sockii is just your typical Jane-of-All-Trades who never has enough time in her day for all of her projects. She has written for many websites online including Squidoo, Zujava, Yahoo! Contributors Network, HubPages and Wizzley. She has been attending and vending at science fiction and media conventions for over 15 years, and for several years ran an art gallery and jewelry store in Philadelphia. Today she is happy to be living in South Jersey with her partner David and their 6 cats. Sockii is a member of several affiliate sales programs including Amazon Associates and Viglink. Products from these services may be advertised on her posts and pages to generate sales commissions.
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 4 Recap and Review: June 16, 2014
June 17, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
As the home chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen, the judges have an announcement to make: unfortunately “Little” Gordon has had to drop out of the competition due to illness. (Specifically what illness is not specified on the show nor
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 3 Recap and Review: June 9, 2014
June 10, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
Last week two competitors said goodbye to the MasterChef kitchen: Astrid and Whitney leaving 20 of the “best home cooks in America” still in the game. But this week it’s going to be an “all out culinary war” as they face their first team battle, and according to the opening voiceover…
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 2 Recap and Review: June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
Last week we had our first chance to meet the Season 5 contestants, and watch as the Top 30 became in fact the Top 22. Those home cooks lucky enough to receive their aprons now are facing their very first…
Can you teach an old convention new tricks?
June 2, 2014 | Posted in CONVENTIONS | By sockii
Last week I posted my MediaWest*Con 34 convention report, where I talked fairly extensively about the greying of the convention as a whole and how the event seems to be slowly dying. This has been an issue with MediaWest for some time…
MasterChef US Season 4: Where are they now?
May 31, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
With the start of a new season of MasterChef airing in the United States, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at least year’s group of contestants and find out: where are they now? Are they still pursuing a career/work in the food industry somehow, or have they gone back to their other “day jobs”?
Who will win MasterChef Season 5?
May 29, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Although only the first episode of MasterChef Season 5 has aired, I’m willing to go out on a limb and make my prediction for this year’s winner. I don’t have any “inside information” or access to spoilers, but based on…
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 1 Recap and Review: May 26, 2014
May 28, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
It’s that time again…MasterChef time! Season 5 has just begun, and once more I will be doing episode recaps so you can follow the action at home—and chime in with your thoughts and opinions on each episode…
MediaWest*Con 34: Post-convention report
May 27, 2014 | Posted in CONVENTIONS | By sockii
2014 marked MediaWest*Con’s 34th year as the self-proclaimed “definitive gathering of Science Fiction/Media fandom”, held annually in Lansing, Michigan over the Memorial Day weekend. I question whether that description truly applies any longer…
The Who: Quadrophenia and More in Atlantic City, February 22 2013
May 18, 2014 | Posted in CLASSIC ROCK, LIVE MUSIC | By sockii
Quadrophenia has long been my favorite album by The Who, so I was thrilled to hear they would be taking it on the road again for the “Quadrophenia and More” Tour in 2012-2013. However, many expressed concerns over…
The Hoosiers are back with The News From Nowhere
May 9, 2014 | Posted in ROCK | By sockii
Perhaps it makes me a bit of a “cranky old rock dinosaur” or music snob to state that there have been very few new rock bands in the past decade that have really grabbed my full attention and interest. The Hoosiers are one of those precious few…
