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Culture on My Mind – Dragon Con Report 2025 #8: Revelry Round Up

Culture on My MindDragon Con Report 2025 #8: Revelry Round UpAugust 27, 2025 One of the ways that I like to prep for Dragon Con is by listening to the Dragon Con Report podcast. Brought to you by the ESO Network, the podcast is a monthly discussion on all things Dragon Con that counts down to the big event over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is hosted by Michael Gordon, Jennifer…

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Culture on My Mind – Dragon Con Report 2025 #7: Bunny Hutch

Culture on My MindDragon Con Report 2025 #7: Bunny HutchAugust 27, 2025 One of the ways that I like to prep for Dragon Con is by listening to the Dragon Con Report podcast. Brought to you by the ESO Network, the podcast is a monthly discussion on all things Dragon Con that counts down to the big event over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is hosted by Michael Gordon, Jennifer…

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Culture on My Mind – Dragon Con Report 2025 #6: Trek Track

Culture on My MindDragon Con Report 2025 #6: Trek TrackAugust 26, 2025 One of the ways that I like to prep for Dragon Con is by listening to the Dragon Con Report podcast. Brought to you by the ESO Network, the podcast is a monthly discussion on all things Dragon Con that counts down to the big event over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is hosted by Michael Gordon, Jennifer…

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Dragon Con 2025

Dragon Con 2025 Atlanta, GA – August 28 through September 1, 2025 Dragon Con! It’s an annual tradition for me. It’s also a family reunion of sorts as I catch up with dear friends from around the world. This year will be my sixteenth time attending and my tenth year as an attending professional. If you plan to be there, you can find me at various places over Labor Day weekend according to the…

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Culture on My Mind – The Word and the Fire

Culture on My MindThe Word and the FireJune 16, 2025 Every so often a news story crosses my desk about a home or church that burned to the ground. What makes them stand out is when journalists emphasize how a bible “miraculously” survived the fire. The most notable example in American history comes from the fire that consumed Peshtigo, Wisconsin in October 1871. It was a result of slash-and-burn…

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Culture on My Mind – Dragon Con Report 2025 #5: Palmetto Knights

Culture on My MindDragon Con Report 2025 #5: Palmetto KnightsJuly 3, 2025 One of the ways that I like to prep for Dragon Con is by listening to the Dragon Con Report podcast. Brought to you by the ESO Network, the podcast is a monthly discussion on all things Dragon Con that counts down to the big event over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is hosted by Michael Gordon, Jennifer…

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STEAM Saturday – Cosmic Dawn and Birthday Tortoise

STEAM SaturdayCosmic Dawn and Birthday TortoiseJune 28, 2025 In this edition, Japan crashes into the moon again, happy birthday to Goliath, and eyes on the Cosmic Dawn. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? About a year. This is one of the series on Creative Criticality that takes a bit of work to research and assemble, and things have been a bit busy behind the scenes. Scientific America – A Japanese…

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Culture on My Mind – Dragon Con Report 2025 #4: Glamour Geek Revue

Culture on My MindDragon Con Report 2025 #4: Glamour Geek RevueJune 20, 2025 One of the ways that I like to prep for Dragon Con is by listening to the Dragon Con Report podcast. Brought to you by the ESO Network, the podcast is a monthly discussion on all things Dragon Con that counts down to the big event over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is hosted by Michael Gordon, Jennifer…

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Culture on My Mind – Cleaning Up After the Storm: Reflections on Black Widow in the Age of Ultron

Culture on My MindCleaning Up After the Storm: Reflections on Black Widow in the Age of UltronMay 14, 2015 Natasha Romanoff, better known as Black Widow, is a strong female character and role model in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. Throughout the movies so far, she has held her own as an agent of SHIELD and as an Avenger. She has capably stopped threats both on a planetary and galactic scale,…

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Culture on My Mind – Thoughts on Gotham

Culture on My MindThoughts on GothamMay 11, 2015 I’m not the typical comic book property fan. I don’t care about canon from book to screen – I’m able to read, and if I wanted to experience the adventures in the pages, I’m more than capable of consuming them – but I do care about consistency within the story itself. That’s where Gotham has failed. The first season of the show started with such…

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Culture on My Mind – Book Review: “Player Choice” by Jeff Deck

Culture on My MindBook Review: “Player Choice” by Jeff DeckApril 17, 2015 Jeff Deck, co-author of The Great Typo Hunt, recently reached out to me to promote his new novel Player Choice. He provided me a copy in exchange for an honest review. It’s 2040. With neural implants, people can play games in an immersive virtual reality known as the aether space. Game designer Glen Cullather has a plan…

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Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

Culture on My MindLeonard Nimoy (1931-2015)February 27, 2015 It’s difficult to fathom right now, but a legend is truly gone. Leonard Nimoy, icon of the stage and screen, has died at the age of 83. Similar to most fans of his work, I knew him best as the stoic Mr. Spock in the Star Trek franchise. In that role, Nimoy portrayed a half-human, half-Vulcan science officer who was (supposedly) devoid…

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My Only Hope for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Culture on My MindMy Only Hope for Star Wars: The Force AwakensFebruary 11, 2015 I sincerely have one hope for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I hope that it is good. As silly as it sounds, I hope that is a good movie. Not just good in the it’s a movie with the original cast and has the words star and wars in the title so it has to be good sense, but rather the knock your socks off even if this is…

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Culture on My Mind – Shelving the Star Wars Expanded Universe Makes Sense

Culture on My MindShelving the Star Wars Expanded Universe Makes SenseMay 4, 2014 I’ve been thinking about the recent shake-up in the Star Wars expanded universe, and it’s taken me some time to really sort out my thoughts both in relation to my emotions and good business sense. I agree with the decision, and believe that it makes sense to do it. Part I – The Books and Me It seems fitting that…

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Culture on My Mind – Movie Review: Batman Returns (1992)

Culture on My MindMovie Review: Batman Returns (1992)September 4, 2014 Batman Returns is the oft-maligned second child in the Tim Burton-directed Caped Crusader family. Expectations were so high after the first film that, while being an otherwise enjoyable experience, it had no other choice but to disappoint audiences looking for another Batman. The thing is, this film isn’t supposed to…

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Culture on My Mind – Goodbye, Robin Williams

Culture on My MindGoodbye, Robin WilliamsAugust 13, 2014 Few celebrity deaths in recent times have hit me as hard that of Robin Williams. Unless I have met them in person, I usually see celebrities as people who entertain me for a living, but not as friends or family. It’s a nice touch to wave a greeting, shake hands, or even exchange a few words at a convention, but in general, they are…

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Culture on My Mind – Protecting our Childhoods

Culture on My MindProtecting our ChildhoodsJuly 28, 2014 If there’s one thing fans treasure, it’s the memories that their favorite franchises helped them develop. Science fiction is a metaphor for the human condition, and those memories have the power to develop fans into caring and productive members of society starting at childhood. It’s understandable how placing those personality building…