On March 3rd, Atlanta-area runners will gather for the Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K. If you’re interested in participating, the event has extended the deadline to register until Friday, February 17 at 11:59pm EDT. They’ve also announced that actor …
Continue ReadingAh, summer camp. A time for kids to get outdoors, avoid regular bathing, and sing campfire songs. Depending on the camp, they might even learn something useful, like a musical instrument or camping/survival skills or … battling monsters? Yep, that’s …
Continue ReadingWe admit it’s something of a stereotype that geeks are less likely to be watching the Super Bowl this weekend. We’re sure there are plenty of geeks who love football, especially the fans of the respective teams taking part. However, …
Continue ReadingAh, summer camp. A time for kids to get outdoors, avoid regular bathing, and sing campfire songs. Depending on the camp, they might even learn something useful, like a musical instrument or camping/survival skills or … battling monsters? Yep, that’s …
Continue ReadingI stayed up past two a.m. last night happily churning through a book. Reading seems timeless to me. It puts me in a book-related fugue state that used to get me in trouble in elementary school because the class would move on from reading time to math yet I remained oblivious, completely absorbed in […]
Continue ReadingLast week I posted about my upcoming participation in the Run For Your Lives 5k obstacle course on March 3rd just outside Atlanta. I’m hoping that all Atlanta-area GeekDad.com readers who are intending to run will sign up and join my …
Continue ReadingFrom the moment you see your first positive pregnancy test, you start to expect certain things about motherhood. Life is going to change — you know that. You expect the diapers and the long sleepless nights, the neverending dirty laundry …
Continue ReadingForget your gun, your sword, your axe, and even your chainsaw. One on one, these are suitable weapons against a slow or fast zombie, but when you’ve got dozens, maybe even hundreds of zombies coming your way, you better run! …
Continue ReadingThis past Halloween weekend, I spent my nights engrossed in a book of short stories that was well-written, intriguing, and surprisingly, incredibly hard to put down. The Whisper Jar, by author Carole Lanham, speaks to the little kid in us grown-up GeekMoms that still like fairy tales, but with a deliciously wicked and weird […]
Continue ReadingWarning: this video includes some fascinating but gag-inducing (gag-tastic?) brain dissection. Harvard’s Dr. Steven Schlozman (author of the novel The Zombie Autopsies) helpfully breaks down classic zombie behavior into medical cause and effect in the above video. Stumbling gait? Chronic hunger? The answer lies in a zombie’s braaaaaaaainz: The zombies have got an amygdala that’s […]
Continue ReadingIt ain’t easy for a vamp out there, and here’s 10 reasons why.
Continue ReadingThere’s a new zombie movie on Syfy tonight at 9pm ET called Zombie Apocalypse. It stars Ving Rhames, who’s always at least entertaining to watch, and it looks like it’s gruesome enough to be acceptable zombie fare, while cheesy enough …
Continue ReadingI don’t care what anyone says, zombies are still cool. Yes, there are movies and TV shows and books and comics and video games galore, but I say the more the better. Zombies are at their best in large numbers, …
Continue ReadingThe Walking Dead just started its second season a few weeks ago, but it was announced that the highly popular AMC show has been renewed for a 3rd season. I have to admit that my husband and I didn’t see The Walking Dead until about a month before Dragon*Con. We had gotten it on DVD […]
Continue ReadingA few days ago, I had the distinct privilege of competing in the only race I have ever been in, not counting elementary school field days. Every year, my town of Shreveport, Louisiana has two different charity events: Run with the Nuns, a motorcycle rally that benefits children’s health programs in our community, and […]
Continue ReadingMy son and I have different opinions when it comes to zombies. He’s a fan of watching Left for Dead or Call of Duty, where you get to kill the horrible undead in a variety of ways. (I’m not a fan of having him watch them, btw, but I can’t always control what he watches […]
Continue ReadingLast week, just in time for NY Comic Con, the Centers for Disease Control went live with a graphic novel following up on their May blog post “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.” The head of the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response was on hand at NYCC this past weekend, where he handed out […]
Continue ReadingLast week, just in time for NY Comic Con, the Centers for Disease Control went live with a graphic novel following up on their May blog post “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.” The head of the CDC’s Office of Public Health …
Continue ReadingWith the popularity of zombies approaching bacon-like proportions, and with Halloween upon us, we at GeekDad were concerned that some folks might be considering actually becoming zombies. Hey, in a world where Justin Bieber has over 14 million Facebook fans, …
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Want to know what a crowd of almost 900 people dressed as zombies looks like? It looks something like this. Yes, I do think a zombie march is a fun family activity. There’s makeup and costumes. There’s marching. There’s acting. There’s making crowds of people laugh at the absurdity of it all. I’ll clarify that […]
Continue ReadingWant to know what a crowd of almost 900 people dressed as zombies looks like? It looks something like this. Yes, I do think a zombie march is a fun family activity. There’s makeup and costumes. There’s marching. There’s acting. …
Continue ReadingIsaac Marion is the author of Warm Bodies, probably best described as a zombie romance novel, though that short phrase hardly does it justice. It’s a fascinating spin on the zombie mythology, but it’s not exactly a “young adult” novel …
Continue ReadingThis Sunday evening, the AMC channel will premiere the second season of its hit television series The Walking Dead. I will be sending my sons to their rooms a little earlier than normal on that night because I don’t allow them to watch the zombie-infested spectacle that I and millions of other viewers love so […]
Continue ReadingYou know you should be getting more exercise, but you just can’t motivate yourself to run. Well, thankfully there are some zombies who are happy to help you out. The Zombie Apocalypse Run will be held the Saturday before Halloween …
Continue ReadingThis episode Nicole Wakelin is joined by GeekMom Jules Sherred to talk about World Lupus Awareness Month and how it affects her as someone who deals with Lupus every day. We then attempt to settle the eternal debate of Kirk vs. Picard and finish up with a little braiiiiins! Questions? Thoughts? Suggestions? Email us podcast@geekmom.com […]
Continue ReadingMany moons ago, before the onslaught of home ownership and parenthood, when flexible income and free time were to be had in abundance, ah good times, I’m sorry where was I? Back in the day, my husband and I used to play a lot of games. My husband is a board game geek, and I […]
Continue ReadingIf you don’t already know her, J.R. Blackwell is an extremely talented writer and photographer living in Philadelphia, PA. I have met her several times at various conventions during the last few years. I’m a huge fan of her eclectic art and amazing story telling. I was so excited when I found out that she was […]
Continue ReadingOverview: The zombiepocalypse is upon us, and the streets are no longer safe. We venture out briefly from our safe houses to scavenge for food and weapons, but the horde is growing. In this clever new deck-building game, you decide …
Continue ReadingIn episode two Nicole Wakelin and “Chaos” Mandy Horetski talk about the perils and benefits of exposing your kids to zombie cosplay, attending Dragon*Con while pregnant (it can be done) and the fun of collecting autographs. Questions? Thoughts? Suggestions? Email podcast@geekmom.com (Note: Mandy …
Continue ReadingIn episode two Nicole Wakelin and “Chaos” Mandy Horetski talk about the perils and benefits of exposing your kids to zombie cosplay, attending Dragon*Con while pregnant (it can be done) and the fun of collecting autographs. Questions? Thoughts? Suggestions? Email podcast@geekmom.com (Note: Mandy was bit soft at the start, but it levels out within a minute or […]
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