I don't recall if I have mentioned this on here before, but one of my favorite television series is AMC's The Walking Dead. Through the good and the bad, I have continued to watch the series throughout the years.

Anyhow, today, AMC and Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced that The Walking Dead: The Complete Eighth Season will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on August 21st!

Season 8 centers on the Hilltop, the Kingdom, and the Alexandrians joining forces to bring "All Out War" to Negan and his army. The Saviors are larger, better equipped, and ruthless, but Rick and the unified communities are fighting for the promise of a brighter future. The battle lines are drawn as they launch into a kinetic, action-packed offensive.

The series stars Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Heartbreaker, TV’s “Strike Back”), Norman Reedus (The Boondock Saints, Triple 9, Blade II), Chandler Riggs (Get Low, Mercy), Melissa McBride (The Mist, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), Lauren Cohen (All Eyez On Me, The Boy), Danai Gurira (Black Panther, All Eyez On Me), Lennie James (Snatch, Lockout, Colombiana), Alanna Masterson (TV’s “Mistresses” and “Grey’s Anatomy”), Josh McDermitt (TV’s “Twin Peaks” and “Mad Men”), Seth Gilliam (Starship Troopers, TV’s “Teen Wolf”), Christian Serratos (The Twlight Saga, Flight 7500), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, TV’s “The Good Wife” and “Grey’s Anatomy”), and Khary Payton (TV’s “Young Justice” and “The Lion Guard").

Blu-ray & DVD Special Features include:

• Audio Commentaries
• Episode 803 Commentary: Executive Producer Scott Gimple and Writer Matt Negrete
• Episode 804 Commentary: Executive Producer Scott Gimple and Director Dan Liu
• Episode 816 Commentary: Executive Producer Scott Gimple and Writer Angela Kang
• “Carl Grimes: Leaving a Legacy” Featurette
• “In Memoriam” Featurette
• “The Price of War” Featurette

Scholastic; 152 pages; $7.99; Amazon

It's a great year to be a Goosebumps fan, as there will be a new movie, titled Goosebumps: Haunted Halloween, being released to theaters in October. Until then, you can by your time by reading the new installments of the Goosebumps Slappyworld series.

Early this year, Scholastic released Goosebumps Slappyworld: Please Do Not Feed The Weirdo by R.L. Stine, which is the 4th entry in the spinoff book series. Unlike the previous spinoffs, this one is hosted by the ventriloquist dummy named Slappy, who's the most popular antagonist of the Goosebumps franchise.

"Please Don't Feed The Weirdo" centers on a Jordan Keppler, a twelve-year-old who finds himself visiting Carnival World along with his young sister, Karla, and their parents. Most kids would be excited to visit a carnival, but not Jordan, as he has a fear of scary rides. Nevertheless, Jordan accompanies his sister on the Tunnel of Fear ride, which will change their lives forever.

How exactly do their lives change?

Well, while getting stuck inside the Tunnel of Fear ride, they come across a boy named Robby, who was locked inside a cage. Ignoring the warning sign "Please Do Not Feed The Weirdo," Jordan and Karla feed the boy, which turns him into a monster, who just won't go away.

You have just won a $100.00 Visa gift card. Will you spend the entire amount on a rare collector's edition you have always wanted, or buy several newly-published books? Explain your choice.

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My Answer:

I can't think of any rare collector's edition that I would be interested in buying. I would probably just go on a shopping spree at Barnes & Noble.

Nowadays, you hear of teens rushing to the altar right after High School graduation, with their High School sweetheart in tow. However, over half of these young marriages will end in divorce—most of them never making it past the one-year mark. Recent studies suggest that the best times to get hitched are in your mid to late 20s, or even later in your early to mid-30s—but why? Read on for a few reasons to wait for marriage, even when you feel hopelessly, madly in love at 18.

If you don’t have a long-term commitment before marriage, there’s a big chance you won’t have a long-term commitment after marriage. And those four years of High School DO NOT count. Neither does that psychic love reading you had when you were in middle school. Why? Because that’s not the real world. You have to live with someone, get to know their quirks and differences, reconcile with their habits, and then decide if those things are what you want to spend the rest of your life dealing with. No piece of court-ordered paper is going to solidify a commitment that was never there to begin with.

Your teens and 20s are meant to be experienced with fun and exploration. You are meant to travel, fulfill some bucket list dreams, and have exciting experiences that you can talk about in your old age. These years aren’t meant for marriage, because a serious, long-term marriage rarely has room for the fun and carefree exploration that could have been in your late teens and early 20s.

Here I am early in the wee hours (though I'll mostly likely be posting this later in the morning) with nothing better to do than search the internet for dating websites. I don't know if it is my loneliness, lack of sleep, or just pure boredom, but I find myself one again in search for my soulmate, who probably doesn't even exist in this realm.

If you've been following my recent ramblings on this blog, then you would know about my desire to try out online dating. However, due to my procrastination issues, social anxiety, and a deep fear of rejection, I keep putting off creating an actual dating profile; though I do have a few dating sites that I would like to join. While I'm not actually going to mention any specific websites, I will say that the ones that intrigued me the most all have specific geeky niches, which fits more into my personality. And many of these websites are free!

Why would I prefer free dating websites to premium ones?

Well, my main reason is that financially my best option is joining a dating site. While I'm sure that premium dating sites are great, they can be a bit costly. What if I joined a premium dating site and I couldn't find a match! Then I would have wasted a lot money that I could have saved to pay for a real first date after I had found a match on a free dating site.

