Personal Archaeology 24: Awarded for Showing Up

Want to know a little secret? At one point, I received a participation trophy. Actually, it wasn't just one trophy. I used to have multiple participation trophies. I know, right? I'm from the tail end of Generation X. I'm not a Millennial. They're the ones who were constantly given reinforcement, handed trophies for just showing …

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Uncollecting Update March 2022

As always, let's start with the numbers ... Physical Comics Read: 13 (0/0)Digital Comics Read: 0 (469/471)Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 6 (24/39)Books Read: 5 (113/121)Movies Watched: 0 (115/123)TV Seasons Completed: 0 (87/90)TV Shows Completed: 0 (35/37)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 240 That podcast number keeps increasing. Oy. I was having coffee with a friend yesterday and at one point, we were talking about how sometimes, …

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The Essential X-Men Vol. 7 and Vol. 8, The Essential X-Factor Vol. 2

We have reached the end of a reading project! Well, sort of. There is definitely more X-Men to read after this if I want to keep reading Chris Claremont's legendary run on the title. But this does mark the end of the reading project that began with the Essential Classic X-Men #1 a few years …

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