New City Mascot??

I will call him DVP Donny

This groundhog lives in this patch of highway grass median c/w hydro towers on Don Valley Parkway south of Eglinton Avenue in Toronto

Not sure what he lives on besides grass and flowers, but I see him a lot here.

Traffic is usually slow here, so views are very likely.

Say Hi to Donny.

Street View

DVP Donny

His Home

Roaming the median

Overhead satellite map

Opinions are never Law

There are many things which create and mold opinions
Religion is one
There are many pro-religion, and seemingly more anti-religion
Government is one
Obviously whoever we elect, or anyone else elects, is always a dissappointment, but get re-elected anyway
On this topic, birth certificate authenticity has been a public opinion matter
Natural disasters seem to invoke opinions about the above two topics
God has brought his wrath upon the heathens, or Government has not provided safety to its people
Let's be serious here
Weather to a great extent is entirely created by the planet itself, perhaps industry alters things a little, sending various chemical compounds in the air for which the atmosphere is likely to react a bit, but I doubt one nuclear plant or coal plant created a pile of tornadoes to wipe out a large portion of a state. God if you believe in one did not say, death to rednecks, tornadoes headed to teach you a lesson. Government did not say, hey we have some high tech weather control methods which can prevent tornadoes but we decided not to use them.
They happened. Period.
Rednecks looking for birth certificates were not the cause either.
Pray if you pray, or hope if you don't, for aid and relief to those who lost families, homes, and friends. Many suffered, you'd want help if it was you.
Donate to Red Cross if you have the ability, or squeeze your wallet if you don't think you can.
Again, I am stating an opinion, surely to be disagreed by someone.
That does not make that someone ignorant, uneducated, or heartless, but in some opinions it could.
There are other topics that create opinions
Tv shows, and humour
Many love specific shows, be it drama, comedy, or reality based, many hate the same shows.
Shows like LOST created real divisions between fans and anti-fans
Humour is very personal
If you write it, it is funny to you, whether others get it or not
Having the opportunity to find others who get you is rewarding
When people of opinions that you are not funny
Would rather spread their hate for you
Than consider it as purely opinion
That's when opinions cross the line
That's when opinions become hate
And not a difference of opinion
We aren't shoving ours down your throat
Why feel the need to shove yours down everyone else's
If you don't like it
Leave it at that
Saying because you don't, means nobody else can
Is a clear indication you have an inferiority complex
You create a need to hate in order to validate your lack of self-esteem
What you need is help
Hate mongering eats you
It may hurt your target more in the beginning
Being a target has not been ideal for me
That hate constitutes bullying
Whether it is face to face or via cyberspace
Bullying is not and never shall be acceptable
Learn to accept other opinions
Learn you cannot enforce yours upon others
Learn that whether you think you are right
Others may find you wrong
I'm sure many find me wrong in this post
That's their opinion
Valid or misinformed
They possess the right to have one
As do I
This is mine
Like it or not
It's an opinion
Not a law
So yours isn't either

Signals, More than just an inconvenience

Clearly the majority of motorists I see
Belong to a slect group of people not required
To tell you where they are going or what they are doing
Because a turn signal is SOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAARRRDDD to operate
To me, in my logical mind
No signal of a lane means no signal to the brain
And yes most that refuse, or can't be bothered to signal
Refuse to believe there is such a thing as left and right
Only a path their ignorant self is headed
Today in Montreal a vehicle in front of me in the left turn lane
Not signalling with a 2nd left turn lane to our right
Complete with 18 wheeler truck also headed left with a signal
turned left but drifted directly in front of the 18 wheeler
like it didn't exist or wasn't turning
It's a special kind of ignorance required to be this stupid
To be so ignorant to not even see other vehicles using the same road
And think you are entitled to lanes you don't deserve
That I cannot respect
Signals are not an inconvenience
They are the law
The law of Logic
People which confuse right and left do not understand law of Logic
Its too much work to think

The Real Left Lane slowdown

Contrary to Globe and Mail columnist Road Sage Andrew Clark (@aclarkcomedy)says here:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/road-sage/left-lane-hogs-and-middle-lane-morons/article1944288/

