In New Zealand, any hike that doesn’t require staying overnight is called a walk. Even if you’re hiking for 8 hours over alpine scrub, it’s a walk. But an overnight hike – now that’s a tramp. (Bloody Kiwis.) Now, I’ve done heaps of day hikes, but overnight? That’s a whole other set of complications, and…
Right now, the bane of my existence is choosing a song. What’s that, you say? What on earth is she talking about? Choosing a musical clip is the bane of her existence? She needs to get out more. But wait, let me explain. Part of my job as music teacher is that for graduation, at…
The beginning of the school year also brings an annual buzz to T-Dot: For two and a half weeks, the cinematic world gets to focus on our fair city for the Toronto International Film Festival.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d97O5zOBwcw I was re-watching Never Been Kissed, which is one of my favourite romantic comedies. I really like Drew Barrymore (she’s so darn friendly and relatable), and John C. Reilly always brings a smile to my face, and man oh man, is Michael Vartan yummy. But there was one thing running through my head that…
A lot can happen in one week. Seven days ago, I was madly researching eBook readers, gung ho over the prospect of quasi-unlimited digital storage, heaps of portable reading material, and so on and so forth. Now, my interest has skydived. Why? It’s those bloody format wars. I’ll just say first off, I have no…
One thing about New Zealand is that for a relatively large piece of land, they have a small population. Picture the UK minus Ireland, spread 4 million people around it, elongate it like a fish, and you have New Zealand. Which means the people have a highly developed sense of communication and travel. One way…
I must say, gadgets can be so cool. But I know I get sucked in really easily, which is why I can take an elephant’s age to make my decisions. By now I’ve heard things, asked around, surfed hours of YouTube videos, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided: I’m going to buy an…
In a nutshell: I hate them. I really, really hate them. When I was in middle school, Titanic came out. A classmate came in one day and raved about it: “Oh my God, I’ve seen it like four times already, and it’s sooooooo good.” Why, says I? He dies. A lot of people die. It’s…
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a propensity towards criticism and pessimism. Take romance novels, for example – I could go on for hours about the general Decline and Fall of the Romance Civilization. But you know what? I still read romance novels. I still love them. And I still defend them…
I see in the Toronto Star that the city council has decided to create two pedestrian zones, the first two of their kind in the big T.O. Never mind that they’re miniscule; never mind that they’re both (I think) in the heart of the university core, and therefore practically pedestrian anyway – it’s a step…
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