I’m Back!!

Well after this almost 4 month hiatus, I’ve decided that my life and schedule has finally decided to calm down and I can get back to this blogging fun.

 

Since the last time that I really did a post, I changed jobs and my wife finally graduated with her degree from York College of Pennsylvania.  She now has her Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting (YAY Numbers!!), and currently has a job with York Sheet Metal, which is a subsidiary of The APX Company.  She might not have gotten a job as an accountant as of yet, but she is involved in changing things as a Pricing agent, figuring out the prices of all of the different styles they can process sheet metal.

 

But also with my wife completing her degree, nothing would be completely a mess without me changing my job as well.  I decided back in March to leave my job with Wellspan Health in York, PA and got a job as a Medical Technologist is the Special Chemistry Department of Johns Hopkins Hospital down in Baltimore, MD.  So I finally made my way to a first shift job, which I’ve been trying to get for the past 8 years at Wellspan.  Then within my 90 day probation period at Johns Hopkins, I was just given a promotion to become one of the Lead Technologists within the Special Chemistry Department of the Laboratory.  So now we can live a complete life with 2 full-time incomes coming into the family, allowing us to go on more experiences as Geek and Family.

But let’s continue with how I left this blog with a glance at what is coming out in the entertainment world:

Conventions and some guests for the June 2 weekend:

• Hickory Con – Hickory, NC: June 3rd, 2017
• Ohana Con – Madison, WI: June 2-4, 2017
  • Veronica Taylor (Pokémon); Eric Stuart (Pokémon); Victori Belle (Cosplay)
• Niagara Falls Comic Con – Niagara Falls, Canada: June 2-4, 2017
  • Kevin Smith; Peter Mayhew (Star Wars); Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street); Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie); Jason Mewes; Lee Meriwether (Batman); Tara Reid (American Pie); Christian Distefano (Paw Patrol)
• Dokomi – Dusseldorf, Germany: June 3-4, 2017
• Jersey Shore Comic Book Show – Smithville, NJ: June 4, 2017
• Lake Effect Comic Book Convention – Mentor, OH: June 4,2017
• Albany Comic Con – Albany, NY: June 4, 2017
• Wichicon – Wichita, KS: June 3-4, 2017
• Quad Cities Comic Convention – Davenport, IA: June 3-4, 2017
  • Carla Perez (Rita Repulsa); Robert Axelrod (Power Rangers)
• Book Expo – Javits Center, New York City: May 31-June 2, 2017
  • Alan Alda (M*A*S*H); Denis Leary; James Patterson (Crazy House); Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events); Neil Patrick Harris; R.L Stine; Stephen King; Veronica Roth (The Divergent Series); Victoria Aveyard (The Red Queen Series)
• Book Con – Javits Center, New York City: June 3-4, 2017
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy; Chelsea Clinton; Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code); Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die Series); Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants); Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid); Kevin Hart; Mayim Bialik (Big Bang Theory)

Movies for the June 2 Weekend:

• Wonder Woman: Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, and Robin Wright
• Captain Underpants: Starring Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, and Ed Helms
• Dean: Starring Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline, and Gillian Jacobs
• 3 Idiotas: Starring Martha Higareda, Alfonso Dosal, and Christian Vazquez
• Past Life: Starring Nelly Tagar, Joy Rieger, and Doron Tavory
• Band Aid: Starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, and Fred Armisen
• Vincent N Roxxy: Starring Emile Hirsch, Zoe Kravitz, and Zoey Deutch
• Churchill: Starring Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, and John Slattery

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2016…WHY!!?!?!?!

I know this post is coming almost 5 months after 2017 started and actually after the 45th President of the United States has been inaugurated, but I finally had some time to look over what had happened to us and geeks everywhere during the year of 2016.

Truthfully, what the hell happened last year??  Was everything just prearranged that most of the people I either listened to or watched while I was growing up were going to pass away during the same 12 month period?  If you were living in a hole last year like a hermit, or if you just weren’t paying attention to the news at all, I just wanted to post a list of all of the wonderful people that we lost during 2016.

