by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Dec 23, 2020 | Article, Geek Dad Guide, Pop Culture
One of my fondest childhood memories of Christmas was sitting down on my Dad’s lap at his work computer and watching the NORAD Santa Tracker. NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) has been tracking Santa’s Christmas Eve flight since 1955, and this year...
by Josiah Golojuh | Apr 5, 2020 | Article, Comics, Geek Dad Guide, Pop Culture |
Every Saturday as a kid, my Mom would go visit her parents, and I pretty much always went with her. After my fill of Saturday morning cartoons, Mom and I would hop in the Dodge Caravan and run errands before heading to Grandma’s. Grandma and Pap lived in Natrona...
by Josiah Golojuh | Dec 22, 2019 | Article, Geek Dad Guide, Pop Culture, Retro Review
As a kid, all is magic, all is possibility, and no holiday distilled that idea more than Christmas. When I woke I was greeted by a Christmas tree enveloped by boxes of toys. Each wrapped box a mystery and even opened the toy itself represented possibility and stories...
by Josiah Golojuh | Oct 20, 2019 | Article, Geek Dad Guide
For nearly two years I’ve done my small part to support the Grand Geek Gathering by writing various columns. I’ve written a bunch of Retro Reviews (click here for my favorite) and currently my Geek Dad stuff (click here for my most useful). As of last Tuesday, I...
by Josiah Golojuh | Sep 1, 2019 | Article, Comics, Conventions, Geek Dad Guide, Pop Culture
For over a month I have struggled to find an approach for my next Geek Dad entry. I initially wanted to write a sort of Comic-Con post script, as the first article in this series was advice for taking a child (a very small one) to Comic-Con. Yet, every single time I...
by Josiah Golojuh | Jul 17, 2019 | Article, Conventions, Geek Dad Guide, Pop Culture
When you have a kid your life really does change, but who you are doesn’t have to. I’m a geek. I do geeky things. I go to geeky places. When I do those things and go to those places, I now have a kid in tow. Comic-Con is no different. Going to Comic-Con itself is...
