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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 22:36:34 GMT -5
Anyone have any suggestions for good sources about Toronto-it is the setting for a writing project I am working on. I already have one of the Fodor's Guidebooks and downloaded the PDF of the 2017 tourism guide from Toronto's tourism bureau, but I am looking for other resources that may provide a better sense of daily life there for a resident, plus photo references of streets, neighborhoods, skylines, etc.
-M
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 1, 2017 11:30:31 GMT -5
Anyone have any suggestions for good sources about Toronto-it is the setting for a writing project I am working on. I already have one of the Fodor's Guidebooks and downloaded the PDF of the 2017 tourism guide from Toronto's tourism bureau, but I am looking for other resources that may provide a better sense of daily life there for a resident, plus photo references of streets, neighborhoods, skylines, etc. -M My second-favorite message board has a Toronto forum: www.city-data.com/forum/toronto/For photo reference, I'd try Google Street View.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 11:33:12 GMT -5
Anyone have any suggestions for good sources about Toronto-it is the setting for a writing project I am working on. I already have one of the Fodor's Guidebooks and downloaded the PDF of the 2017 tourism guide from Toronto's tourism bureau, but I am looking for other resources that may provide a better sense of daily life there for a resident, plus photo references of streets, neighborhoods, skylines, etc. -M My second-favorite message board has a Toronto forum: www.city-data.com/forum/toronto/For photo reference, I'd try Google Street View. Thanks Rob, I've bookmarked it and will dive into it later. -M
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 15:59:55 GMT -5
11 Year Old Kid solved the Rubik Cube while playing with a Soccer Ball
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 1, 2017 21:36:12 GMT -5
Urrggghh...had a bit of a bad night at work this evening. I drove an hour to a venue (our first time playing there too!), unloaded all the gear, set everything up, soundchecked and 10 minutes before we were due to start my PA system went kaput! There was power going to it, but the onboard computer wassn't booting up and there was a really nasty sounding (and very loud) electronic buzzing coming from the speakers -- so it's definitely f***ed. I'm pretty pissed off because, apart from the expense of having to get it fixed or, more likely, buying a new one, I've had a two hour round trip in torrential rain this evening, then had to set up all the gear and pack it all down again for no money. I've also had to cancel tomorrow evening's gig because the two friends I know who have a decent PA that, under normal circumstances, I could borrow are both away on holiday at the moment. So, I've got a screwed PA and I've lost two night's worth of pay. I know that "worse things happen at sea", as they say, and in the grand scheme of things this is nothing. But still, it's really, really annoying. Sorry to hear that, Confessor. Tools failing unexpectedly are the bane of any professional's life! I wonder... what do they say at sea when something goes wrong? From my Navy days, I don't recall us saying anything specific, though it was generally profane.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 1, 2017 22:29:07 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, Confessor. Tools failing unexpectedly are the bane of any professional's life! I wonder... what do they say at sea when something goes wrong? From my Navy days, I don't recall us saying anything specific, though it was generally profane. Glug, glug.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2017 22:00:01 GMT -5
For fans of Japanese woodblock print art, the Library ofCongress's digitalization project is making 2500 prints available for download. This article gives some of the details. here's sample print... it's gorgeous stuff. -M
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 3, 2017 6:10:30 GMT -5
Beautiful, beautiful stuff... Thanks for the link, mrp! I get the feeling I'll be seeing new desktops pretty soon!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 3, 2017 9:38:44 GMT -5
Tfw the million dollar company you work for let's your internet/phone service get past due and gets cut off.
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Post by Mormel on Aug 3, 2017 15:00:29 GMT -5
I'm done with all the geek stuff for a while. No superheroes, no Star Trek, no Buffy... it's like whenever I try to watch or read them these days there's this voice in my head screaming "It's all immature fantasy escapism. Drop it."
