Diversions: Band of Brothers
(Krista Mills / The Quill) The fall study break is right around the corner, and I for one am looking forward to some quality procrastination time. With papers, exams and presentations looming I should...
View ArticleDiversions: Feast of Fiction
(Krista Mills / The Quill) I hope everyone had some quality procrastination time this past study break—I know I did. This week it’s all about food! I love to cook, bake and eat, so when a friend...
View ArticleDiversions: Sugar Cookies
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Snow is on the ground, there is the chill of winter in the air, and it’s that time of year when sugar cookies taste best. Today I am going to share with you what may very...
View ArticleDiversions: My Immortal
(Krista Mills / The Quill) I am starting the new term off the right way – by procrastinating. One of my favourite ways to procrastinate is to trawl YouTube for videos that interest me: cats, British...
View ArticleDiverions: The Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath The Bed
(Krista Mills / The Quill) You’re in University which means that there is a good chance that you have out grown bedtime stories, or at least you think you have. The truth is you had, until now. The...
View ArticleDiversions: Red vs. Blue
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Once upon a time there was this guy, he had this idea. He wanted to make a show within a video game. He wrote some dialog invited some friends over to his spare bedroom...
View ArticleDiversions: SCP
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Secure. Contain. Protect. The goal of the SCP Foundation is to do just that. This worldwide organisation works to secure anomalous objects, entities and phenomena preventing...
View ArticleDiversions: Love Potion
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and if you have yet to woo your special someone, I’ve got just the thing. This Love Potion is guaranteed to capture ones heart, make minstrels...
View ArticleDiversions: The Great Zoo of China
(Krista Mills / The Quill) We are all back in class after what was hopefully a refreshing week off and time to catch up on life. I for one continued procrastinating by picking up action/thriller author...
View ArticleDiversions: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Many of you may be too young to remember the great 2007-2008 Writer Guild of America strike. It was a time of great turmoil, TV options were limited to news about the strike...
View ArticleDiversions: QKatie
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Over the summer one of my dear friends introduced me to one of my new favourite diversions, and it is a tasty one. YouTuber Katie Quinn hosts the channel qkatie which...
View ArticleDiversions: Adult Colouring Books
(Krista Mills / The Quill) The latest trend in the book world is the adult colouring book. Now I know this sounds kind of R-rated, but get your mind out of the gutter. These colouring books are...
View ArticleDiversions: The Dresden Files
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Today’s Diversion has been fifteen years in the making, so naturally it is going to eat up a lot of your time. Probably not fifteen years’ worth of your time, but be prepared...
View ArticleDiversions: Book Review: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic by Emily...
(Ashlyn Pearce / The Quill) The first thing that drew me to Barker’s debut novel was the title. I’ll admit, I was a touch conceited and my thought process was similar to “Thinking woman’s guide? I’m a...
View ArticleDiversions: Pocket
(Krista Mills / The Quill) This isn’t so much a diversion as it is a place to store your diversions. Pocket is an app available for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kobo and your web browser. It allows you,...
View ArticleDiversions: Board Games
(Krista Mills / The Quill) A few months ago some friends suggested that we have a regular board game night. I figured it would be fun, thus began my newest excuse to procrastinate. So far we have...
View ArticleDiversions: Pandemic
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Diversions is back after the winter break, I hope all of you spent some well-earned time pre-procrastinating before the beginning of the winter term, I know I did. One of my...
View ArticleDiversions: Duolingo
(Krista Mills / The Quill) Although I am 100% pro procrastination, this semester I am trying something a little different. Instead of spending a large chunk of time procrastinating I am trying to find...
View ArticleDiversions: Serial
(Krista Mills / The Quill) I love a good podcast, and one that has caught my eye for quite some time is Serial. Every time I have gone looking for a new podcast over the past few months it has been...
View ArticleDiversions: Gastropod
(Krista Mills / The Quill) This week’s Diversions is not about snails and slugs, as the title may suggest. Instead it is about food, and although some people enjoy eating things like snails, I do not....
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