The Lonely Planet guide

Oh, to be in England by the seaside! I’m in the little one-time-resort-town of Margate, which is very pretty, very desolate and very, very Not Gay At All. Unless you count the ducks.

Fortunately, my hetero crush Jason Segal has provided me with no shortage of mental images to pass the time!

If you want something more visual, that’s not too abysmal, there’s the new trailer for the film adaption of Michael Chabon‘s gorgeous novel “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”:

Also in movie news, “Milk” is now on DVD. What, you haven’t seen it? Go. Now. Right now!

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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