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- Guest Post: How Space Camp Changed My Life 12:06pm Jul 3
- Friday Odds & Ends: Star Wars Down Under, Doctor Who movie and Lifetime 7:44am Jul 3
- "In Search Of"...the pants that show scared off me 12:12pm Jul 2
Every once in a while, I plan on asking guest bloggers to stop by and answer the question: what's the geekiest thing you've ever done? The Modern Gal, one of my very favorite bloggers, agreed to kick things off for us in style with her ode to Space Camp. Please welcome...The Modern Gal...
+ Looks like "24" is doing its best to ease our collective loss over the end of "Battlestar Galactica." Not only has Katee Sackhoff joined the cast, now so has Callum Keith Rennie , AKA, Leoben...
The other day on Twitter, I re-Tweeted something about the anniversary of the Tunguska incident, which prompted a friend of mine to mention the old 1970s TV show, "In Search Of" which prompted me to remember just how much that damn show scared me as a child.For those of you too young to have...
+ In all seriousness, I dreamed of a toy like this when I was a child, but now that it actually exists, I'm more than a little freaked out by it...
+ Need a bit of "Torchwood" before the debut of "Children of Earth?" BBC Radio 4 is running three "Torchwood" audio plays starting tomorrow night (July 1). For American fans, BBC Radio 4 streams live online. Yay for technology!+ A treat for English majors...
This summer has done a lot to re-spark my passion for "Star Trek." First, there was the movie, which I still think about from time to time, allowing myself to go slack-jawed and wondrous at just how damn good it was...
+ In "Lost" news, it's apparently been confirmed that the show's sixth and last season will be 18 hours long including a two-hour season premiere and a two-hour finale...
Yesterday, the husband and I actually left the house and headed south for the fine city of Columbus, Ohio where we attended the Origins Game Fair...
+ First off, welcome to all the new readers this morning. I'm absolutely tickled pink (which has given me a rare healthy glow) that you guys are enjoying the "How to Woo" list. I hope you'll take a few moments to check the place out and kick the proverbial tires...
This past weekend, I lost a good six hours of my life to a Bravo marathon of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." I came in part way through so I had no idea what the back stories were or who the women were but I figured you don't really have to know the players' names to enjoy "Meerkat Manor"...
+ Johnny Depp has confirmed he'll be starring in a big-screen adaptation of the classically campy 1970s vampire soap opera "Dark Shadows." Shockingly, the project will be directed by Tim Burton.+ The A.V...
I am thinking gigantic thoughts right now.There are some people who make you feel smarter just by association...
+ Director James Cameron unveiled 24-minutes of his upcoming 3-D flick "Avatar" at the Amsterdam Cinema Expo yesterday. By all accounts, the film looks amazing and might well be the first to make proper use of new 3-D technologies...
+ Who knew? Apparently, "Heroes" is still on the air but is now shy one sort of important producer guy by the name of Bryan Fuller. Yep, he has vamoosed...
+ If you've wanted to read David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" but found it too intimidating, a new group is willing to lend a hand. The Infinite Summer website is launching a group read of the 1,000-plus-page novel starting this week...
This is priceless. John Hodgman spoke at last night's Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner. With Obama in attendance, Hodgman examined the credentials of the man sometimes known as our first nerd president. Enjoy!
+ Sad news for lovers of attractive British people and rampaging dinosaurs: "Primeval" has been canceled after three seasons...
Love music? Love "Doctor Who?" Wish there was a way you could enjoy them both at the same time? Well, thanks to a band called Chameleon Circuit, now you can. In 2008, Alex Day coined the term Time Lord Rock or "trock" and a new genre of music dedicated to the adventures of the good Doctor was born...
+ Sci-fi and horror icon Christopher Lee has been knighted by England's Queen, meaning now whenever you run into him and get freaked out just by his presence, you have to scream "Sir" as you flee.+ Well, this is kind of a bummer: apparently, if a warp drive engine was ever actually created, it...
If you’re not already a fan of “The Guild,” the web series about a bunch of online gamers penned by and starring Felicia Day of “Dr. Horrible” and “Buffy” fame, then please stop whatever you’re doing and watch it right now...
