats #sadanimalfacts

A few fairy lights adding some magic to the view from the terrace.

You’re Not Supposed to Be Happy All the Time

A THERIOMORPH is a deity that takes the form of an animal. (via ‏@HaggardHawks)

#OTD 1912, Wilfrid Laurier, GG & founders gather to open Wellesley Hospital, …

A little Zimbabwean Beef and Kale Pie for lunch (at Market 707 - Toronto’s First …

Dog person #nationaldogday

He tells it like it is.

The Inuit word PISUNNATUQ means ‘the kind of weather that encourages you to go …

Pure gold #crocussativus

Blowing Rasberries in Art

The Jungle Book

The Macaroni in 'Yankee Doodle' is Not What You Think

The first printed Arabic-Latin dictionary, published in Leiden, 1613. (via …

Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly …

View from Ontario Government Building at #CNE, now Liberty Grand, looking south, …

On average, dog people have 26 more Facebook friends than cat people but cat …

How the “sausage party” is made

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The Macaroni Penguin #penguinfacts #macaronifacts #yankeedoodle #dandy

A bit of old and a bit of new (and a bit of 70’s) (at Ryerson University)

Summer Olympic events for the rest of us

The useless beauty of Toronto's abandoned office tower

Hey hive! Does anybody know what this thing is? It looks like some sort of …

#CNE, general view showing autos, crowds and buildings, ca. 1924. (via …

Please be aware that any texts you receive from me now are coming from my new …

A group of cuckoos is called an ASYLUM. (via @HaggardHawks)

A bit of laundry room organization too. #organizedonwheels #shelfesteem

New shelves up on the terrace ready for the plants. #iguessiamstaying

…mostly fattening

The third poem in the book is a short gem titled “Happiness”.

In the 38th poem of the book, titled “Teddy Bear” by A. A. Milne, the famed …

A SYMBIOTOGRAM is a word that can be read as a different word when flipped …

The truth is…

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

To Your Brain, Audiobooks Are Not ‘Cheating’

This Paper Calculator Adds Via a Series of Tubes

Shoop. #seemsreasonable

Why do humpback whales protect other species from attack?

before Pinterest

The Secret World of Hedgehogs (12 Pics) | Pleated-Jeans.com

Happy birthday to the “eighth” #GroupofSeven member #EdwinHolgate, born #OTD in …

Antithalian - opposed to fun, merriment, or revelry. (via @OED) #notguilty

The pressure is so great at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, you’d have to …

#OTD 1874, City Council approves creation of a permanent fire department. (via …

Winners of the 2016 AG Nature Photographer of the Year competition

Here’s @CampbellHouseTO, moving to its new location at Queen St W and University …

Gay Toronto 1979 - Mayor John Sewell Faces Media Storm

Goddess Of Love

Today is my wiener friend’s last day staying with me. Apparently, last night, …

A group of flamingos is called a FLAMBOYANCE. (via @HaggardHawks) …

Health Canada allows gay men to donate blood so long as they go straight for a year - The Beaverton - North America's Trusted Source of News

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

UPSIDE DOWN can be spelled upside down using right way up letters of the …

Praise his noodly appendage. #flyingspaghettimonster

when I was young

My wiener friend finds that, after about an hour of squawking to indicate how …

Inside Out LGBT Film Festival

LAKING-BOUT (n.) a day spent doing nothing (via @HaggardHawks)

It’s been a while but, at last, once again, it’s time for… KUNG FU! Rise of the …

My wiener friend is sure she pointed out where the food was yesterday and can’t …

Robot Love Triangle

The Song of Wandering Aengus I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in …

The Delightful Toys of an 80-Year-Old Japanese Craftsman

I think my wiener friend is serving #swaddling #beguiling.

