Chapter Five: Quilts, Quaffs and Quislings Consider, if you will, the word ‘morning’. If one consults their Johnson’s, the definition appears readily as “the first part of the day, from the first appearance of light.” A simple enough meaning, nearly intimate in its revelation of promise and possibility, Ah, but English is a most labyrinthine tongue and by the mere...

Well hello Space Cadets! This week we’re mixing it up a bit and revisiting those Sci-fi filled saturday mornings of yore! No doubt the first of many, we’ll spend this episode looking at three sci-fi cartoon intros we all know and love. They may not have been the best written or had the most memorable characters but what they do have in common is some of the most...

I blogged about this years ago on my personal blog, but I think those at Pandoracon.com will get a kick out of this exercise too, so I’m going to revisit it. http:/www.imdb.com , which is my defacto source for movie data (not necessarily movie details) has a database that is useful for all kinds of interesting data and facts about movies. So of course every movie on IMDB...

Joining Pandoracon are the Traveling Revelers. These two gentlemen of leisure and pleasure have made it their mission to make the world a better place through exceptional flirting and great adult beverages (and helping others create and enjoy both of them) They admit that it is actually a self serving mission because the more people who understand and can achieve flirting with...

So what’s going to make Pandoracon different from any other multi-genre fandom convention? In large part, you! Pandoracon is designed to be a participatory convention that encourages attendees to be a more active part of the fun. There’s a lot of cons out there that are essentially one big hall filled with tables, a celebrity zoo and nerd flea market . . . people wander...

In 1992 Joss Whedon (creator of oh so many things beloved in geek/nerdom) brought us a singularly appealing movie; Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At first blush it just looked silly. It was about a self-centered, cute ditzy cheerleader who just so happened to be the long lost mystical Slayer of vampires. Turns out the movie was much better than expected. It was witty, sweet and funny....

Thundarr the Barbarian ran for 21 half hour episodes from 1980-1982 on ABC and was produced by Ruby Spears Productions. Repeats were shown on NBC for an additional year. It is important to remember before we look at the characters of this story that the main premise of this series, this children’s cartoon mind you, is the destruction of our modern civilization and the death of...

I’m glad there are no real “superheroes” in our world that we know of. I am glad Superman, Spiderman, The Avengers, X-Men and all those types exist only in our imagination, comic books, movies, TV and the odd cosplay event. Yes, I said it, scandalous I know. You want to know why? Well, think about it. As much as I love watching a good action flick, as much as I cheer when...