So Chicago Comicon was this past weekend, one of my two favorite weekends of the year. I decided to work the mon-tue between Comicon and GenCon in order to save some vacation time ( Read more... )

Just about to turn in for the night after spending a couple of evenings making cookies for Steph for Valentine's Day. She doesn't really make a big deal out of it, but that's my job anyway, right? Made milk/dark chocolate chip cookies, milk/dark chocolate chip cookies with pecans, sugar cookie tarts with cherries and a few sugar cookies with red ( Read more... )

At work today on overtime. Should get a chance to post a little today and will endeavor to do so. I still need to get to my recaps on Wizard World and GenCon. Gonna try to do that today.

So first full day of Wizard World has been good. After con, Steph and Kristin and I went out to dinner with Matt from Diamond Select Toys. Good time, with way too much talk about Marvel continuity, complete with discussion about worst plots and costumes in history ( Read more... )

OK, so Origins was a blast but before I post about the trip Steph and I took to Columbus last week, there are a couple of things I wanted to talk about in the week leading up to our trip ( Read more... )

Happy 10th Anniversary to Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Series!

You have changed my life more than I thought any one thing could. You provided me with over 144 hours of viewing entertainment which caused and still causes me to laugh, cry, gasp, and root for our heroine. Earshot, Hush, The Body, Once More... With Feeling, The Killer in Me, Chosen ( Read more... )

Buckle up true believers because I'm finally gonna give the highlights of the trip to Wizard World Chicago.

Wizard World Chicago
Rosemont, IL
August 3-6, 2006

( Thursday, August 3, 2006 )

Having a great time! Wish everybody was here!

So far things are great. Having a blast, going to the Kevin Smith Q&A tomorrow. Sat in on a Marvel Civil War discussion panel today. Buying lots of stuff. Getting lots of swag. All is right with the world.

Much more in depth details when I get home.

Excelsior!

OK, not a lot of time to make a post here since Steph and I will soon be winging our way to Wizard World Chicago and 3+ days of comic book geekdom. It is a well-needed release of tension ( Read more... )

So here's the quick report on the Slay-A-Thon fundraiser for Maka-A-Wish on Saturday. First of all, the event was a huge success. We raised over $14,000 and granted at least 2 wishes so that was huge ( Read more... )