The Usual Archive

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5 on Friday: Products I’m Most Excited About From CES 2013

Is it just me, or has CES gotten a bit… boring this year? I really do not care about Smart TVs, 4k TVs, or OLED TVs. Ok, I just don’t care about TVs. Or iPhone cases, as seems to be the other big category. Pebble Watch – This is completely unnecessary, and

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Shit My Husband Says: The Cost Of Legos

“I really want the Lego Millennium Falcon set, but it costs as much as a real Millennium Falcon.”

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5 on Friday: 5 Songs to Introduce You to Nerdcore

Nerdcore, in a nutshell, is hip hop with nerdy lyrical content. I’m calling these songs all nerdcore, although some of the artists mentioned don’t identify as such (or don’t anymore). Some of them prefer to be called indie hip hop. It’s a very niche genre  but if you’re reading this there’s a chance

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. It’s a lot of fun, and really interesting with my 2012 only being 2 months. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2012. If it

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5 on Friday: Tools to Thrive After the Apocalypse

Happy end of the world! Today I present to you, five tools to help you thrive after the apocalypse. There are of course the typical food, water, and weapons that you’ll probably need. But what else? There has to be more to post-apocalyptic living then that, right? Distilling Kit – The world

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Shit My Husband Says: The TARDIS

“I could totally build a TARDIS. … I don’t have to build the inside do I?”

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Shit My Husband Says: Hogwarts

Preface: There’s a train that runs in our town that only runs for special events. Him: Did you hear a train? Me: It’s the Christmas train. Him: Oh….I thought maybe it was the Hogwarts train. Me: You’re too old to go to Hogwarts. Him: I KNOW!

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5 on Friday: Books You Should Read

I think I’m going to make Friday’s list days. I’m usually a little over the week by Friday and this is a simple way for me to share things I like with you. Plus, I just really like making lists. This week’s list is of books I think you should read that