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It’s Been Awhile

Mitchell Gerskup — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:29:39 +0000

It’s been a while since my last post. But work eats up a lot of time, etc. And, to be quite honest, there hasn’t been much for me to rant against, lately. Here are some photos I took around the city, lately:

Maybe I’ll rant about the G20 at a later date. Probably not, though.

Meat Party 2.0

Mitchell Gerskup — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:21:53 +0000

Last night was the second iteration of the aptly-named “meat party”. The goal: eat as many different exotic animals (or animal parts) in a single meal. Here are the results:

Pictured: Chicken Hearts

Meats Consumed

Boar Pâté
Quail Pâté
Duck Pâté
Prosciutto
Escargot
Duck Salami
Spicy Bison Curry
Chicken Hearts
Rabbit Stew
Venison Stew
Horse Sirloin

Total: 11 Meats Consumed

Animals Consumed:

Boar
Quail
Duck
Pig
Snail
Bison
Chicken
Rabbit
Deer
Horse

Total: 10 Animals Consumed

Pictured: Horse Sirloin

Better quality (and more detailed) photos will be posted later.

St. George Street at Night

Mitchell Gerskup — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:16 +0000

I have always loved the University of Toronto’s campus at night. The later, the better. The buildings, the lighting, and the emptiness of what is usually such a busy place, makes for some beautiful scenery.

Of course, being somewhat inconveniently located in the middle of Canada’s biggest city, the main campus thoroughfares are never too empty.

Occasionally, even the stars can be seen over the city’s light pollution.

I love the city at night.

Moon Over Toronto

Mitchell Gerskup — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:12:03 +0000

The moon was out over the city last night:

Indoor Photography

Mitchell Gerskup — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:30:12 +0000

I decided to take some photos around the apartment last night:

2010: The New Year

Mitchell Gerskup — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:31:53 +0000

The blogging hasn’t been going too well, lately. There’s too much stuff going on in my life, I guess, to find the time to sit down and write about it. In continuing with this trend, I’ll post a few of the pictures I took on January 1, 2010. My first photos of the new year:

Hopefully, 2010 is as good as 2009 was.

Whole Life Expo 2009

Mitchell Gerskup — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:02:03 +0000

Today, I went with Steve Thoms and Scott Gavura of Skeptic North to the 2009 Whole Life Expo at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Aside from the rare booth featuring delicious aged Miso or fresh Canadian cheeses, the place was packed wall-to-wall with every type of woo imaginable. You could get a chiropractic reading, a photograph of your aura, ear candling and a Reiki massage all within a few meters of each other. I took some photographs to document the event:

Some things of particular interest:

It amused me to no end that this salesman casually handed Scott a glass of water that (he believed) had a pH of 9.0, without any hesitation.

Steve “vaccinated” himself against all bacterial and viral diseases* with this mixture containing colloidal silver. Much safer and more effective than vaccination, we were assured.

This woman thought that we might have been Chinese spies, taking pictures so we could send the ideas back to the motherland… for nefarious purposes, no doubt.

Ear candling is illegal in Canada**. That didn’t stop this lady.

All things considered, this was a fun outing. At the very least, with all of the samples I consumed throughout the day, my body should be free of toxins, and I’ll never get sick again.

*Except HIV.
**”Health Canada’s Medical Devices Regulations state that certain types of medical devices, including ear candles, require a licence from Health Canada before anyone can sell them for therapeutic purposes.

Health Canada has not issued any licences for ear candles. Therefore, the sale of this product for therapeutic purposes in Canada is illegal. As well, both Canada and the United States have issued directives that ban the importing of ear candles.”

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/med/ear-oreille-eng.php

Hart House IV

Mitchell Gerskup — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:14:48 +0000

Somewhat delayed, but here are the photos I took at this year’s Hart House IV debating tournament:

New Lens

Mitchell Gerskup — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:11:55 +0000

I just got a new lens (the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM):

I took a few sample photos. I’m amazed with how sharp the pictures are turning out.

Something tells me this lens and I are going to get along just fine.

Feel the Love

Mitchell Gerskup — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:13:13 +0000

This is a poster for the CFI’s upcoming event featuring Tarek Fatah that was posted in the lobby of the University of Toronto’s Multi-Faith Centre:

I can feel the religious tolerance*… can’t you?

*Tolerance is the same thing as irony, right?