Sunday Evening With Captain Owen Episode 042: ‘Happy Birthday Mommy’
This week we talk about Captain Owen’s mom’s birthday, Thanksgiving, and do quite a bit of horsing around.
Continue ReadingThis week we talk about Captain Owen’s mom’s birthday, Thanksgiving, and do quite a bit of horsing around.
Continue ReadingHappy Thanksgiving!
Continue ReadingApples from Kazakhstan, wheat from Iraq, and lard from Spain. Is there anything from America in an American Apple Pie? History and food nerds need to share this at your Thanksgiving feast.
Continue ReadingWhispering Giants are massive, solemn sculptures. You’ll come upon them unexpectedly—or, if they’re in your neighborhood, you’re probably used to them; they’re part of the local scenery, waiting and watching.
Continue ReadingTen geeky things we at GeekDad are thankful for today. Happy Thanksgiving!
Continue ReadingTo the CatCopter! (Seriously, that’s what it’s called), as LIveWire comes to life.
Continue ReadingThe Thanksgiving dinner is such a hallmark menu. We all have our local favorites, regional variations, and specific family specialties. But there are 10 dishes that are nearly universal. The question is, which one is your favorite?
Continue ReadingWhat beer should you pair with that Thanksgiving meal? Learning to balance Cut, Contrast, and Comparison will give you the best idea of the right craft beer for your menu.
Continue ReadingEngineers at the University of Michigan do the science, and demonstrate all the tactical know-how you need to ensure victory this Thanksgiving when faced with the wishbone break challenge.
Continue ReadingA list of ten geeky things we at GeekDad are thankful for today. Happy Thanksgiving!
Continue ReadingHappy Thanksgiving from the GeekMoms (and Batman turkey)!
Continue ReadingGeekMom Lisa’s relationship with the fall holiday has some bugs to work out.
Continue ReadingHere are five ways to use one of nature’s most colorful fall craft mediums.
Continue ReadingMany congratulations to our friends at Toys For Bob, and Activision. Eruptor, one of my favorite Skylanders, is to appear in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The larger than life Eruptor balloon took more than 40 gallons of fluorescent paint and five barrels of glitter to recreate his fiery personality. Check out the parade on turkey day starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
Continue ReadingThe first teaser of Jurassic World in anticipation of the highlight of Thanksgiving 2014—the full trailer.
Continue ReadingGet in on a Pinault family tradition with this year’s Thanksgiving playlist. Get your Turkey groove on and dance away that pumpkin pie jiggle!
Continue ReadingBring out your inner turkey and create this cute Thanksgiving hand print craft.
Continue ReadingHappy Thanksgiving, all!
Continue ReadingThe Good folks at Bytesize Science have 5 Tips for a Better Thanksgiving Through Chemistry.
Continue ReadingIf you’re in the New York City area for Thanksgiving and want to experience a great part of the parade, read these tips.
Continue ReadingCartoon Network’s popular program will join the ranks of Macy’s annual event.
Continue ReadingIs it Thursday already? Oh man, that was some strong Thanksgiving brew. Now that I’ve Rip Van Winkled back to the land of the living, it seems past time to announce the winner of last week’s GeekDad puzzle.
Continue ReadingHere at GeekDad, we’re pretty psyched by some developments in the geekosphere, as well as stuff that’s going on in our personal lives. So in the spirit of past GeekDad “what to be thankful” posts, we present a few of …
Continue ReadingLast week while baking muffins with my son’s preschool class, I set fire to the school. Okay, technically I didn’t set it on fire—it was only butter smoke from the tin that set off the alarm, necessitating the entire school …
Continue ReadingOur parents taught us to open our mouths to say thank you and now that we’re parents ourselves, society has taught us to open our wallets to do the same. Yes, it’s that time of year again: the season of …
Continue ReadingThis week my wife made a new Pandora station. It seems seeded on Donald Duck and a too-cute Minnie Mouse warbling something about the joy of Santa Claus and/or buying battery powered things that break easily. (Don’t tell Mickey.) Basically …
Continue ReadingWhat do you get when you combine the culinary curiosity of Alton Brown’s Good Eats with the madcap misadventures of the MythBusters? In tonight’s Thanksgiving episode of the Discovery Channel’s perennial geek favorite, Alton joins hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam …
Continue ReadingIf you want to mix it up at Thanksgiving this year, and perhaps skip the traditional turkey, Nature, the International Weekly Journal of Science, gives us some instructions on how to eat a Triceratops — if you were a Tyrannosaurus …
Continue ReadingI’m always stumped at how to involve the family in my youngest son’s LEGO obsession. He’s perfectly content, mind you, to quietly create his scenes and figures and vehicles, but I always feel like it would be good if we could figure out a way to do something LEGO-ish together. Inspired by an activity I […]
Continue ReadingThe always-awesome, and extremely geeky, musical duo Paul and Storm have just come out with their first new song in a while, and it’s for Thanksgiving. It’s a little bit about giving thanks, and a lot about directly, clearly, and …
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