I am a comic nerd and very comfortable with that designation. While I may not have the discretionary resources to visit my two favorite comic shops, Amazing Fantasy and Graham Cracker Comics - I still like to sit down and leaf through a new comic or re-read some older issues.

The Fox family has a president that they gravitate to normally. While there have been many men who range from good to below average - one is the favorite, Illinois' favorite son - Abraham Lincoln.

There are some television shows that you can watch over and over again and not loose interest in them: I love Lucy, Seinfeld, the Office and even Gravity Falls.

Andrea and I are considered "cord-cutters" since we do not pay for cable television - we mainly use streaming applications like HULU. As modern television viewers, we watch shows on our time and rarely with commercials. But lately,

Every summer, Andrea and I try to get away for a little trip - a nerd-cation. Chicago has a yearly comic convention every August, Wizard World.

Cinema has produced quite a few characters that invoke fear in us. From the terrifying likes of Jason or Freddy Kruger, to the dark lord of the Sith in Darth Vader. Then there are those that take fear and use them like Batman or Voldemort for good or evil purpose. Of all these types of fear based characters - Daredevil is the one who stood out to me.

If I would make a short list of artist and bands who I have loved and still do, it would include the OC Supertones, DC Talk and of course the Beach Boys. But I would be lying if I did not have Al Yankovic on that list.