New Years Eve at the Movies
For New Years Eve this year we went to visit my mother-in-law who moved up to the desert this summer. It was our first time at the house and served as Christmas as well. Like most families now, the TV Read more
Day of the Doctor: Total Fanfic
As a long time Doctor Who fan, I’d been looking forward to the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary. I remember watching the 25th with the Five Doctors and absolutely loving it. Do you know why the Five Doctors was so good? Read more
Christmas at Work 2013
It was another “Decorate the Department” at work, but we were more subdued this year. And there was no contest this time, so it didn’t get as much effort put into it like Halloween, but we still had some fun. Read more
Fake Geek Mom
I didn’t think I would have to defend myself about this, but apparently I do. I contribute to the Good Comics for Kids blog over at School Library Journal, and over the past year I’ve been doing an irregular feature Read more
Night of the Doctor: More Like Fanfic
BBC and BBC America have released on youtube a mini episode prequel to the 50th anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor called Night of the Doctor, that bridges the 8th Doctor into the new series. I have to say, I Read more
Fanfic Challenge
I am catching up on the Verity podcast this week and in one of the episodes, during the “What we’re excited about Who this week”, on of the hosts mentioned looking for Doctor Who/South Park crossover fanfics. The host didn’t Read more
Halloween 2013
This year at work, we had a department competition to see who could come up with the best decorations in three categories: scariest, funniest, best representation of the company and/or divisions. My department, Finance, went for scariest. Here’s a tour Read more
Wondercon Day 3
The final day at Wondercon wasn’t as crowded as Day 2, but then last days rarely are. Saturdays are always the big days with the largest crowds. Not that it wasn’t crowded, but it wasn’t as bad. We only had Read more
Wondercon Day 2
The second day at Wondercon started out with fighting traffic only to find out we had to turn around and go to the overflow parking and then walk to the convention. Not the most fun way to start the day. Read more
Wondercon Day 1
This weekend we are making the trek to Wondercon Anaheim, since it is driving distance. We really enjoyed our experience last year and was looking forward to another good one this year. There were quite a few good vendors in Read more
Yokai Monsters
A podcast I listened to which is all about all things tokusatsu, recently did a review of some old Japanese movies from the 60s, the Yokai Monsters series. I love yokai. They are such strange, sometimes amusing, sometimes scary, creatures. Read more