Fun Geek Pride Day Today is May 25th, significant for a number of reasons: it’s Towel Day, it’s the anniversary of the 1977 debut of Star Wars, Jessi-James Grey Posted on May 25, 2023
Books, Culture, Life Sweatpants & Culture | Octavia E. Butler: Hope in Science Fiction “Question: Octavia?” “Answer: You mean that tall girl who’s always writing?” “Question: Who is Octavia Butler? Where is she Jessi-James Grey Posted on June 22, 2019
Culture, Life Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Happy Birthday, LeVar Burton! Today, one of my very favorite people in pop culture, LeVar Burton, is 63 years old! Growing up, LeVar Burton was a part of Jessi-James Grey Posted on February 15, 2019
Culture, Life, TV, Movies & Recaps Sweatpants & TV | Your Next Stop: The Twilight Zone “It’s been said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things: science fiction, the improbable made Tony Moir Posted on May 10, 2018
TV, Movies & Recaps 6 Reasons Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is the Weirdest Mystery Show You’re Not Watching Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is one of the most interesting, bizarre and well written mystery shows in recent Alex Doyle Posted on January 2, 2018
Books Shelf Care | Cautionary Tales: Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone Welcome to Shelf Care where I review three books related by a theme. These aren’t necessarily the latest releases, but Alex Doyle Posted on December 22, 2017
TV, Movies & Recaps Sweatpants & TV | 5 Reasons Netflix’s Dark Isn’t Just German Stranger Things The new Netflix original series Dark is a compelling, slow burn mystery with a science fiction twist. Set in a small German Alex Doyle Posted on December 14, 2017
Books, Culture, TV, Movies & Recaps Sweatpants & Pop Culture | George R. R. Martin’s 69th Name Day Today, we are celebrating the birth of author, screenwriter, producer, and emotional sadist, George R. R. Martin. Born in Jessi-James Grey Posted on September 19, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Culture | Celebrating the Life of Octavia Butler on Her Seventieth Birthday Octavia Butler opened up the science fiction genre to a more diverse readership. Today would have been her 70th birthday. Jessi-James Grey Posted on June 21, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Pop Culture | World Goth Day May 22nd is World Goth Day, an observance that began in Britain in 2009, growing from BBC Radio 6 program that took a look at Jessi-James Grey Posted on May 22, 2017