Some people ask me what I mean by this tag-line. So, I thought I’d give an example because a couple of things have happened over the past few weeks that really illustrate this point. The first happened a couple weeks ago. It weirded me out so much I almost posted something about it here to […]
Here’s something interestng. According to the Associated Press, France’s space agency is “putting years of UFO research and tens of thousands of documents on the Web.” According to the story, there has been a small group of researchers spending the last several years trying to explain reports of unidentified flying objects. They’ve been able to […]
OK, living on Mars will probably not be a reality in our lifetimes, but you can always pretend. Avatar Reality, Inc., recently announced that it is developing an online massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW) where players can develop an avatar to live on a virtual, terraformed Mars. “Our goal is to create an online virtual […]
I saw this story today and just had to share it with you. Airline moves dead body to 1st class afer woman dies in economy cabinLONDON (AP) – A first-class passenger on a flight from Delhi to London awoke find the corpse of a woman who had died in the economy cabin being placed in […]
John Pelico, one of the judges for The 1st Annual Genre Traveler Photo Contest, is the creator of KillerPumpkins.com. Recently, they announced that their next scheduled event will be Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors. Organized by Creation Entertainment, Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors will be held at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank CA […]
My two favorite rides at Disneyland have always been Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. The former celebrates 40 years today. Wow! That means its only a few months younger than me. My how time flies. Anyway, according to a press release, the ride has hosted nearly 315,000,000 guests. I wonder how many […]
Because I just opened a new poll on The Genre Traveler‘s Yahoo! Groups page to help decide which charity would get the funds raised from The 1st Annual Genre Traveler Photo Contest which launched yesterday, I closed out the poll that’s been up since I started back in 2005. Here are the results: The question […]
According to Sy Fy Portal’s Michael Hinman, “Linlithgow, a town in Scotland’s West Lothian region, has laid claim as being the birthplace, albeit the fictional one, of Capt. Montgomery Scott, the character played by the late James Doohan affectionately known as Scotty.” For more information: Scottish Town To Honor American TV’s Most Famous Scot Linlithgow […]
Last Thursday and Friday, I attended the New Communications Forum in Las Vegas for my day job. My husband, a big fan of Las Vegas, stayed at the Venetian with me. I didn’t have much time to explore — I really, really wanted to go have a drink at Quark’s Bar in the Las Vegas […]
I read this commentary the other day on what makes a blog a blog. The key is the commenting feature, and yet most blogs don’t receive many comments, if at all. The writer gave some reason as to why he thought comments were few and far between. “First, there’s the frenetic pace of the postings. […]