Archive for June, 2009

One More Thing Before We Go: Thought Chuck for June 30

Jun 30, 2009 Comments Off by

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron LIKE A STURGEON EDITION All the sturgeon caught in British waters are considered property of the Queen. Photo Credit: Vearl Brown

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Procrastinate on This: SuperPresident

Jun 30, 2009 Comments Off by

Wow, I can adore this blog “Worst Cartoons Ever,” but sadly I don’t think any of the below super powers would actually do our president any good, since he’s not like fighting intergalatic baddies or anything — just domestic and international ones.

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Political Physics: Skids, Mudflap and Race in Transformers ROTF

Jun 30, 2009 34 Comments by

So last Wednesday, my husband and I went to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Now this may not seem like a big deal to most people, but as relatively new parents (our son is 14 months old) getting out to see a summer blockbuster is definitely not as easy as it used to be. [...]

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Guess the Random Lyric: Me-1; You-0

Jun 30, 2009 2 Comments by

Hi — Sallie again here, guest editor of FaN this week. I actually wanted to guess on yesterday’s song, but it didn’t seem right since I had access to the answer, and no one else guessed either. Oh well. So Ernessa starts this week with the lead. From Ernessa: So we’re up to Indie Tuesday. [...]

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One More Thing Before We Go: I Vant To Sleep On Your Couch!

Jun 29, 2009 Comments Off by

If I was still 16, and had an extra $3,500 lying around, I would totally buy this couch. [Source: LikeCool]

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Procrastinate on This: The Time-Traveler’s Wife

Jun 29, 2009 Comments Off by

I must admit to already having a soft spot for this movie, b/c it was the book it’s based on was the first thing I read after I met CH. CH didn’t ask me out the first time we met, and obvs we didn’t have near this amount of drama in our courtship. Still I [...]

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Fierce in Seattle: Another Year Under the Belt…

Jun 29, 2009 2 Comments by

. a blogumn by Kelli Bielema I just celebrated my 38th birthday and I realized that I enjoy aging. Notwithstanding of this process would be my slowed metabolism (an entire sleeve of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies can no longer be a “snack”), decreased ability to bounce back after a night of binge drinking (which [...]

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Guess the Random Lyric: Final Score: Me – 3; You – 2

Jun 29, 2009 4 Comments by

So I’m not coming back from maternity leave til next week (btw, CAN’T wait), but no one guessed that Friday’s lyric was from “Breakout” by Swingout Sister, so I wanted to take time out of my busy newborn schedule to gently say: IN YO FACE!!!! Yeah, boy-eeeeee! I had a baby and won GTRL last [...]

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Fierce OR Nerdy: Up and Down or Around?

Jun 26, 2009 3 Comments by

a blogumn by slpc Last week’s poll between Cupcakes and Brownies was a record turn-out of voters resulting in a tie! I’m very happy about this, because I personally have very equal feelings about a great cupcake and a great brownie. In fact, I’d like to have one of each right now. I’m currently visiting [...]

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Technically Geeking: The Traveling Geek Show

Jun 26, 2009 2 Comments by

Tips for geeks on parade. What to bring when you travel so you can get online and stay juiced up.

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