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The Missed Connections forum on Craigslist is usually a repository of "the urban equivalent of messages in a bottle." It’s home to those wishing for a second chance at a serendipitous encounter and to cute, shy-person flirting, as nameless, faceless people share their private emotions in a very public way. The messages usually affirm that no matter how much coldness there seems to be at street level, there’s just as much hope and optimism fueling city life.

We’re going to take a break from our usual Torontoist style in this post because the passing of John Harkness, the film critic for Now magazine since its inception in 1981, is something that has particular importance for me. As the writer of Torontoist's weekly “Film Friday” column, which, as you know, very often quotes the reviews from local critics, I have probably quoted John Harkness more than anyone.

Photo of Tokyo Police Club by Conway L.

The 17th Annual Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival had its official launch earlier this week at the Gladstone (following a recent fundraiser) where it announced its lineup to the public.

Photo by David Topping.

Photo of Wellesley station by David Topping from the 69 Stations project.

Nicole Krauss weaves a tangled yet breathtakingly beautiful web in the History of Love. Her second novel tells the story of precocious 14-year old Alma Singer, busily trying to cope with the loss of her father and her mother's depression. Across town there's Leo Gursky, a Holocaust survivor, writer and man desperately afraid to die alone. Their lives are brought together by a book that miraculously survived war and genocide. The end product is a moving exploration of loss and the heavy toll it has on our hearts and souls.

One more piece of bad news for Jane Pitfield's campaign: besides having one of the worst glamour shots we've ever seen on her media page (see above), whoever's writing her blog for her is cribbing Spacing Votes, Spacing Magazine's election blog. Details are a bit scarce, but what we know for sure so far is that for several days a recent entry on Jane Pitfield's blog copied one of John Lorinc's - almost word for word - without credit.

10. The inexplicable use of a Native American voice as a narrator to the cave-drawing animation that introduces the movie. No, M. Night, this isn’t an actual Native American yarn- you wrote it. And there aren’t any Native Americans in the story. But I guess it gives it that “classic” vibe, huh?

Kerry Carter can do it all. Not only can he find a hole in the defense, but this NFL running back can help to fill the hole in your heart. The twenty-five year old former Toronto resident has recently added Published Author to his already impressive resume. After attending high school at Father Henry Carr in Etobicoke where he received the Harry Jerome award as the top student athlete in Canada in 1997/98, Carter completed a four year cultural and social anthropology degree at Stanford University before signing with the Seattle Seahawks in 2003. His new book "Fiery Scenes of Seduction" is a collection of poems that he hopes will create an irresistible passion and kindle the seduction in every lover's heart. Fittingly the launch of his first published collection will be held in his former hometown, seven days from today - Valentine's Day.

Normally, I like to post positive transit stories, and then put an even more positive spin on them. But I couldn't help feel disheartened today looking at my Google news RSS feed for "TTC". Google news doesn't pickup everything, but it seems they pickup the worst of what's going on. I know it's nothing new in the world of news, but it's unfortunate that violent news stories get a huge amount of press. And that when people read about the TTC, it's usually one of these crummy stories.

Tall Poppy Interview: Terry Woo, Author

Tall Poppy Interview: Chuck Klosterman

Dear Theatre Dude,