You know when you just meet some people and your geeky sense just goes all tingly? That’s how I felt meeting the owners, Beth Baalman and Alec Featherstone, of Denton’s newest geek haven Freaks and Geeks. Seriously, I live in the best town, y’all. I mean if you can get past the redness and…hubris of…
The Thursday Book Beat: TIME’s Not So YA but Very White List
TIME’s Not So YA List But Very White List A lot of criticisms from the young adult world when TIME revealed its 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time list. It featured books that weren’t young adult like Charlotte’s Web or Harry Potter. Bustle has done a great write up on it but they mostly…
The Thing About Superman
Last year, I wrote a piece where I selected Captain America over Superman as representative of what it means to be an inspiring, benevolent, super powered person. I based my decision on my feelings about the character of Superman, which tend to lean towards that of Lex Luthor. I appreciate that Superman does wonderful things for the…
The Twin Peaks Log S.2 E.2
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…
Dogears: Murder She Wrote
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes James Anderson W H Allen & Co This is a Murder She Wrote novel. When I found it, in the charity bookshelf area of Homebase (a DIY outlet), I lost track of my eyeballs as they shot out of my head and skittered away across the lino. I didn’t care….