Odyssey’s Final Weekend

This is my farewell posting to the O. I know I’ve been talking about it all week long, but let’s get real. I missed the Dufferin closing and I ain’t missing this one.

Odyssey: you may have banned me once, but after Sunday you will never be able to ban me again. And for that, I’d like to say: thanks.

Seriously. Get your ass down to the Odyssey over the next three days and say your last words. I know they’ll be back in a different locale in the not-so-distant future, but let’s give her a sendoff worthy of all that she is.

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