Star Wars-ing: Celebration Slays With Latest Guest Announcements

Usually, I write these posts as a news item.  I might interject some personal thoughts, but mostly I try to keep it formal. Not for this announcement. The Nola Nerd Couple teaches at the same school. So as soon as work was over yesterday, she rushed to find me and…

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ComicCon-ing: Comicpalooza and MegaCon Updates

So last week, I highlighted the fact that Rodger Bumpass and Bill Fagerbakke of SpongeBob SquarePants would be attending ComicPalooza.  Of course, after I posted that blog, they announce that Tom Kenny, SpongeBob himself, will be attending as well. We are looking at ordering a large poster and having the…

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Comic Con-ing: Fan Expo Dallas Announces Exclusives

We are really upset we are going to miss this year.  Timing was right for us (we do have real jobs that pay money that have to take precedence over we do it because we love it job). The celebrity line up is fantastic and it boasts one of the…

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Blogging: Writing Personal Blogs

This blog has grown over time.  We started out as Cook.Travel.Eat. We talked about those three things but we realized we wanted to expand our focus.  This has led to blogs about comic cons, comics, and Star Wars. We do a lot of news articles now and it has opened…

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Reading: Quick Hits

Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn is really good.  It’s the kind of story I want to see more of in the new Star Wars universe.  One that develops established characters without having to worry about the mythology of the universe. I’ve read the first volume of a couple of Rebirth titles.…

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Star Wars-ing: Celebration Adds More Celebrities

Star Wars Celebration has added two new people to its ever-growing roster of celebrities that will appear at the convention. Anthony Daniels, the man who is C3-PO, will be attending the con all four days. Riz Ahmed portrayed Bodhi Rook in Rogue One.  It’s his character that truly sets the events…

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