Staff affectionately call this 1840 John Howard watercolour “Monkey Laptop.” …

My wiener friend has chosen a handsome chair from which to supervise me while I …

My wiener friend likes to tuck herself in by diving under her rather fierce …

In Old English, a FRUMBERDLING was a young man growing in his first ever beard. …

My wiener friend has discovered the buffet that is apparently under my couch. …

My wiener friend has come to stay with me. This is Gilda. #dachshund

I happened upon a parade today. It involved Taoist Tai Chi, a pipe band, and a …

Historicist: The Unknown Impresario | culture | Torontoist

world elephant day - Australian Geographic

Move Over Sporks, Chorks Are the New Efficiency Utensil of Choice

Old Union Station, 1910. Photo: William James. Station closed #OTD 1927 …

Once Upon A City: A menu of olde tyme favourites | Toronto Star

The collective noun for pedants is an “Actually”. (via @Pundamentalism)

The very first recorded Olympic champion was Coroebus of Eli in 776BC, he was a …

Monkeys #sadanimalfacts #metoo

A GILLMAW is a gluttonous, voracious eater. (via @HaggardHawks) #guilty

Instagram video by Art Gallery of Ontario • Aug 9, 2016 at 7:37pm UTC

‘Glasgow Girl’ Arts and Crafts metalwork designer Marion Henderson Wilson, …

A handy guide to Olympic events.

Artist James Tissot, who died #OTD in 1902, depicted high-fashion, modern …

Bro scientists confirm world ‘pretty gay’ - The Beaverton - North America's Trusted Source of News

Toronto Municipal Abattoir and Cold Storage, foot of Niagara St. May 14, 1916. …

To CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE is to talk long-windedly or verbosely. (via @HaggardHawks) …

3% of Americans think that if Hillary Clinton is elected president, Bill Clinton …

Compliments #animalproblems

synthespian, n. - A computer-generated character in a film. (via @OED)

Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven

My charming companion enjoys helping me to show off my new #socks from WordCamp. …

My charming companion feels that this whole couch thing is a good arrangement. …

Ducks (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Where’s mummy? (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Life is like topography

April and the Extraordinary World

Once Upon A City: The division over Union Station | Toronto Star

How One Young Gay Activist Fought Against Police Homophobia in Toronto | culture | Torontoist

Love & Friendship

The first Europeans to land in Brazil in 1500 remarked that the private parts of …

Historicist: Canada's First Olympic Gold | news | Torontoist

DAVER (v.) to droop or fade on a hot day (via @HaggardHawks)

The Prince of Wales and Mrs. W.P. Ross open new Union Station, #OTD 1927. (via …

My charming companion doesn’t leave much room for me on the couch. …

Look like a familiar commute? “Dundas Subway, Sunny Days” is illustrator Nina …

I’m not fooled by my charming companion. She’s on the floor now but I fully …

Twinkle, twinkle

We recognize 3 spellings of ‘argh’: argh, aargh, and aaargh. (via …

“I’ll stick to painting for as long as I can.” Tom Thomson, born #OTD in 1877. …

Age before beauty.

Pointy Bits #animalproblems

Hold These Tiny Crime Scenes in the Palm of Your Hand

Asthma protection among Amish traced to house dust, cows

The Huntsman: Winter’s War #evilqueen #hunty

NAMES FROM CHAUCER THAT ALSO SOUNDE LYKE POKÉMON: • Janicula • Palamon • …

View of the Hollywood Theatre on Yonge St, just south of Heath St, June 2, 1974. …

The German word SCHNAPSIDEE means ‘a crazy or impractical idea that seems …

#mosquitoproblems

Dinner with the lovely Helen (at Kanpai Snack Bar)

According to an official FBI guide to online slang, BTDTGTTSAWIO means ‘been …

Toronto's getting a massive new downtown park

Horned Lizards #sadanimalfacts

#OTD 1851, @Trinity_College founded by Bishop John Strachan. Early photo from …

ZWODDER: a drowsy, stupid state of mind and/or body. (via @qikipedia)

Queer Youth Explain Why LGBTQ Transitional Housing is a Basic Need | cityscape | Torontoist

Pious Ontarians celebrate miraculous birth of Governor Simcoe - The Beaverton - North America's Trusted Source of News

Historicist: Elizabeth Simcoe, A Toronto Pioneer | culture | Torontoist

μυγμός (Ancient Greek) - a moaning or whimpering noise, particularly made when …

An AMPLEXATION is an embrace. (via @HaggardHawks)

…and yet more geese (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Burdock flowers? (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

More gooses (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Geese who think they’re flamingos (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Making the rounds (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Naked (at Cherry Beach)

Glass Lizards #sadanimalfacts

Recommended boiling times for vegetables in a 1922 inn-keeping guide. (via …

A Better Kind of Happiness - The New Yorker

Looking: The Movie

Instagram video by Fafa The Groundhog • Jul 25, 2015 at 3:15pm UTC

I didn’t mean take my place!! #mycharmingcompanion #contrary #gracie

Tough Guy Trump

My charming companion who, even though there is a comfy couch and yoga mat …

Donald Trump, Mike Pence And Vladimir Putin As The Golden Girls Is Brilliant.

