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...Listen up folks! I recently appeared on three, count ‘em THREE, geeky podcasts. Be sure to give each of these episodes a try and support these podcasts! GIRLS GONE GEEK Each month a group of us geeks get together to chat about comic books. Our “Geek Lunch” consists of: Vanessa G. & E. Peterman (from […]
Recently Jon, Serv, Cary, Ed, and me got together and ran down, previewed, reviewed, and generally rambled about the most recent, yet to come, and future television season(s). Check it out over on THE UNIQUE GEEK! Now get listening!
My sincerest thanks to Serv for what he’s doing this morning! His efforts (and those of the team assisting him) are greatly appreciated by all THE UNIQUE GEEKS! Here is a token of my appreciation, buddy. If you can’t view the embedded video above, please click here. If you are feeling a little more metal, […]
Dragon*Con, my home away from home. I believe this was my 10th appearance at this convention and it was definitely one of the better ones! Attended lots of panels, hung out with my friends, met some celebrities, drank far too much, took over 600 photos, and generally had a great time. Sometime in the near […]
You may have noticed the countdown timer in the upper-right hand corner of ONCE UPON A GEEK. This is counting down my arrival at Dragon*Con 2010! We’re about 28 days away and it can’t get here soon enough! Over on THE UNIQUE GEEK, they’re doing their own version of a countdown called 40 Days Of […]
Listen up folks! I recently appeared on an episode of the fantastic and hilarious podcast TWO TRUE FREAKS! Hosts Scott Gardner and Chris Honeywell were kind enough to invite me to join them for Star Wars Monthly Monday #20 (Two True Freaks episode #122). In this episode we talked about Star Wars in general, and […]
Today we are presenting the latest collection of geek related t-shirts from my closet. This time around I’ve included some baseball caps and even one pair of new boxers. For past entries featuring geek apparel, please click here. These shirts are all fairly recent acquisitions. Please note nearly all of these were gifts. My wife […]
Coverage of Dragon*Con 2009 continues here! I’ve already recapped Friday and Saturday, so today will cover Sunday and Monday. If you’d like to see over 600 pictures I took at the event, you can view them on Flickr and THE UNIQUE GEEK photo gallery. SUNDAY After going to sleep around 5am the night before, we […]
Coverage of Dragon*Con 2009 continues here! To read about Friday, click here. If you’d like to see over 600 pictures I took at the event, you can view them on Flickr and THE UNIQUE GEEK photo gallery. Saturday After the WAR OF THE SNORE the night before, Choco Taco and I decided to grab some […]
Dragon*Con was four days of zany geekiness with 30,000 of my closest friends. Today kicks off my recap of celebrities, costumes, events, friends, swag and more! While I’ll cover a lot, this is only a fraction of what took place during Dragon*Con 2009. At certain times, there were as many as 50 different simultaneous sessions […]
