Location: Toronto
Member Since: August 26, 2009

Nerdiest Obsession: History

Wastes too much time on: Watching The Might Boosh

Favourite female nerd: Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Curator.

Favourite male nerd: Maurice Moss – “The IT Crowd”

Secretly collects: Terry Pratchett Books (not a big secret though)

Hates with a fiery passion: Rising inflections placed in the middle of sentences, often flanked by the word “like”.

Nerdy line that makes you swoon: “Tea. Earl grey. Hot.”

Top 5 sites visited daily:

1. Icanhascheezburger.com
2. Failblog.org
3. Facebook.com
4. Chin.gov.ca (Canadian Heritage Information Network)
5. Dictionary.com (for the word of the day and crossword puzzle)

Top 5 things everyone should check out ASAP:

• The new addition to the ROM (not the architecture, but the exhibits)
• Antiquedress.com
• The Sammy Comics, by Azad
• The Bata Shoe Museum 
• Costumes.org

History

Fave Era, aesthetically: 1880’s. The bustle is an amazing garment
Fave Era, politically or economically: The Industrial Revolution.
Fave historical character: Charles Worth, the first couturier
Fave historical text: “Corsets and Crinolines”