September 2012 Blog Posts (100)

     Has steampunk reached the end of its shelf life? It has certainly reached the mainstream and the conventional wisdom of any sub-culture is that, once that has happened, the sub-culture is doomed.

     "I was a steampunk before it was cool."

     But even though I dress up and go to cons, my interest is not so much in the sub-culture. It is the sub-genra of science fiction literature that…

The Biloxi based steampunk oriented band, Dustin Kahlil Band gives credit to all those convention women in their song Bad Girls.  It’s not completely steampunk, but sometimes steampunk girls dress up in different costumes also.

This video was made at CoastCon 35, this year by Julian Benson  I managed to be elsewhere at the convention, so I missed them, so…

   My wife and I enjoy Steampunk quite a lot, along with the costuming its really fun to come up with new personas of your Steampunk character. I see many people online that have some wonderfully thought out names that have much character to them.

   My wife, who at this time hasn't set on a first name for her lady, and I have done some historical research and found much inspiration from the Boer Wars in South Africa. We both have a great love of the dark continent and many adventures…

This is a link to my blog post outside the Steampunk Empire: http://overthecrescentmoon.blogspot.com/2012/09/steampunk-picture-day.html

One of many but never to few, the bear and friends sail and sale keeping me company and offering a friendly smile and a steadfast look.. Captain Theador Teddy Tbear esq…

We have winners! Sir Reginald is still wrestling with the video uploading, but the drawings took place and I’ll be emailing the winners this week to get their addresses so I can send the books out before the weekend. More giveaways are imminent!

Was the first mobile phone put into action way back in 1922? A new find from British…