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Author: Amy Weir

Amy M. Weir is a public youth services librarian in SW Pennsylvania, and there’s nothing she geeks out about more. Outside of work she obsesses over music (especially rock especially psychedelic pop especially The Beatles), sews clothes, gardens when the weather’s nice, avoids housework, and generally is the poster-child for Enneatype 9, which she attempts to counteract with yoga when she remembers. Her entire family has ADHD. This includes an RPG-and-firearms-geek husband who asked her out by playing a Paladin-in-Shining-Armor devoted to serving her character in D&D; a vehicles-and-video-game-geek 14yo named after a hobbit; an art-and-animation-geek 12yo named after a SFF writer; and an Imaginary Husband named Martin Freeman, who isn’t actually aware of this relationship.
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House (and Town, and University, and…) of My Dreams

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019Amy Weir8

Amy thinks about the settings of her dreams, and how they might relate to her waking life, in her small series on dream symbolism.

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What Is Fandom, Anyway?

November 26, 2019November 25, 2019Amy Weir1

What does it mean to “belong to a fandom”? Is it the passion, the action, or the interaction with others? Or all three? I’m genuinely asking, because I don’t know.

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The Thorough and Pointless Results of My Radio Station Presets Study

November 21, 2019November 20, 2019Amy Weir

In which Amy shares the results of her obsessive annotation and analysis of radio station playlists (see previous article about list collecting)!

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The Greatest Street in History: 50 Years on ‘Sesame Street’

November 10, 2019November 8, 2019Amy Weir

Do you know why ‘Sesame Street’ is objectively the greatest TV show of all time? Read (my 11th-grade research project) to find out!

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I Was a Costumed Cartoon Character (and Lived to Tell About It)

November 5, 2019November 4, 2019Amy Weir

The adventures of a GeekMom in a specially-licensed-by-Scholastic Clifford the Big Red Dog suit, surrounded by small enthusiastic children.

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On Collecting Lists (And Other Fairly Useless Obsessions)

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019Amy Weir

Amy really likes making annotated lists of random information. But is it really so random, or is it just the way her brain works?

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On Watching In Prime Time As a Family

October 15, 2019October 14, 2019Amy Weir

In the era of streaming, it’s common for everyone to stick to their own shows on their own schedules. It’s fun when you can share a favorite show live with the whole family.

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It’s All Too Much: The Paradoxical Overgeekout

October 6, 2019October 5, 2019Amy Weir1

Sometimes I love things SO POWERFULLY it’s paralyzing, and I can’t even act on my passion. Does this ever happen to you?

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A Track-by-Track Trek Down ‘Abbey Road’ On Its 50th Anniversary

September 26, 2019September 25, 2019Amy Weir

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ album with this collection of facts (and opinions) from Beatlemaniac GeekMom Amy.

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Revisit the Muppets at Multiple Ages

September 24, 2019September 23, 2019Amy Weir

Muppet movies belong to that special brand of entertainment that can be enjoyed on multiple levels over the course of your life, so make sure you’re rewatching them every few years!

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Fan Fest at the Library!

September 19, 2019September 18, 2019Amy Weir4

Our local library tried to bring a big geek con experience to our relatively rural town, and I think we succeeded.

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‘His Hideous Heart’ Has Some New Takes on Poe for Today’s Teens

September 10, 2019September 9, 2019Amy Weir1

‘His Hideous Heart’ is a new YA anthology that reimagines Poe through the minds of 13 current YA authors.

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Model Rocket Launching for Fun and Family

August 30, 2019August 29, 2019Amy Weir1

The day before school started, we decided to send off summer with a literal blast: by launching a model rocket.

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Properly Prepared With Paper and Pen

August 24, 2019August 23, 2019Amy Weir

Why Amy (and her daughter) never leave home without something to write with and something to write on.

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13 Things I’m Going to Miss About ‘Legion’ on FX

August 16, 2019November 23, 2019Amy Weir

Amy explains why, whatever ‘Legion’ FX’s faults, she loved this weird, weird show.

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What Do Dreams Mean to You?

August 10, 2019August 9, 2019Amy Weir

Amy geeks out about how dream interpretation is neither mystical nor random but instead very personal.

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Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: The Painfully Embarrassing Side of ADHD

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019Amy Weir

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria means people with ADHD feel hurt more strongly than most people and react more uncontrollably, and there’s not much that can be done about it. Not much, but some.

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Geek Links: Experience Apollo 50th in Real Time (Or On Your Own Time)

July 18, 2019Amy Weir

Apollo in Real Time lets you eavesdrop on everything going on between Apollo 11 and Mission Control exactly 50 years ago. Courtesy: https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/

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Literal Dreams of Authorship

July 12, 2019July 11, 2019Amy Weir

The first thing that happens when I pick up that I might be dreaming is my dream self scrambling for pen and paper: “I’ve got to write this down, it’s going to be a great story!”

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Read to Your Big Kids

July 1, 2019June 30, 2019Amy Weir

Just because someone knows how to read, doesn’t mean they don’t still benefit from being read TO. Here’s why to read to your big kids this summer.

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