I'm actually not terribly enamoured with the word fandom to be honest. Still, as a geek, I'm definitely the most enthusiastic about Doctor Who when it comes to the media properties I could be watching. In fact it's probably the only show (other than maybe Sherlock) that I follow carefully enough to not miss any… Continue reading Doctor Who — my biggest fandom?

So Yesterday I gamed for a full 24 hours. And this is why I half-expected it and am not entirely disappointed that I didn't blog yesterday. I really wanted to but I missed a day and that's A-OK with me. You see I was playing game with Jon for 24 hours for the Extra Life… Continue reading On the topic of Extra Life 2015

While I rarely post strong views in full-fledged blog posts about current political issues (those are more likely to be followed on Twitter or talked about in person or something but not nearly as likely to make up a full-fledged blog post), I think now is a good time to type about some of my… Continue reading Childhood understandings of politics

Since a writing prompt for today was about what makes me happy, and since I have been working really hard this week on job applications and other tasks that are not necessarily immediately rewarding… I figured I ought to make a list of ten things that make me happy. I wonder if I can actually… Continue reading Happy thoughts

So as you may or may not know (depending on how well you do or do not know me), I was a student for a very long time. Now that I'm not a formal student, I'm still trying to continue learning. And so, I keep trying to learn new things be they through social media,… Continue reading Continuing to learn

For months now, they've been predicting that Edmonton will have perhaps the warmest winter in a decade. And while that poses its own set of problems, we've had a really balmy fall. Realistically speaking there have been very few days when I've been considerably underdressed for the weather (which yes, does happen — probably a… Continue reading Folks, it's TRYING to snow…

When thinking about hobbies and pass times of mine over the past decade or so, one that has taken a lot of my time and attention since even during my first undergrad degree has been gift exchanges of various types. A personal favourite is the Secret Santa gift exchange though there are other types of… Continue reading It's Secret Santa Season!

So I'm starting the first day of my attempting to blog more this November a bit late in the day… but that makes a whole lot of sense due to two things: 1. Halloween and 2. The amazing food crawl I partook in as part of the Edmonton Tourism Rodeo Week kickoff with Yelp Elite.… Continue reading Happy Rodeo Week! (I'm so full right now)

… I figured I had best write at least one blog post prior to that point. I'm not sure that I'll reach 100% success at writing a blog post every day for the month of November (especially since I'm planning on doing Extra Life this year on November 7th and I strongly suspect that that… Continue reading Seeing as I'm going to be blogging more regularly for the month of November…

This year, for the first time in a few years I explored Heritage Festival with a group (in recent years I've visited alone or with one other friend mostly). And while it's one of my absolute favourite festivals with food, it was a tad warmer than desired by the time we all left (exhausted by… Continue reading Another great year of song and dance and food… Heritage Festival explored today