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This month the Cavalcade turns 10 years old

Posted in blogging with tags anniversary, blogging, blogiversary, personal on March 17, 2016 by Paxton

Happy 10th anniversay to…well, myself.

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That’s right, 10 years ago this month, March 2006, I began The Cavalcade of Awesome. Check out the spiffy new 10 Years badge! You can give a shout to CT for that design. Tell him he did a great job. I love it.

So, 10 years. Here’s a link to that very first inauspicious article.

Actually, my blog wasn’t originally titled The Cavalcade of Awesome, the original title was What I’m Thinking. Here’s that original blog header.

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And shortly after I changed the title to Cavalcade of Awesome.
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Here’s another early blog banner design. I used this one for a LONG time. It’s based on Gmail’s “ninja theme”.

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Lots of cool, crazy stuff has happened to me on this blog. I’ve met so many cool friends. Let’s talk about a few of the highlights.

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Behind the scenes of AWESOME-tober-fest…

Posted in blogging, Halloween, holiday with tags AWESOME-tober-fest, AWESOME-tober-fest 2012, blogging, Halloween, holiday on August 31, 2012 by Paxton

Well, here we are, the first week in September. You know what that means? AWESOME-tober-fest is only a month away. Less than a month away, actually. And as I announced earlier, the theme for this year is Movie Maniacs. I’ll be investigating books, comics, movies and TV shows featuring our favorite movie killers; Jason, Freddy, Leatherface, Michael Myers and Norman Bates. Since we are a month out, I am in full on “go mode” to get things read, watched and written for this year.

You probably don’t realize this, but I start planning AWESOME-tober-fest in January or February. I decide on a theme and start listing out all the different media (books, movies, comics, TV shows, etc) that I can include for that topic. These lists usually involve yellow post its. I have a post it for each media which lists all the candidates for inclusion that year. I print out a free October calendar from General Blue calendars online and start mapping out what is going to happen during each day of AWESOME-tober-fest.

Here are pics of the notes/calendars I have for last year’s (2011 – Vampires, left) and the year before’s (2010 – Werewolves, right) celebrations.

I usually try to get all of my stuff done by the first week or two in September. As I finish reading books and comics and watching the movies I usually write up my articles as soon as possible so I can get my immediate thoughts. Then I’ll edit and modify as it gets closer to October. I’m still trying to finish up the books and movies as we speak but a lot of the material is getting done. I’m liking how things are looking so far.

I’m really excited about this year’s AWESOME-tober-fest. I hope you guys are as well.

This year I will also be participating in the Halloween Countdown celebration that is hosted by the blog Countdown to Halloween. I’ve participated in that for the last four years or so and it’s a lot of fun. Many other bloggers participate as well. It’s co-run by my good friend Shawn Robare from Branded in the 80s. Check it out if you get the chance. They are also gearing up for the month long celebration.

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My Blogiversary: 6 years that must feel like 60 to my readers…

Posted in blogging with tags blogging, blogiversary on March 10, 2012 by Paxton

So, it’s been 6 years (today!) since I started this blog (or what would become this blog). Man, to my readers that keep coming back it must feel like 60 years. I actually missed last year’s blogiversary for some reason, but that’s okay.

It’s been a lot of fun and I thank everyone for continuing to come back and enjoy my content. A lot has happened since I started. I’ve met a lot of good friends and fellow bloggers. I’m writing for other sites and I was lucky enough to be asked by two of my blogging friends, CT and Jeeg, to be a part of their podcasting thing-a-ma-jig. It seems to be doing okay and we’ve received a lot of positive feedback (except for the one guy on Zune who seems to hate us).

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Nerd Lunch Wives: On being married to a nerd…

Posted in blogging, personal with tags blogging, personal on December 1, 2011 by Paxton

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My podcasting brethren over at Nerd Lunch are doing a series called Nerd Lunch Wives. Each of the wives of the Nerd Lunch crew are writing an article about “being married to a nerd”. So, they asked Steph to contribute an entry. And she agreed. And it was posted today. So go check out Steph’s article on Nerd Lunch about how awesome it is to be married to a nerd (me).

Jeeg’s wife’s entry was posted on Wednesday. CT’s wife’s entry I think goes up on Friday. They are all really well written and funny. Seriously, go check them out.

Nerd Lunch Episode 5: Give that Guy Some Work!

Posted in movies, podcast with tags blogging, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast on October 4, 2011 by Paxton

Well, Episode 5 of the Nerd Lunch Podcast is up! This week we are joined by a good friend of this blog, Rondal Scott from Strange Kids Club.

The topic this week? We discuss some of our favorite actors who haven’t been getting enough work lately. We discuss who they are, what we know them from, and what role we think would be a good one for their return.

Hope you come prepared with IMDB in hand because I guarantee you will need it when listening to this episode.

Download this episode from iTunes or listen to it on Feedburner.