Going through this morning's New York Times, I suddenly remembered this wonderful NPR interview with Rob Baedeker, one of the authors of "Weddings of the Times," a parody of all of the somber and oh-so-staid wedding announcements published each Sunday in our nation's newspaper of record...
+ "Futurama" has been reborn! I look forward to many more episodes of talking heads in jars and awkward alien cyclops jokes. And there was much rejoicing!+ Have you seen the teaser for BSG's "The Plan" yet...
Remember how I was complaining the other day about the lack of original movies...
+ How cool is this? Tim Burton will have an exhibition of his work displayed at New York's Museum of Modern Art -- or MOMA, as the kids call it -- starting this November and running through April 2010. More than 700 paintings, puppets, drawings and storyboards will be on display...
Remember that game show, "1 vs. 100" that was on for a while? It tried gamely to ride on the coattails of the genius that was "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" but sort of failed what with no one watching and it kind of getting canceled...
There was a time when going to the movies was the highlight of my week. There was always something I wanted to see; in fact, it seemed like I never had enough time to see everything before it vanished and was replaced with some other promising movie I wanted to see.Nowadays...
+ It's the blog post that's sweeping the nation! Or at least the part of the nation that likes Tina Fey AND Gonzo. This blogger makes the case: "30 Rock" is a rip-off of the Muppets...
The world is a better place this morning. Why...
A caveat: this review was written "unemployed nerd-style" which means basically I stood in a Barnes and Noble and read the first 20 pages to see if it was something I'd read if I had money to buy a new book...
Have I got a boatload of tasty little nuggets for you this morning! Here they are, in no particular order:+ Thank God, Hollywood is finally making an original movie based on an a totally original story. Hahahahaha, no, I'm just kidding...
Alright, here we go, without preamble or ado: I'm watching "Twilight" and because I have way too much time on my hand, I'm liveblogging it too. So beware, spoilers ahoy!Did I mention spoilers? Have you averted your eyes if need be? Good then, let's carry on:4:48 p.m...
+ Robert Pattinson's gotten his pale on again, and he's showing it off for all the world to see in the new trailer for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." And now I have Duran Duran's "New Moon on Monday" stuck in my head. I'm okay with that...
Here's a question for the ages: who gets more stage fright before a high school reunion, those who were the geeks or those who were the popular kids? I'm facing a milestone reunion this coming weekend and have been training for the damn thing like a marathoner...
There's a new extended trailer of Torchwood's "Children of Earth" feature, which is slated to air this July. Looks creepy...and I mean that as a compliment.Speaking of things that fall out of Russell T...
Sadly, Mr. Quinto was getting tweezed during the taking of this photo.First, I was going to go with Zachary Quinto. And then Chris Pine. And then John Cho, but then what about saucy Mr. Karl Urban as Bones...
It was that time of year again, when the spelling bee fans were out tailgating in the Grand Hyatt parking lot, sucking down alphabet soup and throwing long Scrabble tile passes to prep themselves for the big event...
Remember that "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie that made Baby Jesus and Kristy Swanson cry...
To steal a line from Jon Stewart, here is your moment of Zen: two talking cats. And yes, I think they might be aliens....from Planet Adorable.
I'm getting more and more intrigued by this whole "V" remake. Check out this preview:A giant Morena Baccarin in the sky? How many "Firefly" fanboys have had that dream, I wonder?
+ The verdicts came in on a whole bunch of nerd-favorite TV shows this week and, well, there's good news and there's bad news. But mostly, good news! Going against fate and all things holy, "Dollhouse" actually got renewed for a full second season...
+ America will get to savor a bit more David Tennant after "Doctor Who" ends. My imaginary Scottish boyfriend will be hosting PBS' "Masterpiece Contemporary" when the show returns this October. Seriously, click the link for a dreamy Tennant photo...
I have a confession to make: I'm not at all interested in the impending arrival of "Terminator Salvation" next week. Like not even remotely. I'm afraid something in my nerd core may be broken because I really can't understand my lack of enthusiasm. For one thing, I love robots...
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