On the hop-on/hop-off bus tour of Galway, the tour guide described how, after the Normans conquered the region, they quickly assimilated, and were soon more Irish than the Irish. He told us that we’d recognize the signs when we noticed ourselves staying up later and later each night, and sleeping in longer and longer each […]
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Do Canadians Just Have Better Sex?
I was watching one of my favourite documentary series, Through the Wormhole. The episode, “Is There an Edge to the Universe,” had nothing to do with sociology. Hence, I was completely distracted and utterly flummoxed by the following quote from a Canadian physicist. “It’s been said that if you put up a sign in an […]
Fiction With a Telescope: the Harry Potter Universe Before the Decree of Secrecy
Even if, like me, you’re steeped in the love and lore of Harry Potter, the phenomenon of fan fiction may be new to you. In general, fan fiction is fiction written in the creative universe of another author. Harry Potter fanfic is an enormous online agglomeration of work stretching, expanding, or sometimes radically reshaping the […]