Author Archives: Tabz

Fandom. Let’s talk about copyright and that cunning hat.

By Tabz | Published: May 10, 2013

  Copyright and the fandom have never been great friends. I understand, some of my favorite things in the fandom are not-technically allowed. Things like fanfiction, fan art, fanvids etc. These things expand our fandom, bring new fans in and, in general, keep the fandom alive. I know all this, it’s a fantastic thing to [...]

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Tabz’ Guide to Convention Going (or how to avoid looking like a scruffy nerfheader) Part 2: Money

By Tabz | Published: May 4, 2013

Conventions. The mecca of geekdom. Attending conventions is something I’ve done for awhile now and I’ve seen all sorts of “guides” to going to conventions. Many of them are full of practical tips like shower often, eat, sleep. The basic survival guide to attending. Very rarely though have I seen a guide for not being that fan. [...]

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Tabz’ Guide to Convention Going (or how to avoid looking like a scruffy nerfheader) Part 1: Celebs

By Tabz | Published: May 1, 2013

Conventions. The mecca of geekdom. Attending conventions is something I’ve done for awhile now and I’ve seen all sorts of “guides” to going to conventions. Many of them are full of practical tips like shower often, eat, sleep. The basic survival guide to attending. Very rarely though have I seen a guide for not being that [...]

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I’ll even let you borrow my mom…

By Tabz | Published: April 30, 2013

April 30th is the birthday of my mom. It’s a special day, mostly because my mom’s the best. I know it’s cliche for someone to say that about their mother, but I can’t help it – it’s true. Let me tell you a little bit about my mom. My mother and I haven’t always gotten [...]

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The King’s Presence is Like the Sun

By Tabz | Published: April 22, 2013

[Editor's Note: Fair warning, this is about my personal faith. If that offends you, please just move on.] Sometimes I feel that Christians miss a lot of the point of their faith because we live in a democracy. Don’t get me wrong, I love being an American and the freedoms there contained. I’m glad I [...]

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In the wake of tragedy…

By Tabz | Published: April 18, 2013

I live about 3,000 miles away from Boston. About 1,400 miles away from Waco. In short, I live too far away. Tragedy in the US is nothing new. We have had acts of natural disasters, domestic terrorism, assassinations, spree killings, and more just in my lifetime. Yet, every time it strikes I get a huge [...]

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Is there too much content?

By Tabz | Published: April 17, 2013

We’ve been talking a lot in my new office about what things we like. I, of course, being a geek like TV shows, YouTube series, podcasts, books, comics and it’s ilk. They ask me about XYZ TV show that they like and I realize that I’ve fallen tremendously behind because it’s a CBS show and [...]

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Review of Whimsic Alley and The Doctor Who Ball

By Tabz | Published: April 15, 2013

Anyone who has known me for more than five minutes on social media knows of my deep and abiding love for the British TV show, Doctor Who. So it’s no surprise when the local store, Whimsic Alley, announced on Goldstar that they were having a Doctor Who ball on April 13th, that I snapped up tickets for [...]

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My Jack or why you should adopt a pet

By Tabz | Published: April 10, 2013

I know it’s cliche to be a single cat lady who writes posts about her pet. So sue me, sometimes I fall squarely into the cliche category. That said today I was sharing with one of my coworkers how awesome my pet was. Jack the kitten has been very happy to have me home and [...]

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Hidden Geeks

By Tabz | Published: April 9, 2013

There’s been a lot of talk about geeks and the term geek. Some people think that we throw it around too loosely and we attribute “geek” to anything with fake glasses. I, personally, don’t think we give the label to enough people. We’re in a rare time where the skinny, scientific thinking, un-jock is the [...]

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