Category Archives: Out on the Town

Pizza Quest: The Plan

For the last six years or so, I have been living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada while pursuing my PhD at the University of Toronto.  In that time, I ate a lot of pizza.  I became familiar with many of the … Continue reading

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Jonathan Coulton and Paul and Storm: Another Triumph!

Last night, I saw Jonathan Coulton (with Paul and Storm) for the third time.  As expected, it was a great show. In general, I prefer the music of Coulton to Paul and Storm (though I like both quite a lot), … Continue reading

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Toronto International Film Festival

After five years of living in Toronto during which I typically found the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) a nuisance, I finally took in some shows this year at the urging of my girlfriend.  (It helps that I no longer … Continue reading

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Worldcon: Day 4

The fourth day of Worldcon was also a big one, and quite full. We started at 9 AM once again, with a panel on “How Not to be a Jerk Online”.  I went to this because John Scalzi—whose blog and … Continue reading

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Worldcon: Day 3 Recap (Part 2)

After a quick lunch, my girlfriend had hoped to take in the panel on “Montreal Local History”, but it was apparently cancelled.  I headed to “Building Realistic Worlds”, but it was so full that there wasn’t even space to stand … Continue reading

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Worldcon: Day 3 Recap

Day 3 of Worldcon was a very panel-heavy day for us. We started with “Writing for the Non-Adult”, which had a nice mix of panelists that played off each other well, and talked about the difficulties of writing for children … Continue reading

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Worldcon: Day 2 Recap (Part 2)

When last we left our heroes, they were heading back to the Con for the Neil Gaiman signing, tickets to which they had acquired earlier that day.  Arriving at 3:30 PM (for the 4:00 signing), there was already a massive … Continue reading

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Worldcon: Day 2 Recap (Part 1)

This was a long day, very full of delightful things. The morning started early, as we went to line up to get tickets for the Neil Gaiman signing.  We arrived at about 8:30, and (thankfully) the line was still pretty … Continue reading

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Worldcon: Day 1 Recap

Oi!  It is early on the second day of Worldcon, so I thought I’d post about the first day, as promised. The first thing I noticed about Worldcon was the scale.  It’s big.  Very big.  I mean, granted, I have … Continue reading

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Next Week: Worldcon!

So, I have a zillion things to post about, which I’ll get to once the journal paper I’m working on is finished and my research is under control.  There will be a number of movie, book, and concert reviews to … Continue reading

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