I was sitting at my desk at work today eating my lunch and reading the latest issue of Astonishing X-Men when I took a moment to look up at the four Kevin Smith Inaction Figures that adorn part of my L-shaped cubicle. Let me back up. I’m a geek who collects action (and in this … Continue reading
I love to write. I sometimes feel like that’s what I was put on this earth to do, despite how lame that sounds. I’m currently engaged in four different writing projects, each of which pulls from a different portion of my creative center: “The Draconia Chronicles”A web comic that I write for, this has been … Continue reading
I used to enjoy playing board games growing up. Parcheesi, Aggravation, Sorry, and the over-produced Monopoly were common staples in my family’s household when I was a kid. I even enjoyed many of the card games that were popular around that time, like UNO. My favourites were generally either of the MAD Magazine games – … Continue reading
Ever since Rocky Balboa came out in theaters a couple of years ago I’ve been meaning to watch through the series in its entirety. When Devin posted his review of the first film awhile back, it inspired me to want to watch this continuing story of a man and his dream even more. Last week, … Continue reading
I’m sure many of you fellow bloggers and writers out there run into this problem all the time – sometimes there are days, weeks, years when you just can’t come up with something to write about for your blog, web site, class paper, next novel, grandmother, final dying words. One of these has descended upon … Continue reading
I’m just a tad on the busy side this week. I’m currently prepping for a movie premiere in Luray, Virginia this Saturday for a “white trash horror flick” a friend of mine made called The Creightonville Terror.My job? I’m the horror show host “Dr. Ghoulie”, who not only appears onscreen to host the film in … Continue reading
I watched what was to be the original third season finale of Chuck last night. I say “was to be”, because NBC greenlit six more episodes during production of the initial thirteen. Already deep enough into the season’s run when the announcement was made, the show runners were unable to alter the storyline they had … Continue reading
I just turned thirty-five over the weekend, and aside from noting that I can quote a stop-motion animated Ralph Macchio from the old Lipton Brisk Iced Tea commercials for the next year to the point of annoying people, there really isn’t anything about being thirty-five that feels any different from being thirty-four. That is, until … Continue reading
As this is my first official blog for CHUD, I suppose I should get the standard introduction out of the way: I’m Donnie Sturges. I go by Don S. in the forums. And I still like The Neverending Story, The Goonies, and The Monster Squad. I mention this because Devin just did a movie review … Continue reading