Which is a bizarre thing to express on a comic book forum, I know. But I think a lot of recent changes in my life have got me searching for a new direction. And part of that is, apparently, putting my geekier interests in cold storage for a while. I don't get the same stimulation out of them as I did even 5 years ago. I've been meeting new people in recent months and felt incredibly shallow and dull next to them, and I've an urge to go and expand my knowledge, explore some places I've never been to. And it s f'ing long overdue too. I'm 30 years old and I've nothing to show for it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 15:07:12 GMT -5
I'm done with all the geek stuff for a while. No superheroes, no Star Trek, no Buffy... it's like whenever I try to watch or read them these days there's this voice in my head screaming "It's all immature fantasy escapism. Drop it." Which is a bizarre thing to express on a comic book forum, I know. But I think a lot of recent changes in my life have got me searching for a new direction. And part of that is, apparently, putting my geekier interests in cold storage for a while. I don't get the same stimulation out of them as I did even 5 years ago. I've been meeting new people in recent months and felt incredibly shallow and dull next to them, and I've an urge to go and expand my knowledge, explore some places I've never been to. And it s f'ing long overdue too. I'm 30 years old and I've nothing to show for it. Follow your bliss! -Joseph Campbell -M
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 3, 2017 15:28:19 GMT -5
I'm done with all the geek stuff for a while. No superheroes, no Star Trek, no Buffy... it's like whenever I try to watch or read them these days there's this voice in my head screaming "It's all immature fantasy escapism. Drop it." Which is a bizarre thing to express on a comic book forum, I know. But I think a lot of recent changes in my life have got me searching for a new direction. And part of that is, apparently, putting my geekier interests in cold storage for a while. I don't get the same stimulation out of them as I did even 5 years ago. I've been meeting new people in recent months and felt incredibly shallow and dull next to them, and I've an urge to go and expand my knowledge, explore some places I've never been to. And it s f'ing long overdue too. I'm 30 years old and I've nothing to show for it. Have you tried Classics Illustrated?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 3, 2017 16:38:44 GMT -5
I'm done with all the geek stuff for a while. No superheroes, no Star Trek, no Buffy... it's like whenever I try to watch or read them these days there's this voice in my head screaming "It's all immature fantasy escapism. Drop it." Which is a bizarre thing to express on a comic book forum, I know. But I think a lot of recent changes in my life have got me searching for a new direction. And part of that is, apparently, putting my geekier interests in cold storage for a while. I don't get the same stimulation out of them as I did even 5 years ago. I've been meeting new people in recent months and felt incredibly shallow and dull next to them, and I've an urge to go and expand my knowledge, explore some places I've never been to. And it s f'ing long overdue too. I'm 30 years old and I've nothing to show for it. I'm not trying to talk you out of or in to anything, but this seems a fairly drastic move. Moderation in all things. There's no reason you can't research new things, go new places and still read a funnybook now and then or watch an episode of Star Trek. It sounds like you're suffering from burn-out on the stuff you used to find fun. That happens. So cut back. Try different stuff. Do stuff with different people. There's nothing wrong with immature escapist fantasy as long as it's done in moderation.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 3, 2017 17:12:04 GMT -5
I'm done with all the geek stuff for a while. No superheroes, no Star Trek, no Buffy... it's like whenever I try to watch or read them these days there's this voice in my head screaming "It's all immature fantasy escapism. Drop it." Which is a bizarre thing to express on a comic book forum, I know. But I think a lot of recent changes in my life have got me searching for a new direction. And part of that is, apparently, putting my geekier interests in cold storage for a while. I don't get the same stimulation out of them as I did even 5 years ago. I've been meeting new people in recent months and felt incredibly shallow and dull next to them, and I've an urge to go and expand my knowledge, explore some places I've never been to. And it s f'ing long overdue too. I'm 30 years old and I've nothing to show for it. I did that a few decades ago, after quitting comics over the "Jean Grey is back" fiasco. I held pretty much the same reasoning as you, and for several months watched no escapism fiction, reading only non-fiction (history mostly, some philosophy). It was actually quite salutary and not boring at all. Eventually I gravitated back to my old habits, but didn't really suffer from having been gone for a while (except that I missed The Dark Knight Returns upon its first publication. No big deal). Follow your path, Grasshopper!
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Post by berkley on Aug 3, 2017 17:34:41 GMT -5
I don't really draw a sharp line between what's often considered geek stuff and the rest of what I read/view/etc. I did get out of superhero comics for a long time, from the mid to late 80s until the late 90s or early 2000s, but that was more because of what was happening at Marvel and DC than anything to do with the superhero genre itself. Even so, it wasn't until I came across online comic book forums and started joining in the conversation that I got back into reading them on a semi-regular basis.
So I say yes, go with your feelings and if reading a superhero comic or watching a science fiction tv show doesn't feel good take a break from it. You'll know when it's time to try something again, if it ever comes along.
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