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Some of you who know me may know that I love to dance. It’s true! I may not look it when I’m under the every day, normal circumstances you may find me in. However, when the conditions are right, when my inhibitions have been sufficiently suppressed – you might find me not only out on the floor, cutting a rug…you may also find me inciting others to do the same. So, I figured for my second Top Ten list, I’d post my TOP TEN FAVORITE DANCE SONGS. This is going to be fun. Let me know what your favorite songs are in the comments! 10. FOOTLOOSE – KENNY LOGGINS Footloose is one of those songs that’s just never going to go away for me.…

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Don’t Be Afraid To Call Yourself An Adventurer.

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Posted on March 23, 2015

You wouldn’t really know it just from looking at me, but I’m an adventurer. I’m guessing those of you who know me personally, and who have seen my quirks, are chuckling to yourself and saying “Joe. You are not an adventurer. You won’t even eat fish. Also, have you ever even been out of New England?” Sure, I probably don’t fit into the traditional “adventurer” box. I don’t strap on armor and go fight dragons (not in real life, anyway). I don’t travel to far away places like some of my friends, or try exotic foods. But I would argue that I AM an adventurer (and that means you probably are, too), because adventuring is, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. What…

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My Time In A Foster Home, Part One: The Cast

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Posted on March 23, 2015

Richard Johnson was the patriarch of the Johnson family. He was small, somewhat effeminate, and a ring of red hair circled his balding scalp. He had deep lines on his face and an equally deep well of sarcastic humor to call upon when needed. He often smoked cigarettes, sitting cross-legged on a stool in the screened-in patio downstairs. “Just so you know,” he said when I first arrived, drawing in a puff of smoke. “We’re going to be bringing you in to the dentist. Those teeth are going to be taken care of.” My stomach dropped. I hated the dentist. The last one I’d gone to was the one my stepdad brought me to see about a year before. That dentist I had kicked…

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Cosplay Confessions: Bud Santos Cosplay

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Posted on March 16, 2015

Cosplay Confessions is yet another monthly feature I’ve added to my blog, though I’ve recently gotten a bunch of submissions so I may do it twice monthly if this persists. Every month (and maybe twice a month), I plan on featuring a different cosplayer and my interview with them, along with photos featuring their cosplays. This will not only be beneficial to the cosplayers themselves – because any publicity is good publicity when it comes to updating your fans on which conventions you’ll be at, and what you’re working on – but it will also be beneficial to those who are interested in cosplay as a hobby. Since this is a new feature, I have asked some cosplayers I know to fill out my…

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Friend Files #15 – Amanda Ravange

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Posted on March 16, 2015

Friend Files is a new feature I’ve added to Away With Words, this being just the fifteenth installment. I will be interviewing a friend of mine and showcasing why they are a friend to me and what I like about them, and also a mini-interview (five questions) that detail what they think of me. It’s a way to acknowledge my friends out there and what they’re up to and also introduce them to my larger group of friends, acquaintances, and anyone else who might be interested in reading. Today, I will be talking about Amanda Ravange. Before I get into what I think of her, here is my mini-interview with Amanda (exchanged over Facebook) where she jotted down just a few thoughts: AMANDA RAVANGE’S FRIEND FILES…

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Eight Simple Questions – An Interview With Writer & Artist Joseph Schmalke

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Posted on March 14, 2015

While I was attending Stonecoast, I needed to come up with a third-semester project. I knew I wanted to involve comic books somehow, but wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to do. What I was sure of was that I wanted to take advantage of any connections I had made with people I met at comic book conventions and people I was going to school with. So I came up with eight simple questions and had multiple comic book writers and sometimes artists answer them and collected the interviews into one small book. So, in the same vein as my new blog feature “Friend Files” – I present to you the interview I had with comic artist and writer Joseph Schmalke. Joseph Schmalke is…

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My Top Ten Favorite Marvel Comics Characters

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Posted on March 13, 2015

I do a lot of interviews with this blog between my Friend Files, Cosplay Confessions, and Eight Simple Questions features. One thing I haven’t really done is indulge in a bit of personal fun with an interview of my own. I mean, what’s the use of having my own blog if I can’t rant about my favorite foods, movies, etc? So with this post, I’m going to write about my top ten favorite Marvel Comics characters. Marvel Comics has been the bread and butter of my comic book reading since I was around three years old. I used to draw the characters, pretend I was them, write about them, and play with their action figure equivalents. There are many Marvel Comics titles I’ve kept…

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UPDATE!

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Posted on March 12, 2015

For the record, I know I haven’t posted anything in about a week (I think it’s been that long, anyway) but it’s been a combination of me being busy and being sick. Being sick has mostly been the past four or five days. I have this nasty chest cold that just won’t go away. (Hence the picture of me as a zombie headlining this post because, hey – that’s how I feel right now.) However, I still have some pretty cool upcoming posts. Here are a few examples of what’s coming your way from me soon: Another couple of Friend Files interviews from some cool people I know. Another Cosplay Confessions interview (and I have a bunch lined up, too!). I’m starting another feature…

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Cosplay Confessions: Steve Custer Cosplay

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Posted on March 2, 2015

Cosplay Confessions is yet another monthly feature I’ve added to my blog. Every month, I plan on featuring a different cosplayer and my interview with them, along with photos featuring their cosplays. This will not only be beneficial to the cosplayers themselves – because any publicity is good publicity when it comes to updating your fans on which conventions you’ll be at, and what you’re working on – but it will also be beneficial to those who are interested in cosplay as a hobby. Since this is a new feature, I have asked some cosplayers I know to fill out my questions and it’s my great pleasure to introduce a cosplayer I just met online (through his girlfriend, who is a friend of mine)…

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My Top Ten Favorite Dance Songs

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Posted on March 27, 2015

Don’t Be Afraid To Call Yourself An Adventurer.

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Posted on March 23, 2015

Cosplay Confessions: Bud Santos Cosplay

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Posted on March 16, 2015

Friend Files #15 – Amanda Ravange

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Posted on March 16, 2015

Eight Simple Questions – An Interview With Writer & Artist Joseph Schmalke

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Posted on March 14, 2015

My Top Ten Favorite Marvel Comics Characters

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Posted on March 13, 2015

UPDATE!

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Posted on March 12, 2015

Cosplay Confessions: Steve Custer Cosplay

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Posted on March 2, 2015