News, Comic Cons, Scottish Festivals, Nerd Events
As of December 2019, we have confirmed dates for almost sixty (60) Comic cons and related events in North and South Carolina during 2020. Thank you for your continued support in keeping the calendars updated. Hope to see some of Read More …
The main calendar of my website has grown tremendously over the past year. As a result, I have elected to divide the calendar into two pages. All North Carolina comic cons and related events Read More …
In 1932, Eastman Kodak released an 8mm film specifically designed for home movies. It was a filmstrip eight millimeters wide and available on small reels. The film was fragile, subject to easy breakage and damage from the usual suspects – Read More …
2017 is the 100th Anniversary for two popular Carolina-born products. Eugenia Thomas Duke began making sandwiches in 1917 for Greenville, South Carolina area textile mills and soldiers at nearby Camp Sevier during WWI. Her sandwiches, featuring homemade spreads, became a Read More …
In January of this year I ordered a free radon test kit from the SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Radon is an odorless, naturally occurring radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. It is created by the breakdown of Read More …
I encountered my first Venus Flytrap many years ago as a teenager, while exploring a wooded area in Horry County with some friends who lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Since that time I have always been fascinated with this Read More …
228 years ago today… On May 23, 1788, my home state of South Carolina became the 8th to ratify the U.S. Constitution and join the United States of America.
Last week I received a calendar alert on my iPhone reminding me of the one year anniversary of Pete’s death. I did not know Pete personally. In fact, we were complete strangers until May of 2015, when he suddenly appeared Read More …
See the green “X” overlaid on one of the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina? That’s Morgan Island, commonly referred to as Monkey Island. I marked the spot because neither name appeared on Google Maps when I searched Read More …