In Toronto, many people who live or work downtown are dreading the days of the summit as the central core of downtown Toronto will become an occupation. Fences are already being erected around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, you will be stopped and asked to show your papers if you travel through downtown, and a midnight lights-out curfew will be strictly enforced across the city.

But it ain’t all bad…

Boon to the Local Economy

Usually, when you wonder aloud why they would essentially close downtown for the sake of the summit, someone points out that the delegates want to party. Toronto’s strip club industry is expected to rake in millions of dollars during the summit, and that’s in addition to the spike that will be seen by local bars, restaurants, and coffee shops.

Free Stuff

As Toronto prepares itself for a major international event, there is a vibe on the streets. The people who live here are out, many more are coming here, and marketers are taking the opportunity to pitch their products to them. The increase in the frequency of people giving away samples of products on the streets of Toronto is staggering.

Street Parties (until the Po-Po shuts em down)

I’m not a fan of tear gas and violence, but those protesters sure know how to party when the action has died down. There are several “Reclaim the Streets” dance parties planned for during the summit complete with DJs and live entertainment. Let’s see how far into their set a band can get.

Puts Toronto on the International Map

Toronto is a major city, but so far it hasn’t had it’s chance to shine on the international stage. Right now there’s a lot of attention shifting to Toronto. The G20 will get the world talking about Toronto, and then by the time the Scott Pilgrim movie comes out, Toronto will be a scene as hot as Seattle in the early 90s.

Face to Face Confrontation is Better Than Email

I know that I have had many a misunderstanding over email that blew up into something unnecessarily complicated. Getting people together in person is always preferable to email or the phone. If the world’s most powerful leaders are all in the same place at the same time, maybe – just maybe – they can all sit together and agree not to leave until they’ve mapped out a plan for getting off of oil once and for all.

Almost as much as Social Media itself, social media nerds love talking and tweeting about their favorite entertainment. When the Twitter crowd gets into a TV show, they get into it hard.

In this commercial for upcoming book: Power Friending, ‘net nut Amber MacArthur pays tribute to the opening sequence from her favorite TV show, Dexter.You can pre-order and find out more about Power Friending by clicking here

Sex while your sleeping has been legitimized as a condition by the Toronto Western Hospital. In a recent study of sleep disorder sufferers, 11% indicated that they’d been having sex in their sleep. Now the experts have given it a name – Sexsomnia. I don’t know about you, but I think that sounds pretty awesome.

Here are three things that would be awesome about suffering from Sexsomnia:

3. If you suck at it, your partner will never know

If you’re both sleeping, you could be dreaming that you’re getting absolutely ravaged by Brad Pitt or Penelope Ann Miller or whoever is the sex symbol of the week these days. And you’re doing it beside a waterfall on a mattress made out of a cloud.

2. No cuddling afterward

A man once said that after sex, he wishes that his partner turned into a sandwich and a poker table, surrounded by his buddies. Sometimes all you want to do is turn over and get some rest. Now you’re already in the middle of getting rest when you’re doing it, so carry on.

1. Cheat and get away with it

You won’t even remember it so you don’t have to try to think of a lie when your partner wants to know where you’ve been or why you smell funny.

The only bad thing about Sexsomnia is that you probably don’t want to be sharing a tent with your buddy when you go camping. Unless you’re a girl, then it’s awesome.

Apparently, working at Citibank is good for your career as a model. Oh wait, no, that’s only if you look like the lovely and delightful Debralee Lorenzana who was recently fired for allegedly not adhering to the company’s dress code. Ms. Lorenzana claims that she was asked not to wear certain items that other women in the office were able to wear, and that she was fired because her male superiors couldn’t handle her appearance.

Debrahlee, have you found a new job? Because I can think of several positions I would love to put you in.

In honor of Debrahlee Lorenzana, here are the five hottest business women.

1. Joan Holloway

One of the hottest characters on TV, Joan is the office manager for the Sterling Cooper advertising agency in the show Mad Men. She’s got no problem using all of her assets to get ahead and we don’t mind one bit.

2. Marissa Mayer

Google’s top gal is our kind of girl. Parties that get the cops called on them, crazy nights out, hiring platinum-selling bands to play at your pre-Wedding Night party… This lady sounds like a character from a movie.

3. Queen Raina of Jordan

You think that running a company is hard, try running several. And then try running a country in addition. And then try keeping up an appearance like this. Yeah.

4. Ann Marie

The mid-sixties were a golden age for professional women’s fashion. From 1966 to 1971, Ann Marie was the TV character who taught women how to be independent, take over the world, and look good doing it. People nowadays most likely don’t know about the show ‘That Girl’, but her style is still influential to this day.

5. Wonder Woman

If you want to talk about hot business women, you can’t leave this lady out. Saving the world is serious business, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that Debralee Lorenzana should try rocking this outfit to her next job. Here’s hoping those pictures make their way onto the web very soon.

1. Whoever invents the machine to filter out the oil from the water is going to get rich, as we might end up needing one in every house. And all of the ancillary businesses building, transporting, installing, and servicing these machines? This is likely to be the biggest market to open since the dot-com bubble.

2. As the oil in the water starts a trickle-down effect that destroys all of the oxygen in air, surely everyone is not going to drop like flies all at once. It will probably take many years. And if you’re number is not up until late in the game? Imagine the deals on real estate with so many vacant properties!

3. Environmentalists finally have their nine-eleven. The political right usually gets their way because they’re great at coming up with sound-bite ready catch phrases. They milked nine-eleven for all the political gain they could squeeze out of it. If the left can’t spin this into a smoking gun for the right’s decades-old policies of profit-first and deregulation, they barely deserve a voice in the conversation.

4. If we only have a few years to live, you could probably get away with putting in a four-day week at work.

5. Less crowded beaches! You might even have the beach all to yourself if it’s slippery with oil on the day you go.

6. Now we don’t have to drill baby drill. Apparently the oil that comes out of the water, even though it’s salty, can still go to the refinery. So if all of the oil is floating at the top, it’s way easier to collect it from there than it is to drill for it a mile down. It’s probably a messy job, though, and will take more people to do it. That’s called job creation. You’re welcome.

7. All kidding aside, the only good we can possibly take from this is a loud and clear signal that it’s time to implement the policies and pass the laws that will get us off of oil.