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This was in the Globe and Mail this morning MARINA JIMÉNEZ From Friday's Globe and Mail April 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM EDT A Botox treatment can mask your age - but the way you speak gives you away. A University of Toronto sociolinguistics professor has discovered that those under 40 are much more likely to use the word "like" when narrating a story, than those over 40. As in "I'm like, 'What are you talking about?' " instead of "I ...

A thousand curses!!! I missed international Pillow Fight Day!!!! What is International Pillow Fight Day you ask!? Well I didn’t know either a few months ago. I discovered this event through a school project. Determined to find a real Toronto event to make a poster for, and for an interesting subject, I started searching festivals like the winter solstice in Kensington Market or Subway Man Hunting. This search ultimately led me to a video of the IPF. Wikipedia Describes the IPF as such: A pillow fight flash mob is a social phenomenon of flash mobbing and shares many characteristics of a culture jam. The flash mob version of massive pillow fights is distinguished by the fact that nearly all of the promotion is Internet-based. These events occur around the world, some taking the name Pillow Fight Club, a reference to Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk in which anyone could join and fight as long as they fought by the rules. Both the London and Vancouver Pillow Fight Club's rules reflect th...

Ok, so work has been slow at placement, as there is only so much that an intern can do on a real project. So to help pass the time and still be productive, I've been working on my own business card design. What do you think?

I’ve recently found a new photography blog, and it seems that most of the posts are pictures of Toronto or the surrounding areas. It makes it more interesting because there are a lot of times I check to see what the daily picture is and I see something I’ve seen before, only, I’ve never looked at it that way before. For example. Last week there was a Tamil rally on Front St. I had to walk through some of it to get to my train so I saw some of the actual event. Then today, I saw this post on MUTE…. Its funny how the right lighting, a little black and white and zooming in can totally change how you see something. To see MUTE, here is the link ---> http://mute.rigent.com/index.php