In the wake of numerous natural disasters throughout the early part of this year, the virtual world has heeded the call to help out the real world in it’s time of need. Almost as soon as the news was released about the devastating earthquakes throughout Japan, online communities began to rally around the cause. On Facebook, Twitter, and across thousands […]
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A Dork Goes Home: San Diego Comic Con
Editor’s note: Brad from “In The Mouth of Dorkness” was kind enough to cross-post this article describing his recent visit to SDCC. If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to visit the geek mecca as a fan, then sit back and enjoy… I grew up in San Diego. The Padres. Balboa Park. The Zoo. […]
Collector Profile: Mel and his magnificent movie poster collection
Mel is a 42 year old attorney working for the the federal government. He lives and works in Washington, DC, and has been collecting movie posters since March 2009. In that short time, he has amassed an incredible collection of movie posters that currently numbers around 1,000! How did your collection start? What was the […]
Pop culture icons spotted at the LEGO Brickfair
This weekend, the LEGO Brickfair returned to the DC suburbs. This is the third Brickfair I have attended, and probably the best one yet. I took my two boys and and my crummy point and shoot camera, so if you want to see some great pics, check out the Brickfair Flickr page. There was a […]
Garage Sale Finds — Some massive Batman, GI Joe, and Star Wars vehicles
There weren’t many sales again this weekend but we had to get out there and at least try. For me, there’s nothing worse than pulling up to a yard sale and seeing someone walking away with a giant bin filled with Legos and action figures, but that happened at both of the yard sales we […]