Our attitude towards wealth played a crucial role in Brexit. We need a rethink | Stephen Hawking

#OTD 1793 Lt Governor #Simcoe scouts land Toronto Bay – start of planning for …

John Graves Simcoe, Napoleon Bonaparte & The Politics of Horse Shit

1790s sketch of original @fortyork by Elizabeth Simcoe. Happy #SimcoeDay! (via …

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” — Van …

Although kissing with tongues is ‘French’ in English, Russian and Czech, in …

Science of cycling still largely mysterious

The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella User

LOGOMACHY - an argument about words. (via @qikipedia)

Bike Share Toronto

Blaming the Victim #animalproblems

100 years of the Toronto skyline from Riverdale Park

Why we still need LGBT film festivals

There are hundreds of positive emotions that have no direct English translation

A combined question and exclamation mark, ‽, is called an INTERROBANG. An …

Lost For Words | How Brexit Ruined The Oxford English Dictionary

Less Popular Pokemon

The Pinocchio Frog #sadanimalfacts

Stranger Things

Anthropocene (via @OED, image by Imogen Foxell)

If you’re EPULOSE then you typically eat or feast to excess. (via @HaggardHawks)

The Perplexing Problem of Manitoba's Nameless Lakes

Sweetie The Capy Eating Celery

En dash #punctuationhumour

Rabbits #sadanimalfacts

The Little Prince

Scientists Decide Thing Previously Thought Healthy, Then Unhealthy, Before Healthy Again, Does, In Fact, Cause Cancer - The New Yorker

A BUMFIDDLER is a nosy busy-body. (via @HaggardHawks) #ahem

Party Poodle coming through! (It’s actually parti-poodle because of the colours …

Lurking Morning Glories (at Cherry Beach)

I don’t know what these are but I think they’re lovely. (Any ideas, hive mind?) …

Cornflowers (at Cherry Beach)

Tee n Tee (at T & T Supermarket)

Pano (at Cherry Beach)

Meet and eat: characters made from fruit and veg – in pictures

If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that …

Television? The word is half Greek half Latin. No good can come of it. C. P. …

Sculptor Emanuel Hahn with his memorial statue of Sir Adam Beck, Feb 2, 1934. …

The History Behind the Ferry You'll Take to the Toronto Islands | culture | Torontoist

feline masterworks

panoply (via @oed)

A walk a day keeps your memory from going away

How to have a great weekend

Snakes on a Plane

The oldest library in the world just opened to the public — here's a look inside

Fragrant Harbour… or Hong Kong, as it’s also known, slips into night • #China #中 …

Canada Fears Photo of Prime Minister with Pandas Could Worsen American Refugee Crisis - The New Yorker

This shot from 1928 makes Sunnyside Pavilion look like Southern Spain. #TBT (via …

Remember to have #strength on #NationalJunkFoodDay (via @Oatmeal)

OBSTUPIFACIENT (adj.) utterly amazing, stupefying (via @HaggardHawks)

Ghosts #animalproblems

A Brief History of Life, Part 1: The Archean and the Proterozoic

#formefromme #sunnysunfloweredition

Michelle Obama's Carpool Karaoke is here, wins everything

Clown Alert (via @obviousplant)

TJUVSMAKA (Swedish): to taste or eat small pieces of food when you think nobody …

The Lion and the Tortoise

Kate Bush fans around the world get their “Wuthering Heights” on

Quoi??? Non! Vraiment?? Il a dit ça??

