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Aurora Awards Update

Those of you that have hung around my blog long enough may remember that I was nominated for an Aurora Award. For those what missed that, I posted about it back in May. I bring it up again because voting is now open. I would encourage you to register, vote and show your support for…

August 4, 2011
Master of Devils: Spoiler-free Review

In the interest of full disclosure, let me start with two facts: Dave Gross is a pal of mine, and he gave me a copy of Master of Devils (first copy in Canada!) for my birthday. If you know me you can decide whether that would colour my review; if you don’t know me you’ll…

August 3, 2011
Why I Prefer to Hang with the FanGIRLS!

There has been a lot of back and forth on geek acceptance and geek ladies recently. I was originally planning to write a post promoting the “few” female blogs/sites I follow, intending to demonstrate that none of these ladies are poseurs in any way. And I came to an interesting realization… Out of the 67…

August 1, 2011
The Games Room: Making It Right!

If there is a second great love in my life behind gaming, it is home improvement. I love HGTV (though if you are listening, producers, less shows about buying property, more actual renovation shows!) and I will watch DIY Disaster, Holmes on Homes, Holmes Inspection, Sarah’s House et al for hours. And thanks to a…

July 29, 2011
Geek Nuggets for July 28

I don’t really have a nice, cohesive post for today. So instead, I’m popping back in here throughout the day to add ideas, observations and amusing anecdotes as they occur to me. Some might call that lazy blogging…and yeah, they’re probably right. But feel free to throw your own geeky observations and snippets in the…

July 28, 2011
Happy Birthday, Gary! And thanks!

This is still going to be a link-filled post today, but I need to take a moment to acknowledge someone very special. Today is Gary Gygax’s birthday. And I can say without hyperbole that his invention of the game Dungeons & Dragons (along with Dave Arneson), changed my life forever. If I allowed myself, I…

July 27, 2011
The Best Little Dicebag I’ve Ever Owned

I’ll admit, I was just a little stumped about what to write today. Oh, I have things for tomorrow and Thursday, no problem. But today I was struggling. And then it arrived. The package I have been waiting for since I placed my order ten days ago. The parcel that had me staring out the…

July 26, 2011
The Anniversary of my Birth

That’s right, it’s my birthday. So instead of slaving over a hot keyboard (I should really get that fixed) to write a new post, I’m taking the lazy birthday way out. Below, please find a Classic Post from about, oh, three blogs ago. You’ll gain a little insight in to how I turned out to…

July 22, 2011
Fanboy Confessional

I’ll be honest, when I first saw Fanboy Confessional commercials pop up on Space, I rolled my eyes. It looked like yet another show lampooning the more extreme members of our fandom. But however badly conceived and executed, shows about geeks don’t come around very often. So I locked it in to the PVR, and…

July 21, 2011
Humpday Links for July 20th

Welcome to a new permanent feature for my blog, the Humpday Links. Everyone can use a distraction midway through the week to help them make it to the weekend. So every Wednesday I’ll provide a cavalcade of links for your viewing pleasure. And if you want to share some links in the comments, please do!…

July 20, 2011