Tag Archives: Geek Stuff

Tremble, mere mortals!

I’m writing this entry not from home, but from the wi-fi enabled cafe at another location of The Store. (My own Store does not currently have wi-fi, because the local telecom carriers don’t yet have a transmitter in close enough … Continue reading

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Here I go, again on my own….

Actually, I’m not sure what that post title has to do with anything, but it’s what leaped to mind, so there it is. Some notes: :: Exactly fourteen years ago today, I turned twenty-two years old. Good times, those were! … Continue reading

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Ahhh, the memories of Marvel Team-Up!

Michael May’s Adventureblog provides this fun meme-thing: First, select ten fictional characters (from any medium) by whichever method you like best. 1. Diarmuid dan Ailell (from The Fionavar Tapestry)2. Obi-Wan Kenobi3. James Bond (the Lazenby, Dalton, or Daniel Craig incarnations)4. … Continue reading

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Useless Factoidia

A bunch o’ stuff! :: Several people have indicated that they were highly amused by the bunny with the pancake on its head. That’s great! But there turns out to be a backstory here: the bunny (now sadly deceased) was … Continue reading

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Things that make my eyes glaze over, part 857

At least three times in the last day I’ve followed links from various blogs or other sites to different sites that complain about scientifically impossible stuff in science fiction movies, which invariably leads to kvetching about that old chestnut, “You … Continue reading

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I look…blocky.

I shall call him…Lego Me! And PZ called me an “axe-murderer” — does that look like an axe? I think not!

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The Geek Manifesto

Mr. Bennion has a nifty manifesto, “What a Geek Believes”, that he knicked from here. I’ll reproduce it below, with the things I believe allowed to stand but with the things I do not believe struck out. (The original is … Continue reading

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I’m so pleased you’re not dead!

I have to admit that my geek heart goes a little pitter-pat every time I read something about Indiana Jones and the Journey Back to the Well One Last Time. This time I learn that Karen Allen, who played Marion … Continue reading

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Spiderpig, spiderpig!

Yup, I saw The Simpsons Movie the other night. A great time was had by all. Well, by me and the three guys I went with. The rest of the theater? Don’t much care if they had a great time. … Continue reading

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Hallowing Deathly

There’s a really fun free-for-all, spoilerific Harry Potter thread going on over at Making Light, and I just want to highlight this comment, which is as good a summation of the book’s central theme as I’m likely to see. Kudos … Continue reading

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