Left lanes are often not slowed by people going slow
Rather Directionally Deficit Disordered Dunces
That do not read road signs
Saying where their exit is
And make sharp right turns across traffic
At last possible moment
Because these jerks drive in the left to pass
You doing the speed limit
They felt a need to balance their speed by
Causing everyone to break for their dumb ass
On DVP south I take the left lane because my exit is in that lane
All other exits are on the right
Sure take the left lane to move, but move over before
The last sign for your exit arrives
Most of our highways have 2-3 reminders before the actual exit
Kindergarten kids can count
You should too
Driving is reading and math
Mostly geometry
Signs are posted nearly every 100m
Not reading them means you miss landmarks
Like your exit is next
And that is where the left lane gets slowed
Because the signs are overhead or on the right
And these people have tunnel vision
Left lane morons are not slow, just illiterate
Andrew is a faculty member of Humber College Comedy Program
I did the 2004 Summer Comedy Workshop at Humber
On http://Favstar.fm, my tweets have more stars than his
Just saying

Oddest Recall Reason Ever

If you click the link for the story
You will have greater respect
For Arachnids
Dangerous to know
They are attracted to smell
Of Gasoline
How many engine failures have been caused by them?
Are these the same ones
Your propane BBQ lines fall victim to?

Icantbebehindanyoneitis

Last night commuting home
North on the DVP between York Mills and the 401
I'm in the centre lane which can exit either 401 West or 404 North
There is one vehicle in front of me
And about 1/2 km behind me free and clear
A vehicle to my right signals for my lane
There is no space ahead
So I logically expect him to back off and go behind
But he has Icantbebehindanyonitis
It's obvious which area he can go without trouble
But he prefers to make trouble
So he inch slides toward me
I lay in on the horn
He pulls back
I point over my shoulder behind
He is clearly upset that he is not allowed to fit where there's no room
As the vehicle ahead goes up 404 North, and I turn for 401 W
This guy is still on my right
Granted now he has plenty of room ahead to pass me
Does he speed up and signal and move ahead?
No of course not
He has to inch toward me again
until he gets his rear bumper almost touching my front bumper
As the concrete barrier approaches between 401 West and 401 E ramp lanes
So I tap my brakes so he doesn't hit me
He erratically turns left before he hits the barrier
And I lay in on the horn
Stupidity comes in many forms
Icantbebehindanyoneitis is one the most dangerous versions
I can't stress this enough
If you do not fit
Go behind
Forcing your way ahead
Only pisses people off
And if it's stop and go traffic
Your plate will be recorded without doubt
I was not lucky enough this time for that to be the case
This one got away
Your car is only so big
Squeezing between 2 bumpers when a whole 1/2 km is free
Makes no sense to people using brain cells
Icantbebehindanyoneitis can be cured
Stop being stupid

Snow Today

Not normal snow, it was liked Asbestos fibres, thin sticks of static snow
Like most people that use brain cells
I brushed off my car, and scraped where I needed to
Yes the defroster was on to help the process
But not on to do the job alone
Neither were the wipers
I've yet to understand how anybody with a brain
Can think wipers were meant to clear snow
EVER
They are made for rain, water, droplets, fluid
Not 1 to however many inches of snow fell
Never have been
Despite Canadian Tire, Napa or any other Wiper supply store
Advertisements created by misinformed accountants
You want to tell people to be safe in snow
SELL SNOWBRUSHES!
$5 snowbrushes save a lot more lives than $28 wiper blades
But therein lies the rub
They would rather earn $28 a blade and have you be not safe
Then sell a $5 brush that saves your life
Priorities
Money means more than Safety
That's Corporate attitude
And Uneducated people buy into it.
A snow arc just multiplied your blind spots 10 fold
The defrost lines take a lot longer than 30 seconds to clear a window
Take a good look at the photo banner of this Blog
THAT IS WRONG!
Every snowstorm the minions come out
The Three Forces Of Evil this blog is named for
Let's keep it simple
LIGHTS ON
SNOW OFF
If you cannot manage to do both of those things
Stay off the roads
You have no business endangering our lives
Just because you are too lazy to brush a few flakes
By using ELBOW GREASE
I rant on this a lot
BECAUSE IT BOTHERS ME
Please use common sense and logic
And do not drive anything that resembles the landscape
And that goes double for GREY toned cars
NOBODY can see them
NONE of them use headlights, or tail lights
It's a disease
You have to be stupid to get it
Smart people can never be that brainless
End rant.