It was July 3rd and I was returning home from a business trip. My flight was late getting in and I was beyond ready to be done with the traveling. I left the Kansas City Airport parking lot to begin …
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I always like to look back on what I read in the previous year, because it reminds me of things I enjoyed, things I learned, and things that surprised me. Here, a few of us share our favorite reads of 2016.
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Titan Books is one of my favorite publishers; they put out many outstanding series of books as well as one-offs, and I’m always impressed with the quality of the writing and the printing. Recently, I had three different oversized hardbacks arrive on my doorstep, each of them celebrating a milestone of sorts.
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It’s summertime & the reading is.. difficult thanks to all those pesky children running around our homes! We’re sure you’ll find something new to love here.
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Celebrate your independence from monsters when Godzilla battles them all this Independence Day weekend on the El Rey Network!
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If you want to get yourself up to speed before the release of ‘Resurgence,’ here’s our handy guide to everything ‘Independence Day.’
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It’s Independence Day in the United States of America, so patriotism is in the air. In case you feel that the urge to be patriotic conflicts with your usual urge to be geeky, we’re here to help.
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Between the World Cup and Independence Day, how could you not feel patriotic right now? Well if you are looking to show off your red, white and blue, then you have to check out these new clothing items from TVStoreOnline.com.
Continue ReadingMy family loves going to watch fireworks on the Fourth of July. Who doesn’t? And our friends at ByteSize Science have a new video explaining how all those different colors are produced. (Did you know they put in extra stuff …
Continue ReadingSure, there’s always Independence Day, or The Patriot, but why go for world-destroying aliens and Mel Gibson with a ponytail when you can have (the far more family-friendly) Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World as that most famous founding father from Massachusetts, John Adams?
Continue ReadingOne Fourth of July tradition we never miss in my house is Fireworks Ice Cream. (We rarely miss anything that involves ice cream, but I digress.) This amazing concoction has a base of vanilla ice cream and cherry swirl. But …
Continue ReadingI suppose it only makes sense that a movie based on a classic boardgame would use a classic plot point: alien invasion! From the trailer, you can tell that the aliens are bent on destruction, have some pretty high-tech weaponry …
Continue ReadingIt looks like late October is a pretty good time for iconic geek entertainers to be born. We mentioned Carrie Fisher’s birthday yesterday, and coming up before the end of the month are the birthdays of modern-day geek icon Grant …
Continue ReadingBefore I start this article, I think I need to get one thing straight with you. I am a soundtrack geek. When a new movie is coming out that I am excited about, such as Deathly Hallows just the other week, not only am I eagerly awaiting the release of the film itself, but also […]
Continue ReadingThe week after we celebrate our 235th Independence Day, I give you America’s Facebook wall. Entitled, “Like It or Unfriend It?”, the image was created by author Teddy Wayne, Vanity Fairstaffer Mike Sacks and designer Thomas Ng. Nice little run through history, don’t you think? Another humorous composition about our history: the founding fathers tweeting. Remember […]
Continue ReadingIt was July 3rd and I was returning home from a business trip. My flight was late getting in and I was beyond ready to be done with the traveling. I left the Kansas City Airport parking lot to begin …
Continue ReadingAlthough we have many readers (and writers!) who are from all over the world, this weekend the United States is celebrating her 235th birthday! Many of us are gathering with friends and family to grill up some grub, wave a flag at a parade, and watch some fireworks light up the sky. GeekMom would like […]
Continue ReadingTomorrow is, of course, Independence Day in the United States of America, so it’s time to show your patriotic side. There’s no reason, though, why you have to hide your geeky side — why not celebrate both at the same …
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Traditionally, science-fiction revolves around action rather than drama, humour rather than tragedy. Whilst deaths are commonplace in a genre filled with space battles and horrifying creatures, truly emotional moments are much harder to come by, but that’s not to say they do not exist: far from it. Below is my personal top ten tear-jerking moments […]
Continue ReadingLike a large percentage of Americans, my family and I went to see fireworks for Independence Day. I love the fireworks, and every year that I go I try to take pictures of them with my decent point-and-shoot Canon. And …
Continue ReadingAhh, July 4th – you can’t think about America’s Independence Day without thinking of the Freemasons – after all, George Washington was a Freemason. And whether or not you believe the whole controlling-the-world thing, the Freemasons contributed to America’s victory …
Continue ReadingThis Sunday is, of course, Independence Day in the United States of America, so it’s time to show your patriotic side. There’s no reason, though, why you have to hide your geeky side — why not celebrate both at the …
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