Author Archives: Brian

Geek, writer, voice actor. What more to life is there?

Tim Curry has passed away at 80

Getting sick of posting these. Curry starred in films as wide ranging as the cult classic, Rocky Horror Picture Show, the dark comedy Clue, Stephen King’s IT, and Muppet Treasure Island. Voice roles included Nigel Thornberry, Hexus in FernGully, and Chancellor Palpatine in later seasons of The Clone Wars. He was fixture on stage, debuting as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot. He was nominated for a Grammy for narrating the audiobooks for A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Night Sky Trivia (Constellations, Planets, and Stars)

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Look up in the sky. Take it all in. It’s trivia about the night sky: Constellations, Planets, and Stars for this week’s Dorky Geeky Nerdy.

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Dolly Parton has passed away at age 80

Though not big on the genre stuff, Parton was a huge advocate for reading. Her Imagination Library donated books all over the world.

There are few things as geeky as that. We raise a glass to you, Dolly.

ETA: I am a bad geek! She was on The Orville.

D23 2026 Round Up

A quick list of teasers and trailers we saw at Disney’s D23.

Announcements included:

  • Cast of X-Men (2028)
  • Frozen 3, Zootopia 3, Coco 2, Lilo & Stitch 2, The Princess Diaries 3, an Oswald series, and a (sigh) live-action Tangled
  • Villains Land and Ridge Run Rally at Magic Kingdom
  • Monstropolis at Hollywood Studios
  • Encanto and Indiana Jones and The Myth of the Jade Serpent (with Harrison Ford) at Animal Kingdom

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European Rivers Trivia (Mini 89)

Grab your oars and let’s getting paddling. It’s time for European Rivers Trivia (which is only fair, since we had American Rivers a few months back). Fear not (or tremble in fear) as we’ll have other continents in later episodes.

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African Tour I (Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the DRC)

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Grab your hat and (if you’re pasty like me) your sunscreen because we’re heading to Africa for some trivia. This week I’ve got: Nigeria trivia, Ethiopia trivia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) trivia.

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