Peak Quarterly
Dating in the Internet Age
January 13, 2014Do use Yelp and other review aggregates to help plan a dinner date. Dinner and a movie might sound like a positively twentieth century approach to dating, but you’d be surprised how much intimacy can build between two people when they’re sharing a meal. It helps, of course, when the food is good — when you use Yelp (my personal favourite), Urbanspoon, or any of the other myriad restaurant or…
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Seven Essentials
January 13, 20141 Coffee: “For sure.” 2 Exercise: “I try to run if not every day then at least every second day.” 3 CBC Radio: “I’m addicted to CBC Radio.” 4 Email: “I wouldn’t be wholly honest if I didn’t say I…
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Look Incredible
January 13, 2014I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THRIFT STORES. The unique, cheap clothing is a perfect fit for my unique, cheap self. But deeper than all of that, I do so to protest clothing produced in sweatshops. Buying second-hand puts…
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Your next barber visit
January 13, 2014The Handlebar (aka The Lion Tamer) This one is best pulled off if the rest of your face is smoothly shaven and the hair on your head has attitude to match. Ask your barber to keep the ‘stache full and…
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Ask a real live SFU Gentlewoman
January 13, 2014Q: I recently unearthed an old pair of MC Hammer pants from my youth and I’m itching to wear them again. I’ve been seeing a lot of loose-fitting, casual pants in magazines, so I think I can pull them off,…
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5 Old Technologies You Should Be Using
January 13, 2014Typewriters. If you’ve never used a typewriter before, you might be surprised by how much work you’ll end up doing before you even get to the writing part. You have to physically slide the paper into the machine, measure out…
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Five movie stars who did 2013 right
January 13, 2014Tom Hanks Delivering one of his finest performances in Saving Mr. Banks this year, Hanks has been on my list for quite some time. The world may worship him for his supposedly brilliant roles in The Da Vinci Code…
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Become a PQ Superstud
January 13, 2014Listen, every guy wants to be a stud and pick up ladies (unless he’s happily married, gay, asexual, or is just trying to watch the game). It’s the reason men spend so much money on designer clothes, take several hours…
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Ping Pong Phenom
January 13, 2014He's 18, but doesn't look it. He doesn't look like a ping-pong player either, but he is, and a damn good one at that. After just four years of hitting balls with a paddle, he's well on his way to…
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PQ in Review
January 13, 2014Twerking twenty-year olds, crack-smoking politicians, retiring teenyboppers — 2013 brought a barrage of sensational headlines. But, unsurprisingly, the most important and influential news stories of this past year came from right here in the centre of the pop culture universe:…
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