In the Mix with Aaliyah Miller

A picture I took of this year's program. It has taken me a week to recover from last weekend's 2013 PAX East in Boston, Massachusetts. For those of you who are like me and don't really game, back in 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade wanted to create the ultimate conference and gaming experience and is how PAX was born. It started out as a 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington and now has expanded to the east coast and brings approximately 80,000 gamers together. Not just video gamers, which I still think is the bulk of people, but you will also find table top (board and card) gamers, techies, parents of gamers and those who cover this industry.  Keith, Rob, Karim and Jay pose for a picture. My husband, Karim and his friends have been going to PAX East since it came to Boston back in 2010. I joined him last year and it has been an enlightening experience as a non-gamer. I've grown up with the stereotype that gamers are male, but going to PAX quickly disman

My photo submission Happy spring everyone, I know it doesn't feel much like spring, but it is officially here even if the temperature is less than ideal. Today, I was talking with a colleague in passing about the weather and this time last year it was in the 60s. Oh well, the weather is what is going to be for now. We just have to patiently endure and wait for the warmer days to come. Despite the cold I'm pretty excited. I recently submitted my photo in People  magazine's Real Beauty at Every Age Contest and just got an email that I'm in. Yeah!  I had to submit my photo a few times before it was accepted. Part one is done. Now I'm looking to enlist your  help for part two. The goal is to share my photos with my friends, family and colleagues and get you to click on the heart that is beneath my picture. I believe the more I have the better my ranking. THE CONTEST CLOSES IN FIVE DAYS, SO THE  PRESSURE IS ON. Can you help a sista out and show me some love? L