Wassup-wassup-wassup! Just wanted to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the nerdy moms out there, before I open up this big ol’ batch of procrastination for ya. 1. Just in time for Mother’s Day, The Mary Sue is celebrating “Momtagonists,” including Elastigirl from THE INCREDIBLES, Jessica Jones (from AVENGERS 2?), Athena from BSG, and of [...]

1. I loved this round-up of the 30 Nerdiest MAD Magazine Covers from the last sixty years. As one might imagine, there have been quite a few. It was hard for me to pick just one for the featured image. But in the end my enduring love for STAR TREK IV won out. [Topless Robot] 2. [...]

1. Oh my dear gosh, summer is looking bleak TV-wise for sci-fi and fantasy. We can look forward to the return of shows like TRUE BLOOD, WILFRED, BREAKING BAD, and WAREHOUSE 13; and make do with FALLING SKIES and ALPHAS; but everything else looks truly suck-tacular. [i09's Ultimate Guide to This Summer's Sci-Fi and Fantasy [...]

Okay, I’m on deadline (yes, again), so I’m going to have to make this super-quick like a bunny. 1. By most accounts, I’m a pretty happy (if insanely chatty) drunk. So while I found this explanation of what makes some people happy and some people belligerent drunks interesting, I also found it confusing. Basically their [...]

1. This writing advice from C.S. Lewis (who wrote the very first book that ever sent me into a complete book thrall, THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE), is both excellent and still “write” on-point. [io9] a. Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make [...]

Greetings from Charlottesville, VA, where I’m taking part in the VA Festival of the Book, but mostly ensconcing myself in a hotel room for five days, so that I can finally catch up. Other than missing my family terribly, it is awesome. Especially the part where I subsist on packaged food like I’m in my [...]

1. WARNING: Do not, not, NOT look at this SeaWorld penguin cam unless you want to lose at least 20 minutes. We made the mistake of showing it to our daughter right before bedtime, and immediately got sucked into a group thrall, from which we weren’t released until a penguin accidentally knocked over the camera. [...]

In lieu of an apology for not being around much online or off the last three weeks, I’ll just post this (slightly edited) email that I sent our co-editor, Amy Robinson, this morning: My inbox is currently FUBAR [...] Last big deadline of the season is on Saturday and then, I’m going to be so [...]

1. If you ever wanted to see vaginas dressed up as superheroes, go’on ahead and click through. I’d say NSFW, but if anyone’s looking at your computer screen closely enough to actually tell what these are, they deserve to see what they see. [The Mary Sue] 2. “Do you make decisions quickly based on incomplete [...]

So I’m coming out from underneath a crushing February 15th deadline (seriously, who contractually obligates somebody to turn in a project on the day after Valentine’s Day — and what sucker writer agrees to it??? Me, that’s who. [sad face]), to bring you this special, extra lurvely batch of procrastination. Though, seriously, as much as [...]