An American Nerd Girl

When you read a book, do you ever feel the need to go to the place it takes place in?As if being there will somehow call up its characters into…

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Have A Blockbuster Game Night

A name you haven't heard of in a long time, right? Did you time jump back to the days of khakis and blue polos? Wait, that's probably just me having…

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What Does A Nerd Girl Look Like?

The question started to nag me after Adam and I watched an episode of Good Omens. He didn't like the casting choice of Anathema. Something was...not quite right. The description…

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Dueling Amusement: Virginia Edition

Labor Day has gotten a bad wrap. For most, it signals the end of summer. Kids go back to school. Pools get drained or closed. Pumpkin spice invades all manner…

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Beers, Bras, And Business

I'm stepping a little outside of the Thirsty Thursday usual fare. I felt this was close enough to beer to insert it for a break in field reporting and reviews.…

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Help Me McCalls, You’re My Only Hope!

September is a bit early to be talking about costumes seeing as it's still summer. But if the Halloween candy and decorations, and pumpkin beer have all hit the shelves, I might as well join in the fray.  I volunteer at a local library's Comic-Con every year. At the event,…

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Yesterday

Before a freak blackout, Jack Malik is a man with a dying passion for becoming a paid musician. His long-time friend and manager Ellie, played by Lily James, is his…

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Securely Fascinated

The heavy clunking of an industrial chain working hard to pull a train up the steep incline stops its telltale ticking. Silence reigns for a split second. Interrupted at first by…

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Beach Blanket Beers

Welcome back to another session of CJ drinks booze then incoherently writes about it. Let’s hop (haha get it) onto the malt train and head south to sunny Torrance California to…

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Stuffed Fables

As a kid, who imagined their stuffed animals having a life of their own when they were away? I did. Pretty sure a bunch of people at Pixar did. And,…

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