The Panels on Pages team recently asked me to answer a few questions about my time at Wizard Entertainment as part of a retrospective on the period leading up to and following the launch of their site, which was created in the aftermath of Wizard shutting down their message boards. I’ve always been a big [...]

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I haven’t made many public appearances since the baby’s arrival a few weeks ago, but I’ll be trekking into the belly of the beast Sunday, March 10, to be one of the speakers at this year’s College Media Association Spring Convention. The convention is being held at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel in Manhattan, and [...]

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I didn’t expect to post anything else related to SOPA and PIPA today, but this video was just too darn fantastic to ignore. Courtesy of Laugh Pong, this is “The Day The LOLcats Died”: (via laughingsquid)

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As someone who makes a living by writing about and reacting to pop-culture and entertainment trends, it should come as no surprise that I’m not a big fan of SOPA and PIPA — the two pieces of legislation that are being protested around the ‘net today. There is a lot written about both bills by [...]

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A slow period on the site here generally means a busy week on the homefront, and that’s exactly what happened this week. I’m ridiculously excited about a new gig that finalized this week that’s the perfect balance of fun writing and good pay, and it should keep me even busier (in the best possible way) [...]

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I was interviewed by CNN recently about “the evolution of the nerd” in mainstream culture. The article was pegged to the new season of “My Life As Liz,” an MTV “reality” series that follows a geeky girl through her last year of high school and in its new season, her freshman year at college. You [...]

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A little late, but yet another list of some of the books, movies and such that I checked out in February (as always, it’s mostly for my own records, but I figured I’d make the notes public): TV Fringe Burn Notice Human Target Lost BOOKS Angel of Darkness – Caleb Carr Mr. Abernathy – Tony [...]

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