Every English elm is descended from a single tree that lived 2,000 years ago and …

Born #otd in 1834, Edgar Degas was a master of creating snapshot-like immediacy. …

As a nickname for a dog, the word MUTT is a shortened form of ‘muttonhead’. It …

“Nuthin’. What are you doin’?” (at National Ballet School)

Now that we’ve ruled out all sorts of heart problems, I can actually go back to …

The human tendency to see faces and other images where none actually exists is …

Allergies #animalproblems

CHAETOPHOBIA is the fear of hairy or furry things. (via @HaggardHawks) #ahem

This Renaissance painter made insanely detailed portraits out of fruit, vegetables and fish

Trinity College, now site of Trinity Bellwoods Park, 1928 (via @TorontoArchives)

I just noticed that the volume on the BBC iPlayer goes up to eleven. …

I scream - c.2009 from the archive #nationalicecreamday (via @brockdavis)

🌾👒👦🌿☀️ = “Boy Lying in Grass” (1890) by Harriet Mary Ford. #EmojiArtHistory …

The first self-driving car fatality proves nothing | John Naughton

Couldn’t resist. #wasabi

This is Toronto (at Leslieville Neighborhood)

It’s log. It’s log. For fun it’s a wonderful toy. It’s log. It’s log. It’s fun …

Grapes are coming along. (at Leslieville Neighborhood)

T&T Supermarket 大統華超級市場

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

Stephen King spoilers

The traditional Three Wise Monkeys actually have names—MIZARU 🙈, KIKAZARU 🙉, and …

10 Interjections Your Vocabulary Has Been Missing

POUCHER is an early 19th century old Scots word for someone who pockets extra …

Toronto’s Official City Photographer Arthur Goss, 1922 (via @TorontoArchives)

Toronto’s Official City Photographer Arthur Goss, 1900 (via @TorontoArchives)

Toronto’s Official City Photographer Arthur Goss, 1910, Allan Gardens, colour …

Life’s Simple Pleasures

The Trailer for This 'Chinese X-Men' Movie Is Both Gorgeous and Totally Bonkers

Humber Valley, looking north to Old Mill Bridge, Apr 15, 1913. Gough’s Ice Cream …

#OTD 1978 Harbourfront Corporation later @HarbourfrontTO opens on 100 acres of …

Useful Scots word: Blether - The Caledonian Mercury

Emus #sadanimalfacts

Gough’s Ice Cream Parlour, Humber Valley, 1913. An oasis for weary travellers. …

And You Don't Even Want To Wear Pants In This Heat

H. G. Wells was A. A. Milne’s maths teacher. (via @qikipedia)

For years, I have claimed that I don’t have a heart. I’ve always said that I …

POTOOOOOOOO was the name of a renowned 18th century thoroughbred racehorse. It …

Eugène Boudin, born on this day in 1824, was one of the first “plein air” …

The Monk Who Set Maths Back By 500 Years

The German for nitpicker is krümelkacker, literally crumb shitter. (via …

Koalas #sadanimalfacts

FAUCHENTULIE is an old Scots dialect word for a contentious argument. (via …

In praise of the C-word

Spectacular light show over Hong Kong this weekend… Swept in on the tail of …

When working on comics feels too hard, channel your inner sloth.

Moths #sadanimalfacts

The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

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40 in the shade: Toronto's worst heatwave - Spacing Toronto

BACK-JAW is abusive, insulting language. (via @HaggardHawks)

The “new” Union Station, #Toronto, 1873, Cdn Illustrated News] (via …

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to …

Llamas blocking the Tour de France in the Pyrenees. #llamalove (via @ProfBanks)

Salsa on St. Clair today! We are glad you don’t have to dance in the mud. St. …

The Devil’s Backbone

The Unknown French Horticulturist Who Made Lilacs Happen

Gravitational Waves Explained Using Stick Figures

You have been noticed…

Prudence Heward hoped Canadian art would be “Canadian in feeling, yet universal; …

Toronto harbour in 1879. William Armstrong paints the triumphant return of …

The expression ‘happy as a clam’ was originally ‘happy as a clam in the mud at …

Hedgehogs #sadanimalfacts

Gereja Ayam, the Abandoned Chicken Church

Horsecars on Yonge and Front street. 1892 (via @TOStreetRailway)

Even a junk can sparkle in Hong Kong: British Colony for a century and a half, …

Sea Otters #sadanimalfacts

“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” #FridaKahlo was born …

Go get a cool summer treat! Bingham’s chocolates and ice cream, 146 Yonge, ca. …

CACOSPECTOMANIA – an overwhelming desire to stare at utterly revolting things. …

Apparently it’s 24°, feels like 30°, already so I won’t be cycling to work. …

SLOOPSY is an old Scots dialect word describing anything peculiar or untidy …

Re: broccoli soup

Job Alert: Become a UK Hedgehog Officer

TORONTO: Christian "Zombie" Activists Infiltrate Pride To Hand Out Fake Condoms, Preach...

