ComicCon-ing: Cons Accross the Nation for the August 3rd Weekend

(Almost) every week we try to highlight the cons of the upcoming weekend with special attention to guests from Star Wars and Doctor Who. Gen Con: This con will be in Indianapolis, IN from Aug 2-5. It is one, if not THE longest-running gaming convention in the world. The authors…

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Episode 45: SDCC Roundup and The Clone Wars Returns!

The Podcast While we have never been to San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), that doesn’t mean we weren’t constantly checking for updates from the SuperBowl of cons. There is always just too much good information for the upcoming year in nerdom to ignore.  So after digesting as much as we…

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StarWars-ing: The Problem With Having Star Wars Day on Wednesday

Wednesday has been traditionally reserved for Star Wars on NolaNerdCouple.com except for around movie releases and Celebration. It was randomly picked.  In fact, it was until after we started publishing our blogs about the saga on Wednesday’s that we realized that StarWars.com’s The Star Wars Show was released on Wednesday…

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Star Wars-ing: Empire Strikes Back, Jiggling, and Robert Hayes Makes for Mr. Nola Nerd Couple's Favorite Star Wars Memory.

For financial and family reasons, I never was able to see Empire Strikes Back in the theaters.  I was seven, a perfect age to view it, but we couldn’t swing it.  We couldn’t afford it at the time and the one time we went to the movies we took a…

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Star Wars-ing: Oh, Star Wars Fandom

If you are a fan of Star Wars but don’t follow other fans on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media, you are probably living the good life. If you do follow those things, then you already know it is a weird place. It amazes me when anyone turns the…

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Star Wars-ing: Communicating With Nola Nerd Baby

This will probably be the silliest Star Wars think piece that you will probably ever read. George Lucas and LucasFilm are beyond helpful with raising the Nola Nerd Baby. They have provided me with an entire universe to communicate with her. And every time I do, she smiles and talks…

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