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Speak Out with your Geek Out, Day 2: Miniatures

(Due to a technical glitch, this post didn’t go up Tuesday, like I planned. Enjoy it today, and I’ll have Humpday Links up later this afternoon/evening.) I’ve had a love/hate relationship with miniatures since very early on in my RPG geekery. I loved using them, but my early attempts at painting were disastrous at best. …

September 14, 2011
Speak Out with your Geek Out: Day One – Web Comics

As part of the Speak Out with your Geek Out project started by Monica Valentinelli on her blog, all of my posts this week will highlight some aspect of geekery that I love. So join me in taking a little break from the anger and angst, and let’s remind ourselves why we love geek culture.…

September 12, 2011
Random Acts of Publicity: LitFest

For the final instalment in Random Acts of Publicity Week, instead of talking about a single book by someone I know, I’m going to talk about a single book festival by someone I know. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you LitFest, produced by my pal David Cheoros. As described on the website: “Litfest is a…

September 9, 2011
Random Acts of Publicity: Amber E. Scott

Continuing with Random Acts of Publicity, I want to tell you all a little bit about my pal, Amber E. Scott. As has happened with many of my writing friends, I read Amber well before I met Amber. Her work graced the pages of Dragon magazine back before its fall, and as a happy coincidence…

September 8, 2011
Humpday Links for September 7

In honour of Random Acts of Publicity Week, I’ve decided to provide some links to my favourite books, games and authors. Check them out, you may discover some really cool stuff. – Let’s begin with Spider Robinson, one of my favourite authors of all time. His writing in general and his Callahan books in particular,…

September 7, 2011
Random Acts of Publicity: On Spec Magazine

Although this is the 3rd Annual Random Acts of Publicity, this is my first time taking part in any way. The yearly event was started as a way to make promoting a friend’s book (or just your favourite book) fun and interesting. And I sort of dig (yes, I said “dig”; don’t harsh my mellow,…

September 6, 2011
Humpday Links for August 31

It certainly has been a busy few days here at Renaissance Dork. Frankly, I’m ready to get back to enjoying my geekery instead of having to defend it. In that spirit I’ve tried to find links to, well…silliness would be the best way to describe it. So, in an effort to remind myself and you…

August 31, 2011
Gizmodo Saga Pt. 2: Who Are You Trying To Impress, Angry Nerdlings?

I woke up this morning hoping I would get to write about something fun today. I had it all planned out, it was going to be glorious. But I can’t do that now. Instead, I need to write another blog about disappointment. You might ask, who could have disappointed me so much this time that…

August 30, 2011
Who Did You Think You Were Impressing, Alyssa Bereznak?

Just when I despaired of having anything to write today, along comes this article from Alyssa Bereznak, entitled, “My Brief OKCupid Affair with a World Champion Magic: The Gathering Player“. Please, take a moment to follow the link over and read it. I’ll wait… (For those that don’t want to follow the link, here’s a…

August 29, 2011
Rock on, Princess Leia!

Carrie Fisher has been in the news recently because of her weight-loss success story, dropping 50lbs since last December. I remember when I first saw her appearing as the spokesperson for Jenny Craig, and I thought, “Good for her! I hope that works.” Well, apparently it did, because she is now just one size larger…

August 25, 2011