Blatant Geekery

I know we've told you about Wizard World before, but here goes again. They're my favorite this week. Hey, it's my birthday...I can do what I want! So, together we've done 3 total Wizard World conventions (and we plan to attend many more) but I was really wishing to be there with them this weekend. #1 when I found out they'd be in New Orleans on the weekend of my birthday...#2 they announce MATT SMITH was going to be there too!!! Come on now, that would be the coolest birthday ever!! Normally, I'd watch Facebook, twitter and YouTube to see what's been going on since I'm not there, but this time I think I'll wait till it's over. I just can't torture myself. :( I get that some people have their opinions about these type of conventions...that they just bring in people that wanna meet celebrities. Maybe that is true, but here's my take on it. My family has always been very nerdy with tv, books and movies...but not into comics an...

This week I'm super excited about the Fangirl Favorite. As you can tell from the Wizard of Oz Throwback post I did recently, I have a slight obsession with most things Oz related.   I say most because I’m a bit of a traditionalist.   I have an exceedingly difficult time adjusting to many of the more modern takes on the story.   I know that even the classic movie swayed from the original L. Frank Baum books in several ways.   Obviously one of the biggest changes was that of the now famous ruby slippers, which were originally silver.   For some reason, changes like these didn’t bother me.   Maybe it's because I grew up on both the books and the film. I’m not a huge fan of The Wiz and I couldn’t stand watching Oz The Great and Powerful.   Yuck.   So, I admit that even after spending a good deal of time talking with Tom Hutchison, writer of Legends of Oz: The Wild West, there was still a part of me that was reluctant to read the books. ...