Big Easy Con Update

We Can’t Wait! Big Easy Con is just over two weeks away! We can’t wait to go, especially since this will be the first con the Nola Nerd Baby will attend and be able to walk and talk. We can’t wait to see how many guests she charms and how…

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Missing Star Wars Celebration Anaheim

A First for Us Well, the unthinkable happened. During the summer, Star Wars Celebration tickets went on sale. We didn’t purchase any. For the first time since Celebration IV, it looks as if we are missing Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2020. We don’t want to miss Celebration, but a combination…

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Big Easy Con 2019 Preview

Big Easy Con is Less Than a Month Away Big Easy Con had a rough start. They felt they weren’t ready for the convention in June, so they did the right thing and postponed. Of course, that angered quite a few people, as we have discussed earlier. We applauded them…

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My Favorite Album of 2019

Welcome Back, Vampire Weekend! Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend is my favorite album of 2019. Yes, I’m calling it early. No, nothing will change my mind. Well, Dead Man’s Pop would, but that is a reissue, so I’m sticking with my choice. (More to come on Dead Man’s…

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Reviewing The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Entering The Hot Zone Being educators, we look forward to when we receive our schedules mainly to know when is our planning period. When I received my teaching schedule, I saw a course that I hadn’t taught in this century — English. Long-time readers of this blog know from 1000s…

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Taking a Break from Nerdy Twitter

I have been taking a break from nerdy twitter. Yet, I haven’t abandoned it completely, but it’s just becoming a weird place. Well, it’s always been weird. Weirder would be the correct wrong. I follow a few fandoms on twitter, but the one I am most active in is Star…

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