1. Robert Stigwood – Australian band manager and film producer (Bee Gees, Cream, Grease, Saturday Night Fever)
2. Nicholas Caldwell – American R&B singer (The Whispers)
3. Pat Harrington Jr. – Voice, stage, and TV actor (One Day at a Time)
4. Troy Shondell – singer for Liberty Records (known for “This Time”)
5. Kitty Kallen – singer from the 1930s to the 1960s
6. Angus Scrimm – actor and author (played the Tall Man in 1979 horror film “Phantasm”)
7. David Bowie
8. David Margulies – American actor
9. Brian Bedford – Tony award nominated stage actor (Shakespearean work)
10. Alan Rickman
11. Rene Angelil – Music producer and married to Celine Dion
12. Dan Haggerty – American actor (played Grizzly Adams)
13. Noreen Corcoran – American actress, dancer, and singer (co-starred on “Bachelor Father”)
14. Glen Frey – American singer and songwriter (founding member of “Eagles)
15. Abe Vigoda – American character actor (Salvatore Tessil in “The Godfather” and Phil Fish in “Barney Miller”
16. Paul Kantner – American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (co-found “Jefferson Airplane”)
17. Mike Minor – American actor (Steve Elliott on “Petticoat Junction”)
18. Bob Elliot – American actor and comedian (one-half of the comedy duo “Bob and Ray”)
19. Maurice White – American singer, songwrite, musician (founder of “Earth, Wind & Fire)
20. Joe Alaskey – American actor, voice artist, and impressionist (successor of Mel Blanc at Warner Bros. Animation)
21. Joe Dowell – American pop singer
22. Antonin Scalia – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
23. George Gaynes – Singe, actor, comedian (Eric Lassard in “Police Academy” series)
24. Vanity – Canadian singer, songwriter (real name Denise Matthews)(Lead singer of “Vanity 6”)
25. Tom Mullica – American comedy magician
26. Harper Lee – American novelist (“To Kill a Mockingbird”)
27. Yolande Fox – Miss America 1951
28. Sonny James – American country music singer
29. Lennie Baker – American singer (saxophone player for “Danny and the Juniors”)
30. Tony Burton – American actor, boxer, and football player (Tony “Duke” Evers in the Rocky franchise)
31. George Kennedy – American actor (“Cool Hand Luke”)
32. Gil Hill – Police Officer, Actor (Beverly Hills Cop)
33. Joey Martin Feek – American country music singer
34. Nancy Reagan – American actress and wife of Ronald Reagan
35. Sir George Martin – English record producer (referred to as the “Fifth Beatle”)
36. Robert Horton – American TV and stage actor
37. Keith Emerson – English musician and composer (founding member of “Emerson, Lake & Palmer”)
38. Frank Sinatra Jr.
39. Larry Drake – American actor, voice actor, and comedian (Darkman series)
40. Peter Brown – American actor (ABC’s Lawman)
41. Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto
42. Richard Bradford – American actor (“Man in a Suitcase”)
43. Joe Garagiola – Baseball player (catcher/announcer)
44. Ken Howard – American actor, President of SAG
45. Earl Hamner Jr. – American TV writer/producer (“The Waltons”)
46. Garry Shandling – American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer
47. Mother Angelica – founder of EWTN
48. Merle Haggard – American singer/songwriter (“The Strangers”
49. Doris Roberts – American actress (“Everybody Loves Raymond”)
50. Chyna – Professional wrestler
51. Prince
52. Lonnie Mack McIntosh – American rock, blues, and country singer/guitarist
53. Madeleine Sherwood – Canadian actress
54. William Schallert – American character actor
55. Morley Safer – Canadian/American broadcast journalist for CBS News
56. Alan Young – American actor (Wilbur on “Mister Ed”)
57. Burt Kwouk – British actor (Cato in “Pink Panther”)
58. Patty Duke – American actress (Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker”
59. Muhammad Ali
60. Gordie Howe
61. Christina Grimmie – American singer/songwriter (“The Voice”
62. Michu Meszaros – Hungarian actor (“ALF”)
63. Ann Guilbert – American actress (“The Dick Van Dyke Show” “The Nanny”)
64. Ronnie Claire Edwards – American actress (“The Waltons”)
65. Ron Lester – American actor (“Varsity Blues”)
66. Anton Yelchin – American actor (Pavel Chekov in “Star Trek” reboot)
67. Mack Rice – “Mustang Sally”
68. Buddy Ryan – Football coach
69. Pat Summitt – Tennessee Lady Vols head coach
70. Michael Cimino – Film director for “The Deer Hunter”
71. Elie Wiesel – Romanian-born Jewish writer, Holocause survivor (“Night”)
72. Noel Neill – American actress (Lois Lane in “Superman” (1948))
73. Garry Marshall – American actor/director (Creator of “Happy Days”)
74. Ricci Martin – American musician, son of Dean Martin
75. John Saunders – Canadian/American sports journalist (ESPN)
76. Alexis Arquette
77. Michel Richard
78. Kenny Baker
79. Fyvush Finkel
80. John McLaughlin
81. James Woolley
82. Jack Riley
83. Steven Hill
84. Jeanne Martin
85. Marvin Kaplan
86. Juan Gabriel
87. Gene Wilder
88. Jon Polito
89. Hugh O’Brian
90. James Stacy
91. Charmian Carr
92. Bill Nunn
93. Jean Shepard
94. Jose Fernandez
95. Arnold Palmer
96. Shimon Peres
97. Thomas Ford
98. Kevin Meaney
99. Pete Burns
100. Bobby Vee
101. Tammy Grimes
102. Kay Starr
103. Janet Reno
104. Leonard Cohen
105. Robert Vaughn
106. Leon Russell
107. Gwen Ifill
108. Holly Dunn
109. Mose Allison
110. Sharon Jones
111. Florence Henderson
112. Fidel Castro
113. Ron Glass
114. Fritz Weaver
115. Van Williams
116. Jim Delligatti
117. Keo Woolford
118. Grant Tinker
119. Don Calfa
120. Billy Chapin
121. Rashaan Salaam
122. Greg Lake
123. Joseph Mascolo
124. John Glenn
125. Alan Thicke
126. Bernard Fox – Welsh actor – “Bewitched”, “Hogan’s Heroes”, “Andy Griffith Show”
127. Craig Sager
128. Zsa Zsa Gabor
129. Gordie Tapp – Canadian entertainer, known as a radio and TV presenter, comedian and a CBS broadcaster
130. Michele Morgan – French film actress
131. Rick Parfitt – English musician for band Status Quo
132. Liz Smith – English character actress (Betty Gleadle, MBE)
133. Richard Adams – English novelist
134. George Michael
135. Vera Rubin – American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates
136. Alphonse Mouzon – American jazz fusion drummer and owner of Tenacious Records
137. George S. Irving – American actor, known for character roles on Broadway
138. Ricky Harris – American producer, actor and comedian
139. Carrie Fisher
140. Debbie Reynolds
141. William Christopher – American actor (Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle and Father Mulcahy on “M*A*S*H”)

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