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Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I do. For me it is less about the “New Year” and more about getting goals down on paper (or on your blog, as the case may be). It is easy to remember New Year’s Day as a time to do this, but I make sure that I check […]
Read More New Year’s Resolutions 2014So, I know yesterday was a bit of a rant about the delayed viewing of Sherlock’s Season 3 for American fans. After meditating on a quote from the Dalai Lama. Don’t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Fine, it wasn’t about meditating as much as really hoping I could make it true, […]
Read More Sherlock, Many Happy ReturnsOriginally posted on Sara Dobie Bauer:
The moment it all began … The day of my fangirl birth stands out in infamy. I was minding my own business, and my husband was scanning Netflix. From my office, I heard snippets in the background: British snippets. Next thing I know: “Babe, come watch this scene.” “What…
I was holding out hope that BBC America would show Sherlock on January 1, 2013. That hope has indeed been crushed. Fortunately, I hadn’t planned an elaborate watch party or anything…okay, fine, I hadn’t bought anything for the elaborate watch party. It wasn’t going to be quite as elaborate as my Doctor Who 50th Anniversary […]
Read More Sherlock Season 3…So, in anticipation of Sherlock’s season 3 finally airing on New Year’s Day, I went hunting for something to tide me over…Okay, so I watched all the other episodes and then tried to find more stuff online…here are some highlights from the Nerd HQ panel. ‘Til Next Time, Jessica
Read More On the First Day of the New Year the BBC Gave to Me….Sherlock!What do Nerd HQ, Spider-Man, and True Blood have in common? Joe Manganiello has appeared in all of them! Don’t you love it when really beautiful people turn out to be geeks? Well, I do! Joe Manganiello would be one of those. A star of the HBO series True Blood, he not only plays a […]
Read More What do Nerd HQ, Spider-Man, and True Blood Have in Common?This weekend I went to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I know, no one was more surprised than I. I actually made it to see a long-awaited movie on opening weekend. (I have issues over-committing my time. Who me?) I admit there were some nerves sprinkled in with the excitement as the previews […]
Read More At Last, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug!Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer did a thing a while back. A joint kickstarter to do an album of mini-tour they did together. There was music, stories, questions & answers, and amazingness. How do I know about the amazingness? Was I there? No, I didn’t get to go to any of the shows on their mini-tour. However, I did […]
Read More Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy…An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda PalmerThe Doctor’s influence is everywhere. Have you discovered this? I’m running into fans all over the place! Last week my dishwasher sprung a leak. I know, really fun stuff. The guys that came in to dry out the flooding were pretty cool. One of them commented that I had the best coffee mug ever. I […]
Read More Eleven’s Hour Is At An EndSo, I completely convinced myself that I’d read a book that I haven’t. Yeah, it happened. How did I discover this? Well, I got the movie on Netflix. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy of all things! I was certain that I’d already read this novel by Douglas Adams, but as the movie was rolling […]
Read More How Did I Miss That I Haven’t Actually Read This Book?
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