Archive for May 4th, 2007

04 May 2007 Lazy Scranton
Author: Gail |  Category: Linkage, Reel + Screen  | 5 Comments

Not having a TV, I totally missed this… it’s a parody of the SNL skit “Lazy Sunday” that I found by stumbling upon the fansite for “The Office”. In late 2004, David and I read in the local Scranton paper that NBC was going to make an American version of the British show. By the time it made its debut in early 2005, we’d seen the original BBC show on NetFlix DVDs and predicted that the American show would never get off the ground. I even bet it wouldn’t last more than a season.

Boy, were we wrong! In its third season in 2007, The Office has won awards, is still going strong, and Steve Carell’s star is rising.

I’m glad for the show, I’m glad for Carell (he deserves it — he’s a funny, funny man), but most of all I’m glad for Scranton because it’s now on the map for more than just being a place where a truck overturned, lost its bananas, and Harry Chapin — who must’ve been short on material — wrote a song about it. I’m sure the people of Scranton are well and truly ready for something else to small-talk over when they leave town and people ask where they’re from.

I find it mind-boggling that there’s even enough interest in the area’s businesses from the show that the Scranton Times Tribune has a page on their website giving their Office Tour of Scranton.

I wish I could tell David about it. He’d be so shocked… and pleased!

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04 May 2007 And Torontonians Think THEIR Real Estate Is Expensive…
Author: Gail |  Category: Humour, Linkage, Vancouver, Videoclips  | 3 Comments

Shamelessly pinched from Carey’s blog, I bring to you Rick Mercer’s report on Vancouver being rated the most livable city.

Since I have more readers in Vancouver than Toronto, this might ring true to a few of you.

And while I’m directing you to Carey’s blog, I should add that he’s an extremely talented individual seeking gainful employment in a creative field. (If you know of any vacancies, please let me know and I’ll pass it on!) Read through some of his posts and you’ll see what I mean. He’s been a friend since 2002 (?), and I try and catch up with Carey and Lise when I can while in Vancouver. In fact, I caught up with them over Easter, but I forgot to take photos. Can you believe it?

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04 May 2007 An Untold Story
Author: Gail |  Category: Acts of Kindness  | One Comment

an untold story

It wasn’t for me. It was, presumably, for a homeless person who frequents this bench.

One reason why I always carry a camera with me is because it makes me look at things I otherwise wouldn’t give a second glance. Suddenly the world becomes full of these untold stories. I moved the bag a little to take a photo with the names of the people who left it, but I decided to post this one instead.

04 May 2007 On the Way Home
Author: Gail |  Category: Photography  | Leave a Comment

Nathan Phillips Square

It looks like the week caught up with me — after I wrote the last post, I went right to sleep.

In the picture above, I was trying to get the seagull’s full wingspan at a better angle, but those blasted creatures just don’t cooperate, do they? A few pics on the way home (the graffiti pics in the previous post were also shot on the way home):

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