Elantris is my Top Book so far
So far this year, I’ve managed to read through 30 books and I feel pretty good about that accomplishment. Sure, it’s week 33 but I had one story that just didn’t work for me (The Day I Died by Lori …
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7-10 for August 14, 2017
I’m not sure what I’m going to call this section yet but it is based on the 7–10 list from Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. That book has a little bit of everything and is a pretty interesting …
Pokémon in Motown
First time in Detroit today and since I didn’t have any other games going on, I decided to fire up Pokémon Go and picked up 4 new Pokémon. Not to bad, but considering I haven’t played for the past few …
Gathering and Refining
Today was a lazy day in Albion but I accomplished a lot. My main goal was to finish up leveling all my skills to Journyman. This way I could craft and use any tier 3 item which would set me …
31 Days of Comic-Con: More Eisners
There are a bunch of Eisner Awards handed out each year and while I covered some of the heavy hitters the other day, here are the rest. Brian K. Vaughan took the Best Writer award and his accomplice on Saga …
Morning Ramble 394: Plans for August
July is just about history and its time to start looking at what I plan on accomplishing during the next month. August brings the tail end of Summer and the days get warm and sleepy but I have some lofty …
31 Days of Comic-Con: More Winning
Day 29: More Eisner Awards today. I’ve actually read March and it was pretty good and I’ve got Squirrel Girl on my shot list of comics to read, but I’ll have to add the others to that list since they …
31 Days of Comic-Con: Trailers from Day 3
Day 26: Thor Ragnarok: Ready Player One: Stranger Things Season 2: Justice League: Westworld Season 2: Flash Season 4:
31 Days of Comic-Con: Jokers and Fandom
Day 10: A year ago I had no clue who the Impractical Jokers were but this year, I can’t get enough of them. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen every episode they’ve done 2-3 times now and listen to their Tell …
69 years is a long time – how wonderful
Sadly, Stan Lee’s wife of 69 years, Joan, passed away yesterday at the age of 95. In looking for information about her, I found this wonderful interview Stan gave recently and I thought it would be nice to pass it …