Christmas Filter
At the beginning of the month, I sat down to create this year's Christmas card. We don't have pets or children, but sending well wishes on cardstock isn't exclusive to…
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December 16, 2019
Permission To Let It Go
The day Disney+ was released, I came down the stairs to hear Adam singing the theme song for the Gummi Bears. Just to be clear, this isn't a regular event…
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December 9, 2019
Beyond Book Reports
It occurred to me this morning I've been neglecting books. Not that I haven't been reading them. I have. Not at the clip I should be, but what can you…
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November 20, 2019
An Evening With Mr. Holland
Actors are often linked to their most significant/most popular role. When an actor's career is long and successful, the part associated with them is often more to do with the…
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November 11, 2019
Things That Go Bump In the Night
It was on a dark, and stormy night a monster was born some two hundred years ago. The horrifying beast rose out of a harmless dare spoken by a crackling…
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October 30, 2019
Halloween History
We're coming up on that time of year when the veil between fully dressed and scantily clad is at its thinnest.Whoops! I meant to say the veil of the living…
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October 28, 2019
A Nerd In My Own Right
Growing up, rainy days meant staying inside at someone's house and coming to a consensus on what movie we were going to watch. There were seven movies us neighborhood kids…
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October 21, 2019
Navigating Batuu: Smuggler’s Run, Doc Ondar’s & Savi’s Workshop. Oh My!
When the announcement rolled out that Disney was going to build a Star Wars land at both parks, there was a collective "It's about time" thought around the nerd world.…
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October 14, 2019
In A Galaxy Naysaying Away
Your newsfeed might not give you article after article about Disney. Mine does. Because the machines are listening albeit selectively like a kid in the other room when parents think…
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October 7, 2019
Dasvidaniya Natasha
Tony Stark's now infamous snap was received as a selfless, heroic act to be celebrated in the fictional world as well as the real world. It says something when an…
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September 30, 2019
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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September 23, 2019
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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September 16, 2019
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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September 2, 2019
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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August 26, 2019
The Art of Apology
One afternoon, I was probably seven at the time, I was playing Wiffle ball with the boys down the street when their dad came home from work. Instead of going…
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August 19, 2019