Recent readings

13 Things That Don’t Make Sense by Michael Brooks My review rating: 4 of 5 starsGreat read, worth reading for anyone who likes to get their science geek. Gets as deep as it needs to into what it covers, but not deeper. Light fun science reading Princeps’ Fury: Book Five of the Codex Alera by …

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MORTAL KOMBAT!!! and, uh, some other games

For Christmas I got am embarrassment of video game riches for presents.  I had purchased a PS3 a few months ago, but until Christmas I only had one game.  Okay, technically we had two, but one of them was “Sarah’s.”  In any case, pre-Christmas, all games were Lego games (Batman and Star Wars) so I’m …

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Truth in comics

I love xkcd and its geeky geeky ways.  It often captures things I’ve lived and/or seen.  Today’s is one I have lived and seen lived. This reminds me of a post on usenet my friend Anne made in 1998.  To quote: So I am left not bitter just tired of this whole meeting people, emotional …

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MORTAL KOMBAT!!! vs. DC?

Thanks to Comic Book Resources, I just learned of the in-development game of Mortal Kombat vs. DC.  I have watched the trailer and a few other videos.  This is either going to be the best game ever (for a DC comics dorks like myself) or the worst thing created by man.  There is no middle …

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COME, SON OF NICOLAS CAGE, KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!

Its been in the news that Nicolas Cage has named his new baby boy Kal-El. Us comic geeks know that Kal-El happens to be Superman’s birth name. Not sure if this is better or worse than Harley Quinn Smith, Kevin Smith’s little girl. I’m thinking Kevin wins here. In any case, this makes me feel …

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Dinah’s name

Many people ask about how we came up with Dinah Aeryn for the name of our daughter. We get a lot of “Is Dinah a family name?” Strangely, no one really asks us about Aeryn. Must be because its a middle name. Anyway, I warn you, its a tale of monster geekery. However, this geekery …

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