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#Toronto Scientists find a ring of mystery surrounding the planet Earth, mere days before the end of days destroy the festive season. With NASA finding no reason to believe the world will end in 2012 the Hubble telescope was turned towards the third rock from the sun when the ring was discovered. A close up of the circular debris ring shows gigantic space objects that are destabilizing the earth's gravity and our big, blue ball will soon our world will be torn asunder - similar to a bad case of Krakenitis. Looking remarkably like the Kensington Market entrance sign, but so obviously not, the Hubble takes a great picture. The scientific community remains in shock and has started selling their long term stocks and bonds.
The ring of death grew out of a smaller object that seemed to rest on top of the planet, then rapidly grew around the equator area. The object left a doo-doo right on the Bering Straight which caused a large tsunami.
The electrical circuits, at right, feeding the medium Hadrian Collider are being prepared to blast the objects out of orbit. No space shuttles are available for launching an Earth rescue mission and the earlier North Korean attempt to rescue the world missed the target by several inches, but it was a great try - good job Kim Jong-Un! The rocket was unbalanced by the same objects that threaten our planet.

The city's advertising displays litter downtown sidewalks and do not stop anyone from plastering signs and banners on any available surface. Sometimes, though, they have interesting things posted. I found this sign that has two women facing each other with the saying "DO NOT be rude". According to the rules of all caps they are shouting DO NOT, which is really rude!
1. On busy peak hour sidewalk traffic people walk slowly in packs and no one can pass. Or they talk on the cellphone and immediately slow down to a crawl. Or they just stop.

2. Pedestrians that break the law and get mad at cars when they honk.

3. Leaving dog poo after their dog does their business.

4. Not understanding a queue. I mean it is a simple line - don't bud.

5. Aggressive homeless that ask for money and then swear at you when you don't cough up some dough.

6. Drivers that cut in at the last minute on the eastbound Gardiner off ramp onto Spadina. (and any other off ramp).

7. Bikers that don't follow rules and then get mad at car drivers.

8. Stores where they staff stay on the phone or they don't talk to you, except to say how much you owe.

Here are some more adventures of @Joeythedingo in Japan. Joe goes up one of the many escalators he encountered on his trip in the photo at top.

Posted by Joe Hamilton. See more of Japan after the jump.

The new Nativity display in front of the #Toronto Courthouse/Old City Hall was damaged again. The little manger suffered damage including a lamb that was beheaded in the attack.
This is the fifth time that the Gethsemane Ministries' birth of the baby Jesus has been vandalized in the past six years, but the family looks has taken the damage in stride and it looks like they have already forgiven the attackers.
Christmas and Holiday decorations are going up all over town - pretty soon we will see the Chunukah candles lit - beginning on December 8, 2012 to the 16th. Menorahs are placed at both old and new City Hall.

@JoeyTheDingo is on a trip to Japan and he is sending back updates on his amazing adventures in Tokyo and beyond. His travel wish list includes the bullet train, Mt Fuji, the snow monkeys, getting stuffed into a subway, sleeping in a hotel tube and seeing the bizarre street vending machines. He has gone to see Mt Fuji on the incredibly fast (and on time) bullet train and has also met the cut little monkeys.
He didn't get the hotel with sleeping tubes because of the communal bathrooms. And the bathrooms are like horizontal urinals which take some getting used to.



Space is such a premium you build up so you have 10-12 story buildings with maybe 2units per floor
Stores the same, 8 floors with different items per floor