Kitchener is a moderately-sized town in southern Ontario. The few things it is known for are brutal 1980s band [Helix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_%28band%29), the world's [second largest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener-Waterloo_Oktoberfest) Oktoberfest parade and lonely old men.  
  
The photos in this blog are of Civic Square, a neo-Nazi concert I went to, filth and Olympic boxer Chris Johnson. Huh.

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Kitchener is a Paradise