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Reading Time: 11 minutes Images from the OmniGroup, GeekDad, and Apple I’m guilty of taking on more projects than I should be able to handle, which is why I have to rely on a strong task management strategy to keep me afloat. So I thought I would share with our readers a peek under my […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes Welcome back to Graphic Novel Weekly, a column that will bring you exciting graphic novel content each week. This week, I am looking at five science fiction, fantasy, and horror titles: Justice League: No Justice Atomic Empire Undead Messiah, Volume 1 Sword Princess Amaltea, Volume 1 Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch Stop back […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes Welcome back to Graphic Novel Weekly, a column that will bring you exciting graphic novel content each week. This week, I am looking at five science fiction, fantasy, and horror titles: Justice League: No Justice Atomic Empire Undead Messiah, Volume 1 Sword Princess Amaltea, Volume 1 Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch Stop back […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes My five-year-old loves books of all sorts, but she’s particularly fond of books that interact with her, whether that involves looking for hidden objects, lifting flaps, or being given silly actions to do while reading the book. Today’s stack is all about interactive books! Pet This Book and Play This Book by […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Original image: Wikimedia Creative Commons. Geek Culture Conventions The spotlight convention for our Week 4 2019 Convention Connection is STCE’s Comic Con 2019 at the Texas A&M International University Student Center in Laredo, Texas. The event runs Saturday, January 26 and Sunday, January 27. The event includes meet-and-greet and photo ops with […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The kids, headed for adventure! Photo by A. Leach Bleary eyed and in search of sustenance, my family sat in the hotel breakfast area. I handed Derp, my oldest, a rolled up scroll of brown paper, tied up with string (because who doesn’t like to bring songs from musicals into their […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes As 2018 slid quietly away, I was immersed in the late 1960s. An alternate 1960s where aliens crash land on Earth and astronauts other than Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin head to the moon. Our Child of the Stars is a gentle science fiction tale that is more about the depth of human […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Original image: Wikimedia Creative Commons. Geek Culture Conventions The highlight geek culture convention for Convention Connection Week 3 2019 is the Albuquerque Comic Con in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event takes place from Friday, January 18 through Sunday, January 20. Featured guests include celebrities such as John Wesley Shipp (The Flash), […]

Reading Time: 13 minutes What were your favorite books of 2018? I put that question to our GeekDad and GeekMom writers. While many of these books were published this year, the only real criteria I set was that they read it this year, regardless of publication date or whether it was actually reviewed on the site. […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes   “Jade Metallic” is this year’s “Bottle Green.” (Image: Anthony Karcz) I get it. I really do. You love your minivan. As someone who delivered my second child in our trusty family hauler, I will never not praise the versatility and utility of the “living room on wheels.” But families change. […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes The first word for 2019 is “Awesomeness.” And why not? The end of each year seems to be such a mountain to climb. Why not start by saying that this new one is going to be all the awesome? I’m not entirely convinced awesomeness is a real word, but I used […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Original image by Jeff Roberts, O’Neill Marketing. Geek Culture Conventions The first big geek culture convention of 2019 kicks off this weekend when Wizard World rolls into New Orleans from Friday, January 4 through Sunday, January 6. The three-day event features a number of celebrity, creator, artist, and cosplay guests, including […]