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.
“After Dachau” by Daniel Quinn
March 25, 2014 | Posted in SCIENCE FICTION | By sockii
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” Those famous words spoken by Napoleon summarize one of the major themes of Daniel Quinn’s After Dachau. Published in 2001, this novel is far from the first to propose an alternative history wherein…
Book Review: “After Ben” by Con Riley
March 23, 2014 | Posted in LGBT THEMES, ROMANCE | By sockii
A year ago, Theo Anderson unexpectedly lost his longtime partner Ben. Since then, he’s been living in a state of limbo, grieving for his loss and unable to fully move on with his life. Beyond his job, the only thing…
Classic TV Rewind: The Equalizer
March 22, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Another great action series of the 80s, one which had a more thoughtful and serious tone than many others of the decade, was The Equalizer. The series ran for four seasons on the CBS network, from 1985 – 1989, and
The 90s: The Greatest Decade of Genre TV?
March 19, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Today, genre television (that is, programming that is science fiction, fantasy or horror-themed) is seeing a significant upsurge in popularity. There are well-liked cable and network series such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Hannibal, Sleepy Hollow, American Horror
Classic TV Rewind: Riptide
March 18, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Riptide was an Amercian television series which aired for three seasons from 1983-1986 on NBC—and it’s one of my favorite “long lost” TV shows of the 80s as well. Created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo, Riptide was similar
Classic TV Rewind: The A-Team
March 17, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Growing up, my absolute favorite television series was The A-Team. The series aired on NBC from 1983 – 1987 for a total of 98 episodes. I was 10 years old when that first episode aired after Super Bowl XVII and
A Pink Floyd fan visits Pompeii
March 4, 2014 | Posted in ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORIC PLACES, ROCK | By sockii
This past January I was fortunate enough to spend several weeks in Campania, Italy, exploring the Amalfi Coast and the historic city of Naples. It was a wonderful trip for many reasons, and one of the highlights was the day I was able to spend at the ruins of Pompeii…
The Taste versus MasterChef: Comparing the two cooking competitions
January 30, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
I’ve been catching up on this season of ABC’s cooking-themed reality series The Taste, which began airing at the beginning of January 2014. I didn’t watch the first season—I guess because I missed when it was airing as I don’t
“Dark Lover”: Book #1 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by J.R. Ward
January 25, 2014 | Posted in PARANORMAL, ROMANCE | By sockii
My Rating: ** (2 out of 5 stars) We all know that paranormal romance is hot these days, particularly when vampires are involved. Just look at the success of the Twilight series, True Blood and the Sookie Stackhouse novels, or
Bravo’s Top Chef: How I Would Fix It
December 18, 2013 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Has Top Chef Jumped the Shark? 5 things I’d change about the increasingly tired Bravo cooking competition I’ve been an on-again/off-again viewer of Bravo TV’s Top Chef since the beginning of the “reality” series, now some eleven seasons ago (not
