7 Things I Wish Had Happened 10 Years Sooner

We currently live in a world of great change. I remember seeing cell phones the size of my forearm. I remember when e-readers were a thing of fantasy. There are days when I think I should have been born a long time ago, and other days when I wish I had been born a bit later so I didn't have to suffer through the growing pains of this technology boom. It may be hard to see, but in 100 years, people are going to talk about this time period as the third Industrial Revolution. Oh hey it's already being called that! Welcome to future my friends; we're living in our parents Sci-fi novels, isn't it great? Who doesn't want to be able to use 3D printers? A million other wonderful changes are happening that I can't even get to in a single article.

7. Good Horror Movies

Remember how there was the great period of horror movies where they had to have paramedics on site just in case someone fainted? Remember how there was the terrible period of movies when the last ten minutes should have been cut from the film to make it 9,000 times better? I suffered through the latter one. It was a miserable time for films. Especially those lovely horror films that were remade into something I consider a tragedy to good movies. Lately there has been an uprising of beautifully executed films. I wish that had been ten years ago when the slump was at its worst.

If you haven't seen anything by Guillermo Del Toro you should go change that right now, at least "Pan's Labyrinth". There has also been "Insidious", which feels like an answer to all of our yelling at the stupid characters to do something other than sit there and let the ghosts tear them apart.

7 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Disneyland

The Monsanto House of the Future

Yep, I love going to the happiest place on earth. I’m talking of no other place than Disneyland. True, I’m a complete nut for the little known facts and trivia about the park, and over the years I've come to collect a number of interesting tidbits that the average person just hasn't heard before. So, without further adieu, I present 7 things you probably didn't know about Disneyland.

7. Corsets and Bras From the land of OZ. Well, Main Street actually.

What’s that? Lingerie In Disneyland? You bet. In fact there was an entire lingerie shop called The Wizard of Bras. The Intimate apparel shop selling bras and corsets was on Main Street USA and lasted from 1955 till January 1956 and was in the location now occupied by The China Closet.

7 Ways to Tell You've Been Influenced by British Media

I am American. I was born and raised in the Central Valley, but I have been reading books and watching telly from across the ocean since before I can remember. I grew up quoting Monty Python and not quite getting American humor (I still don't get why American Pie is funny). I read the Harry Potter books the summer I turned 11 (still waiting for my letter). All of this has culminated into this bizarre way that I interact with the world. A lot of my friends have similar problems, so let's see how you can tell if you've spent way too much time being influenced by British media.

7. You say "wicked" or "bloody" just to get away with cursing

As a kid it was highly frowned upon by my parents if I cussed. Most kids had a similar issue. I read the Harry Potter books and started saying "bloody" and I got away with it! My mom had no idea what I was saying. The best part is that sometimes I picked up phrases and didn't even realize they were British--the joys of being a kid. Oddly enough, having read Harry Potter at such a young age, I still say Happy Christmas instead of Merry Christmas. I try to remember to say Merry Christmas, but it always slips out as Happy. I sometimes feel like I'm in second language acquisition and have to hunt for the American way to say something.

7 Ways to tell you're a Whovian

First of all let me apologize for my long silence, it has been a very interesting November. I am a fan of doing National Novel Writing Month, and did it again this year with excellent results! Meaning I finished writing 50,000 words in 30 days, which really means I didn't finish a novel, I just wrote 50,000 words; the novel is no where near done. Second, I am super excited for Christmas! Not because it's Christmas, but because this year's Doctor Who Special looks awesome! I'm looking forward to knowing why I'm suddenly afraid of Snowmen; good thing I live somewhere it doesn't snow (much). 

If you haven't seen the teaser for the Christmas special follow this lovely link.Yep, that's right, snowmen with scary teeth. Please excuse me while I hide under a blanket, maybe I'll make a fort, anyway not the point 8 year old me. Now to the point of this article, how do you know when you're a true Whovian?

7. You see TARDIS blue everywhere. 

I swear out of the corner of my eye I see the TARDIS all the time. There have been times when I have stopped what I was doing and said "Did I just see what I thought I saw?", only to find myself sorely disappointed to discover it was only a sign, car, mailbox, or a man in a dapper suit. Wait man in dapper suit!

7 Ways to Tell Your Paladin is Lawful Stupid

We have all been there. There is always that one guy in the group who wants to play the Lawful good Paladin, and your GM lets him. You mentally groan knowing exactly what to expect.

7. He goes over every detail of the plan a million times to make sure no laws are broken in the process. You have created a plan, maybe it involves killing the cultists in their sleep, and he disapproves. This leads to number three.

6. He is constantly watching the Rouge of the group for any signs of lawbreaking. This is also known as constantly using Detect Evil. Meet a person on the street and he does Detect Evil. If they’re evil he automatically attacks them.