Transit delay, Keele and St. Clair area, 1920s. (via @artifactsTO)

Gonna be hot today! ☀️☀️☀️

Vogue's 21st Century Man (1939)

Hong Kong Disneyland Serves Up Dim Sum Shaped Like Disney Characters

Honeybees #sadanimalfacts

America explained to non-Americans - The Oatmeal

I’m going to say something and I want you to promise me that you will read the …

An Oral History of Toronto's Pride Parade | cityscape | Torontoist

Obvious Plant — The zoo is more fun with made-up facts. See a...

The St. Charles Tavern, Yonge S of Grosvenor, 1960′s. More on this site from …

It is the Dyke March today in Toronto! Here are 10 qualities of #Lesbian …

#formefromme #pinkprideedition

Benched (at Vivian Forest)

Walkin’ in the woods (at Vivian Forest)

A RATTATAG is an idling loafer or ne’er-do-well. (via @HaggardHawks)

Celebrate Canada Day with Canada Vignettes | TV, eh?

A.Y. Jackson submitted this design for the 1965 Canada Flag competition. …

Stay humble, Canada.

Happy Canada Day!

Spadina Ave, Oct 8, 1902. Workers constructing a stone gutter, north of College …

How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation

Service Animals for Internet-Averse Adults

I rode a really gay bike today, made even gayer by me riding it. #happypride …

SNOOFMADRUNE is an old Scots dialect word for a lazy, inactive person. (via …

After Stonewall: The First-Ever Pride Parades, In Vintage Photos

Brexit aftermath: Norman immigrant harassed on bus - The Beaverton - North America's Trusted...

Happy 94th birthday #Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion. We love you! Photo ca. 1924, …

The Mysterious Origins of a Food That's Always Been Funny: The Sausage

#OTD, 1922 Sunnyside Amusement Park opened - a popular #Toronto spot > 30 …

6.28 Facts About Tau For Tau Day

The Icelandic equivalent of ‘the icing on the cake’ is ‘rúsínan í …

Skunks #sadanimalfacts

Happy birthday to Arthur Lismer, Group of Seven member and Arts Education …

King St. W., looking E. across Simcoe St.; Aladdin Bldg, St. Andrew’s Church, …

EGGTAGGLE is an old Scots word for the act of wasting time in bad company. (via …

Bike Share Toronto

Everybody Wants Some!!

The worth of shade is only known when the sun is beating down. ~ Tamil Proverb

A lovely #catsitting thank you gift of Mink “Artist Series” Bonbons.

Benched (at Cherry Beach)

If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not capable of developing …

Historicist: How the St. Charles Tavern went from Chinese-Food Restaurant to Popular Gay Bar |...

Bonne #SaintJeanBaptiste from Charles Gagnon’s idyllic St. Lawrence. (via …

Today in 1880 #OCanada had its first public performance (via @torontohistory)

Definitely a snit. #bagofblue #undercover #blue #catsitting #manservant

Scotland's Storybook (Scotland's Stories)

Not sure what’s happening here. Possibly another snit… #undercover #blue …

In Indonesia, Non-Binary Gender is a Centuries-Old Idea

Before the Gooderham Building, the Coffin Block stood on the triangle-y spot at …

World's priciest cities for expats revealed - BBC News

EU referendum results – live tracker

Hurray my new green jars!

300+ Etchings by Rembrandt Now Free Online, Thanks to the Morgan Library & Museum

Chickens #sadanimalfacts

Let’s take a selfie, I said. Just look into the camera, I said. #blue …

It is approximately a cardboard box… #ififitsisits #blue #catsitting #manservant

If you’re SNACKY then you’re ill-tempered or irritable. (via @HaggardHawks)

Existential Threat

Enjoy a rare summer solstice full moon for the 1st time in decades

Grasshoppers #sadanimalfacts

10 Cloverfield Lane #doublefeature

Cloverfield #doublefeature

The fierce jungle wildcat is a patient creature. It knows that it will …

Attention Shoppers #youexist

A SOUGH is a disturbed night’s sleep. (via @HaggardHawks)

Long-Tailed Dance Flies #sadanimalfacts

Frank Johnston, a founding member of the Group of Seven, was born #OTD 1888 (via …

Hello, My Name is Doris

Well, hello there! #beguiling #blue #catsitting #manservant

MAGINK is an old Scots dialect word for any bizarre or mysterious object. (via …

The beach (at Cherry Beach)

The Modern Duel

Time flies. So does… KUNG FU! (with the help of a few wires) Justice, My Foot!

