St. Marc Spa Is A Bathhouse In Toronto. This Clever Poster Campaign Always Gives Me A Laugh When I See It.
Well well well, it’s that time of week again. Here’s what I’m loving on this Happy Friday:
A LONG WEEKEND! Enjoy, enjoy!
I’m walking in this year’s AIDS Walk September 19th, raising money for AIDS service organizations everywhere, including ACT, the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Please sponsor me – any amount helps! Thank you in advance
This time of year brings the Toronto International Film Festival. Besides the buzz over films and stars, it’s vastly entertaining observe just how far people will go to elbow-in on the fame game. This morning I got a gushy press release about a security company that works the fest. That’s right, folks, security guards are the new celebrities – or at least wannabe. Chuckle on …
Falling a little more in love with a certain red-headed Cocker Spaniel named Ella every day. Girl, you know it’s true.
A new fall do. John Taccone of Navigate Space has been eyeballed by Madonna for her locks, so you know that makes it good enough for Proulx here. His hair blog is Get More Gorgeous, so … hello? Thanks Mr. T. for the great cut this week and a new look for fall. Sometimes one change = big lift!
Law Of Attraction: Here in Toronto, the race for Mayor is on, voting is next month. George Smitherman, who could make history by becoming the city’s first gay Mayor, has surprised many by continually being beaten in polls by an opponent named Rob Ford. Ford is a colourful candidate to say the least, with an impressive track record of public statements and policies that leave many aghast. So much so, that Smitherman’s camp retaliated by publishing a website that collects Ford-isms, the purpose obviously to tip the voter scales in Smitherman’s favour by letting Ford-speak spook Torontonians. Tremendous amount of media attention has also been given to Ford and the “dire straights” Toronto would be in under his reign.
It ain’t working. Ford remains in the lead.
I’ve known George since we were young men. I’m so proud of his success in politics, particularly as a gay man (he resigned from a rank as high as Deputy Premier of the Province of Ontario to run for Toronto Mayor), and I know he’d be an excellent and well-intended mayor for Toronto. Here’s the Law of Attraction take on things I posted on my Facebook this week:
Whoever does not want RF to be Toronto’s next mayor needs to stop focusing on RF and what he says and does and how awful he appears to be. ASAP.
Stop visiting RF websites, reading horrific articles about him, Facebooking and tweeting and blogging about him – the works. Focus deliberately on George Smitherman, focus on the many positive aspects of his astounding political career thus far as evidence of how he has everything he needs to lead our city. Don’t compare him to you-know-who anymore, instead tell great Smitherman stories over the coming weeks to yourself, on Facebook and anywhere else you choose.
Any focus on anything else will only bring us all what we don’t want from the sheer force of all of us thinking, worrying, complaining, fearing and loathing it.
What you focus on expands – whether it’s something you want, or don’t want.
Congratulations in advance, Mr. Smitherman.
Have a wonderful Labour Day weekend! HIMBO! returns Tuesday!
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