General …Rising From the Ashes! draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Greetings, Friends & Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, with the RETURN of the Blog that started it all for me, back in 2011, The Draconic Verses! I’ll be doing all sorts of updates on the site, and though you might see a batch of posts on here already, it’s because… Continue Reading
General A Clarification On My Tweets regarding TCM’s Drive-in Double Features draconicverses, May 16, 2015 I’d like to apologize for any confusion that I may have inadvertently caused with some of my tweets, in which I mentioned TCM‘s Drive-In Double Features which ran on Thursday nights in June 2011. A number of us were talking about how much we missed that grouping of movies and… Continue Reading
Art & Design Meet FAIL-ZILLA draconicverses, February 21, 2012 I’ve been trying to find just the right image to use & I found it in one of my 2 1996 Goji Puzzle books. There’s the Fail-Whale that Twitter users are familiar with, & Scott Kurtz, author of the VERY funny PVP webcomic, has a pic of his Troll, SKULL,… Continue Reading
General Gung Hay Fat Choy! draconicverses, January 23, 2012 Happy Chinese New Year! Hey! It’s the Year of the Dragon! Hmmm A good sign for me, yes? Especially as I was born in a previous Year of the Dragon. Continue Reading
Books Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien draconicverses, January 3, 2012 Today marks the 120th birthday of Prof. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. As the world knows, he created the world of Middle-earth with its Hobbits, Rangers, Orcs, Ringwraiths and such. It’s a testament to this quiet man’s brilliance that THE LORD OF THE RINGS was the most read book of the… Continue Reading
Books A Special, Though Serious Day draconicverses, December 30, 2011 It was five years ago today, that my Aunt Barbara passed away after a long, hard fought battle with ovarian cancer. She’d managed to hold on until after Christmas, thankfully, for her grandchildren’s sake, but sadly she didn’t have the strength to last until after New Year’s. I was very… Continue Reading
General The 12 Days of Geek-mas draconicverses, December 16, 2011 I got hit with a little muse earlier & had to give in. I think I hit a lot of genres of Geek-dom. On the first day of Geek-mas, I got this from a con – The One Ring to rule them all. On the second day of Geek-mas, I… Continue Reading
General The 12 Days of Kaiju-mas draconicverses, December 7, 2011 On the first day of Kaiju-mas, Godzilla sent to me – Godzoo-hooky’s head on a stick. On the second day of Kaiju-mas, Godzilla sent to me – 2 Maser Tanks and Godzoo-hooky’s head on a stick. On the third day of Kaiju-mas, Godzilla sent to me – 3 Dead Dorats,… Continue Reading
General Prince Sirki Claims The Creator of Pern draconicverses, November 25, 2011 Many of you know how important THE LORD OF THE RINGS is to me, but the second series of fantasy books I read after that were The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. On my 14th birthday, I got a neat present. the first Pern trilogy, consisting of DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST… Continue Reading
General Happy Birthday, Uncle Forry! draconicverses, November 24, 2011 Today would have been Forrest J. Ackerman’s 95th birthday. We all miss you, O Ackermonster! For those who don’t know, Forry was the man who coined the phrase ‘Sci-Fi” and founded the seminal Monster Movie magazine, FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. He was a science fiction aficionado and had a huge… Continue Reading