I lost my car today. No, this is not the ramblings of an old man, roaming around the Target parking lot, forgetting where he parked and muttering curses loud enough for anyone nearby to steer clear. I—unknowingly at the time—was a victim of the San Diego floods of January 22, 2024. If you haven’t heard... Continue Reading →
Welcome to 2024 and the second full year of Tales From My Spinner Rack! When I started this series one year ago on my blog, I didn’t realize where it would take me. I thought it would be a fun, little, hobby type of thing, exploring the comic books I loved as a kid and... Continue Reading →
Here's a gallery of some of my personal favorites of all the photos I took in 2023. I start out each year by archiving my previous year's photos onto a removable hard drive, mainly to keep my Photos app on my MacBook clear and clean, but also because I'm "that way," a little bit OCD... Continue Reading →
Eight books this month, not a record, but a big month for me. I made it to my GoodReads goal of 75 books in 2023, surpassing it by six for a total of 81, so I guess 2024’s goal will have to be 85! Calico by Lee GoldbergI started reading Lee Goldberg’s books—well, some of... Continue Reading →
From the Home Office in San Diego, CA, in which the author bares his soul ... Let’s just say 2023 wasn’t my favorite year. I had a few health problems in the second half, thankfully nothing major (so far), and an also not-my-favorite trip to my beloved United Kingdom (Harrogate and London), plus the usual... Continue Reading →
We’re back on the world-famous Official Tales From My Spinner Rack! YouTube Channel with our first, all-new video, one that isn’t based on a convention presentation that I did. If you’ve been reading the three-part “December 1965” saga here over the past month, you’ll be (hopefully) happy to see a video devoted to the series.... Continue Reading →
No, I'm not Tiny Tim, but I do want to wish all my followers and those who have just stumbled upon me a very Merry Christmas and the best of everything for 2024. 2023 was an interesting year for me, both good and bad, but I'm grateful for all of you who have decided to... Continue Reading →
Here's the final part of my UK Photo Diary, focusing on Christmas decorations in and around London that I found during my trip in November 2023. To be honest, this was a part of my trip I was looking forward to: Going around—especially in the evening—and scoping out some of London's best decorations, but to... Continue Reading →
All art in this post TM & © MARVEL; all art is scanned from the original comics in my collection. Click on the images to see them larger on your screen. Here are the final five December 1965 cover-dated comics from Marvel. They were released in a different month and one of the easiest ways... Continue Reading →
Here's the second half of my November 2023 trip to London, covering Thursday, November 16 through Sunday, November 19, the day I climbed onto that big metal bird adorned with the red and blue of the British flag on the outside and took an 11-hour journey back to San Diego. Click on the images below... Continue Reading →
All art in this post TM & © MARVEL; all art is scanned from the original comics in my collection. Click on the images to see them larger on your screen. At the end of Part 01 of December 1965 (click here to read it), I eluded to the fact that the December cover-dated Marvel... Continue Reading →
Sunday, November 12th had me up early in Harrogate to make my last visit to the Majestic's spectacular free breakfast. I was hopping the direct LNER train from Harrogate to London at 11:15 AM. It was Remembrance Day in the UK, their equivalent to our Veterans' Day, but they treat it much more solemnly than... Continue Reading →
All art in this post TM & © MARVEL; all art is scanned from the original comics in my collection. Click on the images to see them larger on your screen! I don’t know when the idea first came to mind, but at some point I decided I wanted to get every Marvel comic published... Continue Reading →
From November 8-19, I took a very relaxed trip to the United Kingdom. My agenda—such as it was—was very small: Go to Harrogate for Thought Bubble, the Yorkshire Comic Art Festival, and then spend a week in London, exploring bookstores and visiting favorite haunts. I was successful on both points, but ... I had a... Continue Reading →
I was out on my second walk of the day when I realized today is the 25th anniversary of me moving to San Diego. It is now officially the place where I’ve lived the longest. I moved here from Pittsburgh, PA on December 1st, 1998. Just me and my faithful feline companion, Ollie, on a... Continue Reading →
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