[Spotlight Post] North Texas Comic Book Shows
Oh, yeah, Friday. Tomorrow I’m doing something for Fan Day’s Saturday Night Shindig, which reminds me I didn’t get to talk about North Texas Comic Book Show last week. North Texas Comic Book Show (NTCBS) is a similar but much smaller show than Fan Expo. Chris is the organizer and focuses on the artists and […]
[Spotlight Post] Elgin and McCullough – RIP
I was going to dedicate this post to the North Texas Comic Book Show wrap up, but some stuff happened, and I will address that first. Once more we have a Memorial Post. January 29th we found out Suzette Haden Elgin passed away. I’m sure I’ve met her at some convention, but she wasn’t the […]
[Spotlight Post] Return of Procrasti-Brain
Welcome to Friday – I have “Procrasti-Brain”. “Procrast-Brain is a condition that hits when you realize you have a ton of things to do in a relatively short period of time and suddenly the house needs cleaning, the closets need reorganizing, and that one misplaced gizmo that you haven’t needed in six months is now […]
[Spotlight Post] Remembering John Manning and Plain Language
Hello, Friday, you’re looking nice (if Holy Cow, COLD – for Texas). It’s seriously time to rethink the Friday Blog Posts – I’ve run out of steam for most of the spotlights. I still want to do a blog post on Friday, but I need to think about alternate topics and themes (and hopefully something […]
[Spotlight Post] Welcome 2015
If you believe in superstitions (or just traditions) – what you do on New Year’s Day is what you’ll be doing all year – for us that’s minor home repairs and eating (could be a lot worse). We also had greens, black eyed peas, and corn-based carbs (in fritters – not bread), so those traditional […]
[Spotlight Post] Old Friends Rediscovered and Retiring Icons
This is NOT a memorial post – dadgumit. It’s almost Christmas and I want happier topics. I got them in the last couple of days. I wish Terry Dorsey all the best in his retirement. Dorsey worked for KPLX when my dad started working in radio in Dallas/Fort Worth. Dad came to DFW to work […]
[Spotlight Post] The Rogues – Hellbound Sleigh
This was originally posted on Celtic Music Magazine. When The Rogues’ Hellbound Sleigh came up for review I jumped at it – even though I’m generally a stickler for not listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. This, I thought would be a fun addition my Christmas music collection. I figured it would be weirdly irreverent […]
[Spotlight Post] Judy Crider – In Memoriam
I’m going to round out this Thanksgiving Week with a sad note. As lovely as Thanksgiving was – we celebrated with family at our house (as has been the case since Jimmy and I were married) – it did end with some bad news – the passing of a friend. I’d like to tell you […]