A Family Exploring the World of Fandom Together
I loved the X-Files and its spinoff, Millennium. Yet, they both had a major flaw if I remember correctly. They played on Friday nights. Friday nights in the fall in Louisiana are reserved for prep football. I tried to keep up with the X-Files as much as I could in…
One of my favorite things to do is to soundtrack my reading. For example, when reading a biography of Truman, I would listen to popular music from whatever time the chapter was set. If it is a fiction book, I try to figure out what music matches the mood. I…
Our first full day in Edinburgh was a walk around day. In fact, if my Fitbit was to be believed, it was over 9 miles. The day served as a precursor to what we would do in Edinburgh. The more we reflect on our trip the more we realized how much…
Now that grad school is over, Kurt and I started to slowly have a life again, which means now that it is Mardi Gras season, we can go out and enjoy the greatest free show on Earth, the parades in New Orleans. Other cities have their own parades and unique…
We arrived in Edinburgh at the wonderful hour of 6 am on a Saturday morning. We waited in the airport for a little bit before taking the bus to the city center. The three of us, Cristina, our classmate Cody, and myself, walked to the Royal Mile. This was a…
I bought my first Replacements album on December 27, 1990. You can read more about that story here. It’s hard for me to express what the band truly means to me. Each album, which I discovered in reverse order, spoke to me as a best friend would. They made me not…