That’s the Way the Banana Crumbles

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:

The Dog

Mitchell Gerskup — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:54:59 +0000

The Dog, originally uploaded by mgerskup.

I snapped this picture today with my iPhone. It’s of my dog, Mozart, as seen through the distorted glass of the front door. I’m quite happy with the way it turned out.

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?

Hart House Invitational

Mitchell Gerskup — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:09:04 +0000

Last weekend, I attended an invitational debating tournament hosted by the Hart House Debating Club at the University of Toronto. Overall, the tournament was excellent, though I did come down with a cold as a result of my attendance. Below are some of the photos I took at the event:

Here, There and Everywhere

Mitchell Gerskup — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:41:27 +0000

Some more photos from around Toronto: