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

Jun 30, 2009 Comments Off by Charles Cron

. 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 Ernessa

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 17 Comments by monique

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 1 Comment by Ernessa

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 Ernessa

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 Ernessa

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 1 Comment by Kelli Bielema

. 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 2 Comments by Ernessa

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 2 Comments by Sallie Patrick

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 1 Comment by Justin Time

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

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