I'll have to wait and see what happens with my wee one tomorrow, if that falls through then I'm in for a safety meeting - Riverdale west top bench, you say? Mmmkay.
I've noticed the thread loading SLOW the past few days, too, but nothing else on the forums is slow, so I figured it was also a size thing (hurrr, that's what she said!).
Went through my tube (pinch flat on some uglies on Keele) this morning heading north, rode the rim down past Downsview park

Then my spare tube turns out to be not-so-functional and I first found out turning left to go east at Keele/Wilson - got very squirrelly, the asshat at the Petro Canada(?) on the corner wouldn't even turn on the air machine for me, and I wasn't about to pay $1 for it, so I hand pumped, tried it, BANG off the concrete creases so meh, had to bus it. It happens, but was a lovely day regardless.
That snake pic is nuts, I've not seen any wild snakes down there yet, but have seen a turtle (tortoises? I'm ignorant of the difference), a deer and a groundhog amongst the other more normal wildlife.
I forgot about the race tomorrow too, I guess I might go to that if I'm able to.
Twitch: the messengers/ex-messengers can answer this more accurately I'm sure, but I think it's an old radio term for when folks get together to chill out, twist up/open and smoke/drink rather than being all obvious about it over the air.