I will sit near you and I will lick my butt. Why? Oh, I think you know why. …

Historicist: A 'System of Partnership' That Lasted a Lifetime | culture | Torontoist

How 'Dirty' Words Got Dirty | VICE | United States

Replacing the Gerrard St. bridge over the Don Valley, Jun 18, 1923. (via …

#submittedwithoutcomment #canada #pride

PASSING SHOW (n) - The spectacle of contemporary life; (also) an entertainment …

Geese #sadanimalfacts #formation

The Monty Python Foot

Who run the world?

Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in the world - it grows up to 30mm an hour. …

I do not acknowledge you. #blue #catsitting #manservant

It’s not easy being green. - Kermit the Frog

In Defense of the World’s Ugliest Color, “Opaque Couché”

Lightly come or lightly go: Though thy heart presage thee woe, Vales and many a …

The Brothers Grimsby

I wasn’t in the door two minutes before Blue indicated that he was DESPERATE for …

Happy birthday to Sarah Robertson: pioneering female modernist & founding …

This 1899 photo from the @TorontoArchives shows a historical plaque donated to …

A KILL-COURTESY is a boorish, ill-mannered person. (via @HaggardHawks)

Great White Snark

Female Snowy Plovers #sadanimalfacts

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your …

Queen St bridge, ornamental light pillar and handrail, Dec 3, 1900. (via …

The Spirit Tower… in a corner of Kyoto’s Chion-in Temple where the quiet speaks …

I’m glad to see that my gift of cat butt fridge magnets is being put to good use …

Blue thinks that he’s been clear that he NEEDS his food right now and since I …

IKEA Style Assembly Instructions for Creating Iconic Movie Monsters by Ed Harrington

According to Dr. JN Adams of Manchester University, the Ancient Romans had about …

Toronto’s Top 10 Lost Vaudeville Theatres

#OTD 1894, Massey Hall opens. First concert featured Handel’s Messiah conducted …

Kimmy Schmidt’s Titus Andromedon botches his Hamilton audition, but nails the look

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough. - Groucho Marx

Let’s talk #socks! I have new ones!

A poem for mornings

Midnight Special

In Maurice Sendak’s sun room, a Wild Thing contemplates his National Medal of …

Further to my habit of taking the carcass home and making stock, I’m also the …

“The sky is the source of light in Nature and it governs everything.” - Romantic …

A GOLLIMER is someone who eats greedily. (via @HaggardHawks)

CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (From DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls") (Official Video)

Science Unicorn

Turning air into stone

It’s June 10th, Maurice Sendak’s birthday, which means I literally have no …

#formefromme #feelslikesummeredition

Who are we racing?

TINTINNABULATION - the lingering ringing or sounding of bells, word was invented …

Dinner with the lovely Doris (at DaiLo)

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. - …

What a coincidence… #animalproblems

How Bay Street came to be in Toronto

Reading #didyouknow

Island Ferry Co. docks, Lake St., just east of Bay, between 1899 and 1907 (via …

Permanently exhausted pigeon

Get in the Picture: My Adventures in Correcting Yellowface - Home Made Mimi

New Brunswick's Minister of Celtic Affairs promises protection from Roman invaders - The...

“I shut my eyes in order to see.” Paul Gauguin, the influential pioneer of …

To WIRKEN is to cough or choke because you’re eating too quickly. (via …

Broadway Carpool Karaoke ft. Hamilton & More

Pussyvan #itsnotwhatyouthink #dinosaurus

One of the first Canadian artists to embrace Impressionism, Maurice Cullen was …

King Tut Was Buried with a Space Dagger | Nerdist

Word of the Day: CLUMPERTON (n.) a loutish fool (via @HaggardHawks)

Dogs May Have Been Domesticated Twice, New Study Argues

Laying down new streetcar tracks on Carlaw at Gerrard, Nov 1, 1923 (via …

Toronto’s lost architecture | Toronto Star

LOOSE-BREECH is a 16th century word for a slovenly, loutish man. (via …

How Queens Quay came to be in Toronto

Consumers Gas Co. staff using the #addressograph machine to prepare bills for …

Sheep’s clothing

Lighthouse (at Cherry Beach)