Another reason why I would prefer to join a free dating site is because there will probably be more dating matches in my area.

Now for online dating in general, my two biggest reasons for wanting to try it out are:

Mill Creek Ent.; TV-Y7; 9 hrs 17 mins

Yep! It's another Saturday morning, but there seems to be something missing on television. It's called cartoons!

I know there are still animated series on cable channels, but there not even close to being as good as the ones that aired during the 1980s. Though, from time to time, I have found myself liking a new cartoon (Well, its new me!) by either stumbling upon it while channel surfing or finding it on DVD.

Actually, that's exactly how I learned about Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century, a short-lived DCI Entertainment produced animated series that aired from 1999 to 2001. I had won a DVD giveaway for several cartoons on another blog a few years ago and one of the titles was Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century "best-of" collection, featuring 10 episodes from the series, and that was my introduction to the cartoon.

Mill Creek Entertainment released Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century: The Complete Series on DVD earlier this year. I'm not completely for sure, but I believe this might be a re-release. The DVD features all 26-episodes on a 2-disc set. There are no special features or extras. However, it does come with a digital code that can be redeemed at www.millcreekent.com/redeem.

Of course the series is based on the "Sherlock Holmes" stories which were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but with a slight twist. After the real Sherlock Homes had died, his body was  preserved in a honey-filled coffin in the basement of New Scotland Yard. Fast forward to the 22nd Century when biologist Sir Evan Hargreaves resurrects the famous detective. It seems an evil geneticist, Martin Fenwick, has cloned Sherlock's old enemy Moriarty. Sherlock teams up with Inspector Beth Lestrade of New Scotland Yard and a compudroid, who looks and thinks like Dr. Watson, so they can capture the clone Moriarty.

What author have you read the most in the past two years?

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My Answer:

James Patterson

MVD; 88 minutes; Amazon

Before Hollywood overloaded the theaters with countless big-budget superhero flicks, comic book films weren't very popular until 1989's Batman. Released just barely a month prior toe the caped crusader was The Return Of Swamp Thing, a sequel to the 1982 cult classic Swamp Thing, which was directed by the late Wes Craven. Jim Wynorski (Chopping Mall) directed the sequel and he took a slightly different approach by adding in a bit of slapstick humor.

Upon its original theatrical release, the sequel received mostly negative review from mainstream critics and bombed at the box office, but just like the first film, the movie has developed a cult following.

The Return of Swamp Thing arrived on Blu-ray + DVD last month courtesy of MVD Entertainment Group, who released the film under their MVD Rewind Collection. The Blu-ray features a brand-new 2K High-Definition transfer (1080p) of the film and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 mixes. The DVD disc features the film in Standard Definition (480p). As added bonus the release comes with a collectible mini-poster.

Special Features include:

• NEW Audio Commentary from Director Jim Wynorski, Composer Chuck Cirino and Editor Leslie Rosenthal
• Audio Commentary from Director Jim Wynorski (from 2003)
• NEW Interview with Director Jim Wynorski (HD)
• NEW Interview with Editor Leslie Rosenthal (HD)
• NEW Interview with Composer Chuck Cirino (HD)
• NEW Interview with Lightyear Entertainment Executive Arnie Holland (HD)
• Original Theatrical Trailer (NEW HD Transfer from original 35mm materials)
• 6 Promotional TV Clips (SD)
• 2 TV Spots (SD)
• 2 Greenpeace Public Service Announcements (SD)
• 1989 Promo Reel (SD)
• Photo Gallery (accompanied by Chuck Cirino's film's score)

What do you think your blog says about you?

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My Answer:

My blog says that I like to read a lot!

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After a heartbreaking betrayal, Melissa Legacy shuns romance. So when her best friend joins the Lovers Oasis website and fears her fiancé will find out, Melissa agrees to meet the anonymous Romeo, prepared to explain her friend’s change of heart—then she sees him.

Failing restaurant entrepreneur, Craig Wheaton hasn’t been home since his mother’s tragic death. Now he’s back to confront his demons and stand beside his brother as best man. Dreading the reunion, he agrees to meet his avatar lover, but at the last moment he reconsiders the arrangement—until he lays eyes on her.

When Craig assumes Melissa is his online consort, she impulsively plays along, resulting in an afternoon of unexpected intimacy. But with Melissa using her friend’s identity and Craig dealing with a family fallout, is a future together impossible, or will they discover that love at first sight is Only the Beginning?

My sister and I are both nurses, and when nurses get together they talk about ways to earn money other than nursing. We were vacationing and the last book of the Twilight series was coming out. She said, “Wow, that Stephanie Meyer must be so rich, you should write a book.” I was like, “Yeah, I’ll get right on that.” But aloof as I was, she planted the seed and I started thinking about a story. It took another four years, but I finally had a book published, Butterflies Don’t Lie (it was the seventh full manuscript I’d written). Since then I’ve had seven other novels published. And while I’m not rich, and both my sister and I are still nursing, I credit her for getting me started.

Butterflies Don’t Lie, released September 2014 by Nimbus Publishing. YA contemporary coming of age.

It’s the classic mistaken identity troupe, which is so fun to write! I wrote this story as a love letter to my beautiful city, Halifax Nova Scotia, and I posted it on Wattpad as a thank you to all the readers who helped my other romance novel get published, The Right Fit.

Wow! I have no idea. I’m really too boring to be in any book. I mostly steal traits from people I know and give them to characters in my stories.

This is nearly impossible to answer, but I’ll go with the scene where Craig surprises Melissa at her apartment. 😏

What was the hardest part to write?