Strange Conversations at Conventions about Non-Sport Cards
I ran into someone I knew from way, way back at Wondercon and got to talk to him for a …Read the Rest
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Wondercon Day 3
Well, it’s all over. Three days of Wondercon behind us and we had a great time. Yesterday, the religious lunatics …Read the Rest
Wondercon Day 2
Wow, I’m getting too old for this shit. That’s really how it feels after long, long day after long, long …Read the Rest
Wondercon Day 1
I’ll be honest, there were some good things and some bad things about this years’s Wondercon. I suppose that’s inevitable, …Read the Rest
Diary of a Fanboy: Pet Edition
I was thinking, for some reason, about pet names, probably in regard to the puppy that I’m going to have …Read the Rest
Being a Rational Skeptic: The Hobby Edition
I’ve spoken at length about being a skeptic, as opposed to just being skeptical about a few sundry subjects. We …Read the Rest
Hobby Loyalty
I seriously don’t get the desire of hobbyists to have utter loyalty to the source of their hobbydom, even when …Read the Rest
I Could Use Some Input
As anyone who reads the blog regularly knows, I write about a wide variety of subject matter here, from atheism …Read the Rest
Is Every Discussion a Debate?
I get challenged on this from time to time, but it’s something that I’m really interested in. I like to …Read the Rest
Reading Challenge: Avengers vs. X-Men
I’ve been an open critic of the modern endless “event” mentality that has been going on in Marvel comics for …Read the Rest
No Means No: Stamp Edition
Yes, I collect stamps and yes, this is a rant. I used to have a couple of companies send me …Read the Rest
Updated: Collector or Investor?
There’s a new show on Syfy called Collection Intervention starring Elyse Luray, who goes around to out-of-control collectors and tries …Read the Rest
End of an Era?
I’ve been collecting action figures for decades, in fact, for as long as I can remember. I’ve never been a …Read the Rest
Comic Regrets: Teen Titans
I was a huge fan of the “original” Teen Titans, well, maybe not the originals, but the New Teen Titans …Read the Rest
The Look of the Future
I’ve been kicking this around in my head for a while now. Originally, it started as a comparison of the …Read the Rest
Comic Regrets: DC Focus
This time, my regrets aren’t focused toward a single comic, but toward an entire imprint, put out by DC, called …Read the Rest
Comic Regrets: Firestorm
Actually, this is the story of two regrets. See, I loved the original Firestorm. It’s one of the few comics …Read the Rest
Comic Regrets: Ex Machina
This is probably going to turn into a short series, focusing on comics that I once collected, but I realized, …Read the Rest
The Good Old Days of Comics
About a week ago, my wife and I had nothing to watch on TV so we pulled out Iron Man …Read the Rest
What A Good Idea!
Saw this floating around some of the toy forums and blogs and though it was a really good idea. I …Read the Rest
We Don’t Owe You Jack
This happens all the time and frankly I’m sick of it. Today, on a stamp forum, someone popped up and …Read the Rest
Free Comic Book Day Sucks
Yesterday was Free Comic Book Day, an annual event that happens on the first Saturday in May. Supposedly, it’s a …Read the Rest
I Don’t Get Obsession
I’ve been thinking, over the past couple of days, and reading threads on obsession in hobbies and to be honest, …Read the Rest
Where to go next?
I guess I’m an anachronism in a lot of ways, especially in my collecting habits. Everywhere I go, I’m the …Read the Rest
Collectors Getting Butthurt
It really bothers me that when people start asking the “hard questions”, so many people freak out. As most know, …Read the Rest
The Good Old Days
After posting that article on collecting, I got to thinking about how things used to be. This isn’t necessarily going …Read the Rest
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