Writing Challenge – Won!
As mentioned in my last post, I submitted an entry to a Writing Challenge: What’s The Most Clever Life Hack You’ve Ever Learned? Well, I won! I didn’t just win, but […]
Put ‘Fun’ In Functional: Tips For Your Home Workspace
No matter what size home you live in, there is always a part of it that you use for work. This might be personal creative work, freelance work, or you […]
AFA: The Jayme Twins and Harry Potter Fan Art
In a previous blog post entitled “How to become an Advocate for Awesome, ” I declared that from time to time I would be recommending things that I think are […]
A Spoonful of Zombies Makes the Disaster Prep Go Down
On February 9, 2017, the Illinois General Assembly declared that October 2017 will be “Zombie Preparedness Month.” Two Republicans and a Democrat introduced this bi-partisan HR0030 resolution. Is This a Joke? No. […]
Great Expectations: How To Judge Book Adaptations
There is an internal struggle that all readers feel at some point in their lives; the desire to see a book they love made into a movie and the fear […]
How Does Playing Video Games Make You More Employable?
Picture it. Los Angeles. January 2003. I was pounding the internet pavement looking for a paying job when I found a local video game company was hiring testers. Score! It […]
Guilty of Being Good: Why You Should Watch ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’
If you don’t know the actual events, then there are spoilers below. Huddled around a radio on an early fall day in Chicago, I was listening for the verdict on […]
How To Slither Out Of A Rut
The winner of Fangoria’s 2006 award for “Highest Body Count” led me down a path to a Master’s degree program. While I am not a fan of horror movies in […]
Extra! Extra! Commentaries And Special Features Worth Checking Out
I have built a respectable library of movies and television shows since the early 2000s. Many people have asked me why I keep buying DVDS and BluRays. They say it […]
5 Ways To Watch A Movie Wrong
Everyone has had that conversation with a friend, relative, or total stranger that includes one of the following: “You liked that movie? What is wrong with you?” OR “You didn’t […]
Is Science Fiction The Cassandra Of Our Times?
In Greek mythology, the god, Apollo, fell in love with the king’s daughter, Cassandra. He bestowed upon her the gift of foreseeing the future. When she rejected his love, he […]
AFA Recommendation: Every Frame A Painting
In a previous blog post entitled “How To Become An Advocate for Awesome, ” I declared that from time to time I would be recommending things that I think are […]
Feed The Bookworm! My 2016 Reading Challenge Results
I am a big reader; regular, eBook, and audiobook. I don’t care how the information gets uploaded into my brain as long as it does. I keep track of my […]
They Came From 2016! My Movie Watching Guide
Since 2008, I have been keeping track of all the movies I have watched that came out that year. This was originally tracked on my previous blog. At the bottom […]
And Now A Warning…
This blog is in its infant stages so posts could literally be about anything. I have had a lot of things percolating in my brain for a while and then […]
How To Become An Advocate For Awesome
“Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute…” Yes, I think 2016 is as well liked as critics and audiences […]