#OTD 1920, provincial legislation establishes the #TTC. Here’s looking at you …

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more …

My friend Catherine

The Linguistic Mystery of How Canadians Say 'About'

Standing tall atop one of Beijing’s highest hills, the Tower of Buddhist Incense …

Convocation Hall, University of Toronto by Pearson & Darling, 1906, photo …

GROAK - to stare longingly at someone who is eating in the hope that they will …

The Symbolist movement began with Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du mal,” published …

When American Feminists Were Pilloried for Daring to Wear Bloomers

Smile, breathe, and go slowly. - Thích Nhat Hanh

Morning meditation on Kunming Lake: Like exercise, popular around every lake and …

#formefromme #stillilledition

The faces of America: Ellis Island portraits were full of hope

Sam the Record Man, Yonge St, Jun 23, 1971. (via @TorontoArchives)

flânerie - aimless idle behaviour (via @OxfordWords)

100-year-old images from Toronto photographer rediscovered | Toronto Star

To OSS is to start doing something. (via @HaggardHawks) #uiias #useitinasentence …

7 new species of peacock spider discovered

Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time

WILLY-WAMBLES is an old Scots dialect word for an upset stomach. (via …

OAM is an 18th century word for the aroma of cooking food. (via @HaggardHawks)

Indian Summers (TV Mini-Series 2015)

Ugh. I LOVE getting together with my friend Angus. It’s never often enough and …

Elephant Falls Asleep After Lullaby

What to see and do at the 2016 Inside Out Film Festival

Mexican Inner-Demon Wrestling

Shakespeare On Tour, A Midsummer Night's Dream

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ian Day (@ianwday) …

I am a reed. I am a willow. It looks like bamboo to me because #chinesey. #bendy

A floor of trilliums (trillia? A plural of three-things? Oh fuck off… not …

Grace makes sure her people do it right. She has her ball available for us at …

Into the Woods (at Crothers Woods)

Once Upon A City: Presenting Her Majesty, Queen Victoria | Toronto Star

Sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.

If you’re CRUMPSY then you’re short tempered or irritable. (via @HaggardHawks)

Wildlife Photography Worst-Sellers

The History of 'High Jinks'

It’s time for… KUNG FU!! Panda 3

The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies - The New Yorker

Historicist: Ernest Thompson Seton, Charles Sauriol, and Discipleship in the Don Valley |...

The Buddhabrot Fractal in 4K

A Japanese Monk Is Making a VR World to Reflect the True Feudal Tokyo

Queen Victoria celebrates birthday by getting wasted at cottage - The Beaverton - North...

The first recorded use of the word ‘golf’ was in a 1457 Scotish act that made it …

Preserving Ireland's Ancient, Mysterious Tree-Based Alphabet

Letter of Recommendation: Movies Alone

From @globeandmail collection #OTD 1929: teddy bear potato. One of many weird …

#formefromme #streamingsunshineedition

Liberals announce bill forcing men to use women's bathrooms, report conservative aunts - The...

A HOMODOXIAN is someone who shares your opinion. (via @HaggardHawks) …

The Legend of Barney Thomson

Orchids: The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing

INTEGER, meaning ‘a whole number’, literally means ‘untouched’. (via …

Happy 80th birthday to Ralph Steadman (from “I, Leonardo”, via @brainpicker)

South side of Front Street seen from Church, 1913. The Lipton building is gone …

Teach a man to fish

A Beard Tax is Being Proposed in England, and It's Not the First

An old friend is back up on the wall. Wood carving, 1945.

