Category: real life

  • Loaf

    Previously on Phronk.com: I laid out four things I wanted to get done in November: 1: Write a novel, 2: Grow a moustache, 3: Be alone forever, 4: Get a PhD. I am sad to report that I only succeeded at #2 *. But you know what Meat Loaf says? He says to me, he…

  • Food Review: The KFC Double Down

    When the Double Down was announced on April 1st, many people thought it was either a prank or the downfall of human civilization. Consisting of two battered and deep-fried chicken breasts embracing cheese, bacon, and “the colonel’s secret sauce” (stop hitting on me colonel), it’s like everything unhealthy stuffed together in one big gob. So…

  • The Cock of the Walk

    There’s this cock carved in the sidewalk near Queens and Wellington; nothing fancy, just a half oval with two circles. My sense of humour includes the not-so-sophisticated, so I giggle every time I walk past. It takes me about 45 minutes to walk to work (factoring in a stop for coffee, because the coffee at…