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[  Mood: Silly ][ Currently: About to put the boy back to bed ]Since the memes will not stop until morale improves, we at RevolutionSF take a stand. RevolutionSF co-founder Joe Crow started one, a nerdy one for you to send to … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Going to try and put the boy asleep again! ]Con cred is like street cred, but related to that most geel of activities, the convention. I invented it at 4:00 am, so it must be brilliant. Go … Continue reading →

AILWR = An Incredibly Long Winded Review, cause I have a lot to say. Part travel log, part ethnography, part cookbook, Beyond the Great Wall is absolutely stunning. The whole work focuses on the other China, specifically the non-Han population. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Silly ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]Television Without Pity (TWOP) used to do these wonderful photoshop contests where board members would manipulate pictures to fit certain themes. There were no prizes, but you would get positive feedback. Given that … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Watching Rick Mercer Report ]You may remember this story. Well I went a little crazy and sent Joe a billion suggestions for other geek related sign messages. He wasn’t able to use them, but they were too … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Evil ][  Currently: Watching My son play with a shoe ]Well, well, what a difference a week makes. The federal government threatens back to work legislation and the city and transit union suddenly agree to binding arbitration. Of course the … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Confused ][ Currently: Breastfeeding my son. ]Today is Marc Singer‘s Birthday. Why is that Geekgasm worthy? Because when I was young I loved watching V. I watched both of the mini-series and the tv show. And I became a fan. … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Cool ] Traction Man is an action figure given as a gift to a young boy. The toy comes with combat boots, battle pants, and a warfare shirt and is not to be microwaved. The book humourously tracks how … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Silly ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio – Canadian Budget ] In case you didn’t know, I have two history degrees. So I approach historical fiction with a weary eye. Too often they scarifice historicity for dramatic action. This drives … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Listening to A Book on CD on the History of the Papacy ] Stephen Clarke’s first book, A Year in the Merde, is a very funny look at modern day France through the eyes of English advertising … Continue reading →