What do Superman and Catsup have in common? Well, beside the color red- there are small towns in Illinois with giant monuments and annual festivals to celebrate them! This month I got to visit both towns in one day. A few weeks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the St. Louis Rams’ 52-0 win over the Oakland Raiders yesterday, I got to thinking- I never did a blog post on my trip to St. Louis, MO to watch the Rams VS Titans last year! Yeah, been a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s start this blog by seeing what Wikipedia has to say about cosplay and related topics: Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure), a portmanteau (blend in linguistics- a combination of taking parts, but not all, of two or more words or their sounds, morphemes, and their meanings into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In my last HGWT blog post I discussed my being a “closet cosplayer“. I’ve loved wearing costumes, making costumes, and meeting costumed characters since I was a kid. Even though I’m almost 50 now, I still feel like I kid when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is my new little buddy Lex. He and 2 siblings were found abandoned at the carnival in Metropolis, IL after the annual Superman Celebration this June. Thankfully all kitties were adopted- and I was lucky enough to take Lex home with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
