Today is MC Frontalot’s 35th birthday, which means he’s 6 days older than me. And he always will be! In honor of that, I give you a series of nerdy dances:
Posted by Chris in Fun, Music on December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
If you, like me, have enjoyed watching Sarah Palin squirm when confronted with ‘gotcha’ questions, or were amused by McCain’s obvious discomfort at various moments in the debates, then you have experienced the strange happiness known as schadenfreude. Fortunately, you can indulge your terrible morals with a terribly delicious pie – schadenfreude pie.
Posted by Deana in Food, Fun on November 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test…
Pure Nerd
For The Record:
Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test …
Pure Nerd
87 % Nerd, 48% Geek, 35% Dork
How about you? Do I have to turn in my geek card now? Sigh.
Posted by Deana in Fun on November 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fafblog explores the question. Yes, Fafblog.
Posted by Deana in Blog, Fun, Plain foolishness, Politics on October 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
[from my GeekDad post]
OK, so he’s not a mutant, but he’s no ordinary cat. Mr. Lee has been outfitted with his very own CatCam, designed and built by his owner, J. Perthold, from a keychain digital camera and some custom circuitry. The CatCam provides a peek into the daily adventures of Mr. Lee as he [...]
Posted by Chris in Animals, Fun, Geekdad, Technology on October 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
Karen shared an intriguing challenge from the Very Good Taste blog called The Omnivore’s Hundred. It’s one of those list-things-you’ve-done quizzes, but based on a fascinating list of possible foodstuffs. The rules:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you [...]
Posted by Chris in Food, Fun on September 30th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been getting such a kick out of the Modern Mechanix blog lately. Anything with the tag line “Yesterday’s Tomorrow Today” sounds like it would be right up my alley, of course, but something about the presentation and choices make me laugh daily.
The format is pretty simple: a segment from an old science or engineering [...]
Posted by Chris in Fun, History, Humor on September 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A while back I shared a few hobbit-style homes people had built, but my favorite so far has to be the Low-Impact Woodland Home that Simon Dale and his family built in Wales:
Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture, Art, Environment, Fun, World on August 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am stealing this idea from Fark. The AFA is incensed that Hallmark is making same-sex marriage cards and is boycotting the company. In addition, they have a very nice website where you can write to those durned lib’rals at Hallmark and give them what fer! As was suggested on Fark, it’s also a convenient [...]
Posted by Deana in Community & Activism, Email, Fun, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, To Help, Writing, You have got to be kidding on August 24th, 2008 | 3 Comments »