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Seen at the Shoppers Drug Mart on the corner of Walmer Road and Bloor Street West.

Revue Video on the Danforth—one of Toronto's last great independent video stores—shut down earlier this month after two decades of providing Riverdalians with access to the best and most obscure foreign, indie, and documentary films. Apparently tired of answering questions about whether the store would re-open, and certainly bitter about something—maybe the Shoppers Drug Mart soon to open across the street—the store owners left a note on the front door about their future intentions, a rather blunt variation on the more typical "back in 5 minutes." Although today's weather is a good candidate for hell blowing over, it's not quite cold enough for the freezing action required to revive the store.

It seems there is a sort of subtle resentment for pants growing in popular culture. Although Improv Everywhere has been organizing their annual No Pants Subway Ride in New York for seven years, only recently has the tradition really taken hold in cities around the world.

It's a time-honoured tradition of television news: send some reporters out into the city to ask for the Man on the Street's opinion on a hot-button topic - the necessity of bilingualism in Canada, for instance.

"Hey kids, let's dig out that cowboy gear we bought for Halloween last year and hum the theme to Bonanza on the way to the Western Days hoe-down in Don Mills! Don't forget the toy gun, pardner!"

In other cities (if you count Calgary as a city), communities actively protest these predatory practices. Here, it's just another chance to get Optimum points.