Inside Out LGBT Film Festival

Here’s my schedule for InsideOut 2016. (I’ll stop you there. Yes, I have tickets …

This architect changed everything in Toronto

DOUP-SCUD is an old Scots word for a heavy backwards fall onto your behind. (via …

Area Teen Quickly Running Out Of Chances To Be First Openly Gay Anything

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

SHOOGLY is an old Scots word meaning ‘wobbly’—saying that ‘your jacket is on a …

Not all birds sing

Venni diagram (via @ThommyH_H) #youknowiloveadiagram

Dogs don’t know what they look like. Dogs don’t even know what size they are. No …

OTD 1844: The capital of #Canada was moved from #Kingston to #Montréal …

The Rise of the Gay Mafia, a Powerful Cabal That Never Existed

If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style. - QUENTIN CRISP

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Self portrait of Philip Timms with his bicycle at Spanish Banks, Vancouver c. …

Parliament Street bridge, Toronto, 1902 (via @ArchivesOntario)

The smallest discernible distance a computer mouse moves is called a MICKEY. …

Photos of the World at Twilight, When Everything is a Hushed Grey

Layers (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Blossoms (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Weeping (at Ashbridges Bay Park)

Fran Lebowitz Wants Everyone to Love Hillary Clinton Now

Now I want a sandwich.

A DIDAPPER is someone who disappears for a long time only to reappear at a later …

‘Tis Thee #evilqueen

19th Century Artist Predicted Whale-Shaped Flying Cars by 2000

Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000 by French illustrator Albert Robida, 1882 …

On May 7, 1920, the newly formed Group of Seven had their first exhibition, held …

Would you be mine? Could you be mine?

#formefromme #sunnyfridayedition

More tests! I enjoy the “icon” they use for a receptionist helping a patient. …

Looking towards the Art Gallery, Exhibition Place, 1911. (via @TorontoArchives)

These 1955 record store listening booths were very space age

The French expression ‘rire dans sa barbe’ means ‘to laugh in your beard quietly …

Ok. Last Franklin Carmichael (via @agotoronto)

More Franklin Carmichael (via @agotoronto)

JAYUS - (Indonesian) A joke so terrible and badly told that it becomes funny. …

BUMMELEERIE is an old Scots word for a fool. (via @HaggardHawks)

Franklin Carmichael, painter, founding member of the #GroupofSeven, was born in …

Family Guy Star Wars Elevator [HQ]

Sly and The Family Stone "Que Sera Que Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)"

Meet the elite Statistics Canada Census Enforcement Team - The Beaverton - North America's...

Waiting for the trains to pass at the foot of Bay, 1920s. (via @TorontoArchives)

If you repeat a word over and over again until it becomes meaningless nonsense, …

Inside Out LGBT Film Festival

Pew pew! #currentmood

Early bridge design in Upper Canada: Playter’s Bridge near York, ca. 1796, the …

Popular people can get away with being obnoxious on Facebook, study suggests

I intend to live forever, or die trying. Groucho Marx

The "great monster of death" arrives in Toronto - Spacing Toronto

Original Tintin art fetches $1.2 million at auction http://on.io9.com/WWw0Kk0 …

Happy May Day! #Beltane …

My charming companion, Gracie

The newest of spring flowers (at Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario)

Schnoz (at Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario)

A rather handsome young Andalusian (at Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario)

Mystery was not having any of it (at Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario)

Horses (at Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario)

A screaming song

Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, …

You know it might be time to consider moving when you have to quote the …

Mail and Empire building, NW corner of Bay and King streets, Dec 30, 1913. From …

LOGOLEPSY – an obsession with words. (via @qikipedia)

Look! It pollened last night!

When isn’t it time for… KUNG FU!! Reign of Assassins

1906 pic of tree-lined University Ave to Queen’s Park Legislature Building… and …

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something. …

Merriam-Webster Threw Shade at People Who Don't Know the Word Genderqueer

What time is it? It’s time for… PENCAK SILAT!! The Raid.

Genderqueering the Dictionary

Public Embarrassment Emergency Procedure

Ma Rainey, the Mother of Blues, Stormed Stages and Threw Illegal Orgies

To TWINGLE is to wriggle like a worm on a hook. (via @HaggardHawks) …

Posted without comment

To speak in tongues

Callin’ Oates

PANDICULATION – stretching and yawning at the same time. (via @qikipedia)

Instagram photo by @kimchi_chic • Apr 21, 2016 at 5:17am UTC

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Official HD Trailer | 2016

How Turmeric Became a Cure-All Product in India

Purple‘s etymological reign

Omphaloskepsis - contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation. (via …

Is Glass a Liquid?

Open horsecars trotting along King Street, 1890 (via @TOstreetrailway)

“This town of #Toronto is the best place I ever ran into” 1915 & still true …

JOLLOCK (adj.) jolly, healthy and hearty (via @HaggardHawks)

fun with portmanteau

Benched (at Ashbridges Bay Park)