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To “celebrate” last night’s surprise Toronto Transit strike, let’s all download this rider-modified TTC subway routemap. Here’s the scoop, from the TTC Subway Rider Efficiency Guide:

On February 22, 2006, John Martz created a hilarious TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) Subway Map with each station’s name as an anagram. The map, inspired by a similar anagram map of London’s Tube, was an instant hit among Toronto’s online community. Within a few days though, a TTC lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to John citing intellectual property laws and threatening legal action if he didn’t pull it from his website.

In the years that have followed, I’ve noticed this thing popping up all over the place (including the original author’s site). It looks as though the TTC has cooled its jets (literally and figuratively), and it also looks like the original London anagram-map has inspired many others…

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As stated over at photobasement:

“We should all pity the science teacher, for this is what they deal with on a daily basis.”

Humility on parade. The future is in the hands of these young scientists!!!

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I totally go for this sorta thing…

“The Rules”, according to the group description:

Always wanted to be in a rock band?

Well, here’s your chance…sort of. Make your own CD Cover with the following steps and rocket yourself to mulit-platinum status and start fending off the groupies.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.

3. www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4. ???

5. Profit

…I dunno about #5 happening (and I like how they left #4 blank, there) but whatever - it’s still fun (and easy).

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A haven for long-forgotten (and perhaps best-left forgotten) music videos from the 1980s… everything from punk to new wave to metal to Ricky Gervais. My oh my, how far we’ve come. Gerry Todd would be so proud!

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