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The public service announcement on the left is courtesy of the TTC. The public service announcement on the right is courtesy of the MTA. On Friday morning, Accordion Guy Joey deVilla juxtaposed the two on his blog, along with the question "who plagiarized whom?"

At first we assumed it was Scientology. After all, who else has the money to produce and purchase space for such glossy anti-pharmaceutical ads, which have been popping up all over transit shelters and buses in Ontario and Montreal? Google wasn't much help, and their Blog Search just pointed us to other people as perplexed as we were. And poor spellers with domination fantasies.

Mark Renton knew what the ideal bathroom would be like: "Brilliant gold taps, virginal white marble, a seat carved from ebony, a cistern full of Chanel No. 5, and a flunky handing me pieces of raw silk toilet roll." Of course, like the rest of us, under the circumstances he'd settle for anywhere. Now, thanks to MizPee, you won't wind up in "The Worst Toilet in Hogtown" again. Just type in your location and...

Accordion Guy caught a Best Of Craigslist entry by someone ("Mary Fucking Sunshine") who just plain loves our city. Yipee! Hoorah! We share the sentiment, of course, but there are a few big holes in "Mary"'s pro-Toronto slant that need addressing. So, bear with us, and allow us to open up the debate. Read on.

It’s not news that blogging and work can be a dangerous combination. That said, every so often a cheeky reminder on the importance of smart blogging is a good thing.

- And Torontoist, we drank limeade, as the College Street Dominion was sold out of all ade's of the lemon variety.

- Accordion Guy "posts the cat!" Cat Posting Explainer here.

Where other kids dotted their parents' mantles with piles of softball trophies and best bowler awards, TOist, being about as athletic as a doorknob, never got into the whole awards thing. In fact, we'll cross to the other side of the street to avoid an award ceremony and accompanying drippy speeches, and women 'wearing' things. Luckily, the Bloggies haven't yet booked a night at the Shrine Center. That said, today's the last day to vote in the Oscar's of Blogdom, the Weblog Awards. And TOist extends a hearty congratulations to all of the terrific Canadian nominees, Marmalade.ca, Bacon and Eh's, PhotoJunkie, Accordion Guy and our hometown contributor, Chromewaves. Accordion Guy seems to be the most into the thing - he's gone so far as to make a Bloggie-specific masthead, replete with an angular self-portrait and the kind of tie we thought only grade school band teachers wore. Way to get into the spirit! We like all the sites though, and being acompetitive TOist would like to offer a cookie to all the homegrown nominees. Email us to redeem your prize! You too Daily Dose, and Siteway, and The Narrative! And if you don't like cookies, we will send you an apple instead.

- Accordion Guy writes a truth to power post on Russell Smith, fashion columnist (mostly, these days!), and alerts to a metafilter discussion of his latest, where people, surprisingly, tend to agree with him.

Torontoist likes the attention being paid to the city's deserving bloggers, but it's hard not to feel that the Globe piece turns blogging, a timely and committment-requiring endeavour, into a skill that can be hastily co-opted to serve the immediate purpose of finding a jobby-job.