A place for all things geek... ONCE UPON A GEEK is a blog that focuses on a variety of geeky topics, including: comic books, Doctor Who, Star Wars (classic and legacy characters), role-playing, 80’s TV shows, and science fiction in general. However, any topic is really fair game. Don't forget to share your thoughts by adding comments!
By day, The Irredeemable Shag plays the part of a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. By night, he is a frightening creature that strikes terror into the hearts of criminals!
... or ...
maybe The Irredeemable Shag managed a comic book store for four years, and a movie theater megaplex for three years. Nowadays he's just a really vocal geek on THE UNIQUE GEEK, a semi-regular on the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast, and runs the ONCE UPON A GEEK and FIRESTORM FAN blogs.
You decide...My five year old daughter, we call her the Precocious Princess here, loves to dress up. Absolutely loves it! Whenever we’re in a store, she wants to try on all the costumes. After swapping superhero in-store-costume stories with my buddies C.T. from Nerd Lunch and Terry, I was inspired. When the Princess and I next […]
Yesterday I posted several items I received for my birthday, including a TARDIS Cookie Jar. Today I’ll be covering the awesome geek-related t-shirts I received! This first shirt came from my four year old daughter, the Precocious Princess. She knows her daddy loves Star Wars so she picked out this shirt for me! I love […]
I was totally overwhelmed and touched by all the birthday wishes I received last week! My thanks to all of you that sent messages through Facebook, ultimately bringing the social networking goliath to its knees on Thursday. I was on the road for work on my actual birthday, but I was able to catch dinner […]
I have a four-year-old daughter. Let’s call her the Precocious Princess for discussion purposes here. As many children do, she idolizes her older brother (he’s 10). She sees him playing with superhero and sci-fi action figures and emulates his behavior. Recognizing that, I’ve been trying to buy her girl-centric superhero toys. If she’s going to […]
