- Oscars were last night, and once again they were pretty bad. Hosted by that barely watchable cheeseball Billy Crystal (why?), but I watched it anyways, as I usually do. Here some of my thoughts on this years “gala”:

Audio issues seem to be a constant problem with the telecast every year, and this year was no exception. The problem even birthed a new Twitter handle – @OscarsAudioGuy (now suspended… damn you Academy!). Some of the better tweets:

“We used tin cans this year to offset Billy Crystal in HD
“Thank God we have …

I was the guy who overheard you asking where Little Italy was in Toronto and, being a resident of one of the two places in town with that name, I felt compelled to offer my assistance last weekend in Niagara Falls.  I mean, when I just happen to be walking by you and overhear as you ask the front desk staff for driving directions to my neighbourhood in Toronto I thought, “Well, that’s odd”. When I heard that front desk girl say “I’m sorry I’ve never been there” I knew …

My personal Bigfoot is an albino white squirrel that lives in Trinity Bellwoods park. Sometimes I see it repeatedly for multiple days in a row, then not again for months. Some people have claimed that they might be magical. There is a cafe named after them, and a nearby road. I have occasionally had a chance to photograph them, and today I had another, although I’m glad others, like Michael Werner are able to do a much better job of getting his picture.

Lauren and I recently spent some time with our friends and their children at a cottage near Burk’s Falls, Ontario. We had a great time, and Lauren caught some of the action as I swam with two of the boys and London.

 
The off leash area at Trinity Bellwoods is fantastic for area dog owners. I’ve been going to “the pit” for about five years now, and I’ve always wondered why the grass doesn’t grow in this one area, a perfect circle near the stage.
In this stunning photo (taken by Miles – http://mute.rigent.com/index.php) , you can see clearly a circle of hard packed earth, where nothing ever grows. I recently found out from a long time (20+ years) resident that there used to be a wading pool in this location, and that when …