Category: geek

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What tickles your fancy?

Take Notes. Is fainthearted one word or two? Student prose has wrecked her spelling. It’s one word. Two words–Faint Hearted–what would that be? The name of a drag queen. People Like That are the Only People Here, Lorrie Moore A...

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Taking all the fun out of shaking!

Spotted at Sur La Table, the Waring Pro Electric Martini Shaker/Stirrer. Sure to become the life of the party, our martini maker shakes or stirs the perfect martini with just the push of a button. Exclusive 20-oz. brushed stainless steel...

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Blogging because I can!

I’m blogging from my iPhone, nyahh! Thanks to a good WordPress plugin the interface is a lot easier to cope with. I remember trying to write in Atlanta and it was a pain. Now I just need to find a...

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Dumbledore loves Grindelwald?!

Harry Potter author JK Rowling today revealed that Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. The Edinburgh writer made the admission during a question and answer session with fans at New York’s Carnegie Hall. She was asked by one young fan...

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The new (i)Pod People

It’s like seeing the white earbuds all over again. Now I see other iPhone headphones wearers, identifiable by the mic capsule on the wire. Often there’s a little nod and a smile, but other times there’s no real recognition. It’s...

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Unboxed and unimpressed

I was looking for something to watch this afternoon as the local Youth Day festival had sent me towards migraine and driven out all of my desire to go out to dinner. As I was clearing out things on the...

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work: I’m a tree, I can bend…

Well the little missing paperwork drama was resolved with a simple, “Oh, if you don’t have it, you’ll just need to redo it.” That’s all, just redo the stupid form and get signatures again. Ah well, I still love my...

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… as a goof!

Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. These guys keep it holy by spending Sunday naked, listening to Roberta Flack — That is just some of the wacky fun of The Ten. If you didn’t see it, there’s just one...

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When you really need motivation to wake up!

When the Keurig coffee maker breaks down, I think I know what I’m buying to replace it, the Saeco Etienne Louis espresso coffee machine. The cover of Etienne Louis is a steel sphere, whereas the spikes and the supports are...

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Cool… Not Cool.

Anyone reading yesterday’s entry can probably guess at my mood yesterday, which carried through to this morning… until I read World War Hulk #1. If there’s a dermal patch for mood elevation that doesn’t actually need to be stuck on...