Blog Title: Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto

‘Doug’ Coupland’s ‘Generation X’

In a 1989 article, “Doug” Coupland attributed the term “Generation X” to Billy Idol

Get lost, willyez? I’m busy

Time’s Up, TTC (3): Collectors barricading selves in booths

Mock the Poncy Anglophile Week (5)

Mocking billionaire’s son and author Alain de Botton: “I recognized my desire to submit to the report’s conclusions in the hope of quelling my doubts about my future”

How not to teach designers HTML

David Tristman, who can bench 185, teaches graphic designers tables for layout. That’ll be $425, please

TTC officially protests Ukrainian massacre

Time’s Up, TTC (2): Who let that lady tack up the sign protesting the Ukrainian genocide?

Mock the Poncy Anglophile Week (4)

Mocking Alain de Botton: “In the evening, I ordered a breaded chicken escalope from room service, and ate it whilst sitting on my bed, reading a book on the history of art in the Low Countries.” (Then he cruised personal ads)

Time’s up, TTC

We’ve been waiting and waiting for TTC to fix its signage problem. Time is up

Mock the Poncy Anglophile Week (3)

Mocking Alain de Botton: “ ‘Fuck off. We don’t give tours,’ he responded decisively”

Mock the Poncy Anglophile Week (2)

Mocking Alain de Botton: “[I]t seemed not to have a centre where citizens could gather for fellowship, javelin contests and philosophical debate”

Mock the Poncy Anglophile Week (1)

Mocking Alain de Botton: “It should not be presumed from this image that the author is in any way lacking in empathy or bonhomie, or that he would be unable (as is sometimes suspected of intellectuals) to take his place, man to man, amongst a group of illiterate Indian Ocean sailors [continues for some time]”