The year is 2009. I work as an elementary school teacher’s assistant. In the work room, there is a table that holds a treasure trove of lost gems–things hidden in the back of storage cabinets and closets for ages, or things that simply have outlived their classroom usefulness. That table […]
The Nerdy Blogger
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Several years ago, my best pal Stephanie and I were perusing our favorite used bookstore. One of our favorite activities is finding things that are awesomely bad, delightfully ridiculous, and/or completely over the top, then laughing ourselves silly at them, reveling in the cheesy glory. On this eventful evening, we stumbled […]
“Friendship…is born at the moment when one man says to another “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself…” – C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves Three years ago, I stumbled across the Retroist site via the facebook page. I’d not found another site filled with such glorious […]
I am a creature of habit. Every year when November 1st rolls around, I open the Holiday Special Cabinet in my entertainment center. (Yes, I have a Holiday Special Cabinet. Don’t you)? I put away my Halloween specials and bring my Thanksgiving specials to the forefront. My favorite is 1968’s The […]
The past 3 years of my life have been spent pursuing my M. A. degree part-time at Signum University. I’m getting a degree in Literature and Language with an emphasis in Imaginative Literature (Science Fiction and Fantasy). Part of my degree includes a requirement of two language classes. This past […]
If you’re like me, a certifiable lifelong nerd, it might be a little shameful to admit that your only experience with Godzilla is the 1998 Matthew Broderick film. I had a copy of the soundtrack when I was in middle school as well. It was one of my “cool kid” […]
Do you love your cartoons on Saturday morning? Who doesn’t? How do you spend your Saturday night? Do you groove to some slow jams? You do? Great! Now, let’s mash those two up for something really fun and unique—Saturday Morning Slow Jams. Saturday Morning Slow Jams is the brainchild of […]
As a kid, I was always seemingly one or two (or three) video game systems behind the times. There was really only one TV in my house where you could hook up a video unit, and as much as I played my original Gameboy, my dad wasn’t about to fight […]