By: John D. Pepe “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.” – Novelist Edna Buchanan This quote is strikingly true when it comes to my life. I have many friends that I have known for decades, some almost four. These are the childhood chums that I grew up with. They have become like family…
Category: Guardians of the Galaxy
Perfect Idiots
By Gary Avants Peter Quill believes he is staring at what he assumes is perfection. The Sovereign leader Ayesha, though, in all her glory can easily slip in a smile meant to reduce a lower species back down to size. She makes the Guardians of the Galaxy feels like they are five tiny specs of…
Not a Perfect Dad, but One Perfect for you
Father’s Don’t Need to Be Perfect By John Pepe As Father’s Day approaches it makes me ponder fatherhood. Am I the perfect dad? Am I even a good dad? At times my son looks at me as if I’m infallible (other times, not so much), and it harkens me back to when I was his…
Hooray for the Underdog!
By G.P. Avants, Rudy Rodriguez and R.P. Avants This is our 100th blog entry at God Among Geeks! Before we rush into this issue, we wanted to choose a special theme that really talked about what we are about. We chose four characters whose life really typify the meaning of a hero. They…
Play that Funky Soundtrack, R2.
https://m.youtube.com/watch By G.P. Avants Shrek reminds us all that onions and ogres both have layers. Teaching video in high school we often discuss that a great film has layers as well. One of the unspoken or should I say unsung parts of a film is the music soundtrack. How many films and TV shows were…