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Welcome to another installment of me rambling on about cartoons, fandoms in general, and just anything that interests me. And just in time for the spooky season, I got a fun one for you today! I just recently finished watching a classic 80s animated show that's been on my docket for quite some time, so of COURSE I had to highlight ten of my favorite stories from it. It's the one and only, "The Real Ghostbusters"! For those not in the know, the "real" label was added to the

Since the dawn of human existence, people have been telling stories and finding multitudes of methods in which to tell them. From cave paintings, to books, to simple word of mouth. And once the internet age arrived, stories both real and fictional exploded across the planet, with any person anywhere having the ability to share their stories with thousands upon millions of people with just one click of the mouse. And while ALL literary genres have been praised and celebrated,

Imposter syndrome: often defined as "the subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one's abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite evidence to suggest the contrary. Those who suffer from impostor syndrome often doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments. They may have a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as frauds. Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this phenomenon do not believe they deserve their succes

So---you're a writer. You're trying to get the disjointed ideas for a story out of your head and onto the page or MS Word document. Things were going great for a while, but now, you're sitting there chewing on your pencil or staring at that blinking cursor, and your head is empty. The ideas just will NOT come to you. You've caught the accursed writer's block! So now the question becomes: how do you cure it? Well, don't fret, because there's actually a TON of ways to get you

From the invention of the first arcade cabinets, to when "Pong" was able to be brought into people's homes, to today's online multiplayer campaigns, I think a great many of us have played some fashion of video games at some point in our lives. And while most critics will focus on a game's music, graphics, level of difficulty, ease of controls, and replay-a-bility, one aspect that didn't often factor in until recent years was its story. Granted, back when people were figurin

It's no secret that books are one of the most important things you can give to and share with a child, no matter how young they are. Even a simple picture book with little to no words can open up a kid's imagination, and teach them things you didn't even realize they were learning. Even the fine motor skills of simply turning pages is crucial. And in a day and age where most kids are being given computers and phones and IPads, it's more important than ever to make sure that g

"Mr. Sandman....bring me a dream...." ...or however the song goes. Since the dawn of humanity's existence, we've constantly been finding ways to tell the stories of our lives, our adventures, our hopes and aspirations, our beliefs---anything and everything. And we've utilized everything at our disposal, from painting on cave walls, to drawing pictures in the stars, to books, to blogs like the one you're reading now. But there's one storytelling avenue that I don't think

When it comes to television, especially the long running series we grew up with and loyally followed every week, it stands to reason that many categories of classification are born from this. The 'best' episodes, the 'saddest' episodes, the 'scariest' episodes, and so on. But whether we like it or not, whether anyone intended to or not, there's another category that no one typically likes talking about; the one that no series can ever seem to escape from: the 'crap' episode.

Hey! Welcome to the third and final part of "TV I grew up with that shaped me into the writer I am today" series. If you missed Part One or Two, where I waxed poetic about Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, just CLICK HERE or HERE to get caught up. (Once more, I'm only doing a cursory reflection of these shows. I'm assuming you've heard of or watched most of these. If you haven't, I highly recommend checking out ALL of these fantastic series for yourself.) But now it's time

Hey! Welcome to Part Two of "television I grew up with that shaped me into the writer and person I am today" series. If you missed Part One, where I babbled on about the early days of Nickelodeon, just CLICK HERE to get caught up. (And once again, I'm only doing a cursory reflection of these shows. I'm assuming you've heard of or watched most of these. If you haven't, I highly recommend checking out ALL of these fantastic series for yourself.) But now it's time to move on

Yo! Welcome to the first true, official blog post! As I said back when I was beta testing everything here (which, thank you to everyone for helping me out, by the way!), I intend to use this blog to gab about books, movies, TV, music, fandom stuff, and pretty much anything that perks my interest in an effort for you all to get to know me better as a person. And likewise, I hope to get to know my audience more too! And as someone who generally enjoys stories with morals, I als

Hey everyone! Welcome to the start of what I hope will become a regular, on-going conversation with you all!