Category: Stream of Consciousness

What to do when it’s freezing outside

The weather in Toronto this weekend was pretty atrocious. After an outing to have a lovely burger dinner at Burger Shoppe Quality Meats on Friday night (with a pit stop at the very strange, masculine “Opera Bob’s” bar afterwards, where they took about 35 minutes to make me a cup of tea), I decided going […]

It’s not Larping, it’s just Cosplay

Poor LARPers. Back in 2002, Brunching’s Geek Hierarchy proclaimed the abysmal geekiness of individuals who choose to spend their leisure time dressing up as warlocks and dwarves, acting out campaigns “IRL”. The Shuttlecocks weren’t aiming to be cruel; they were just telling it like it is. LARPers languish in the deep netherhells of uncoolness – […]