Tag Archives: The Walking Dead

100 Reasons To Not Kill Yourself #47.

Posted on 2019/04/08 by The Hook

I may appear to be a fully-grown (over-grown in the middle these days, sadly) mostly-functioning adult but the truth is: I’ve always been and always will be, a ginormous nerd. #47: Fandom. Being a “cool-challenged” left me on the outside … Continue reading →

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100 Reasons To Not Kill Yourself: #94.

Posted on 2019/01/04 by The Hook

This one is quite obvious but if you’re depressed it may not register in your consciousness. So allow me to illuminate you… #94: It’s Really Going To Hurt. Seriously, like I mean really hurt. Like Indian rug burn hurt. A … Continue reading →

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What Would “The Bellman Chronicles: The Series” Look Like Anyway? Part Two

Posted on 2017/12/10 by The Hook

Because one post simply wasn’t enough, and because no one demanded a part two… But I know you really wanted one. And because as a schoolboy I was taught never to begin a sentence with “because”, I have decided to … Continue reading →

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Just A Tidbit For You Today.

Posted on 2016/06/24 by The Hook

But what a tidbit… Or, if you prefer, “Why I’ll never discuss who might have died on The Walking Dead season finale while I’m at the Bell Desk again.” ME:  Hello, Robert speaking… how may I kill you? GUEST:  Uh… … Continue reading →

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Cheerleaders, man…

Posted on 2016/04/15 by The Hook

I’d like to begin by stating my love for cheerleaders and the parents who sacrifice so much to support them as they shake their pom-poms. I’d like to begin that way… I kid of course – but that’s only because … Continue reading →

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It’s List Time, Kiddies!

Posted on 2016/04/13 by The Hook

Gather round the virtual campfire, children, it’s time for The Hook to read from ye olde list. In other words, here’s another lame-ass post cobbled together from my eighteen years in the Niagara Falls hospitality trenches. Excited yet? Either way, … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday: Shh…. Again.

Posted on 2016/03/20 by The Hook

Too… tired… to blog today.  Must… nap before… The Walking Dead tonight… Sorry about this. Chelsea is knackered if she doesn’t get her fourteen hours a day.  It’s a rough life isn’t it? See you in the lobby, kids…

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The Hook Has Become An Honorary Member of the Pulp Nation

Posted on 2015/06/09 by The Hook

Won’t you join him? I mean, me? Jimmy’s getting confused… At any rate, I’ve written another post about my Niagara Falls Comic Con odyssey but my good friends and fellow geeks at Pulp Nation have graciously agreed to post it … Continue reading →

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Niagara Falls Comic Con 2015: A Top Ten List From an Exhausted Nerd.

Posted on 2015/06/08 by The Hook

To be clear, I am the nerd in question; the hotel has been unbelievably cray cray (Mike Tyson is not a nice man, folks – especially when he’s hungry), and I’m still processing my NFCC2015 experience. So here’s a top … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! (Which is my only excuse for this post.)

Posted on 2015/06/01 by The Hook

So it’s Monday. Let’s allow that to sink in, shall we? Everyone good? Then we’ll begin. Yesterday was a particularly brutal check-out rush. Like, Game of Thrones brutal. Okay, so no one was skinned alive or murdered during a wedding … Continue reading →

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