Forget it, I’m going skating.
Written on December 10, 2014
in Derby, Geek Culture
When I stopped playing roller derby two years ago (has it really been that long?), there were several factors at play. The first was my job. I was missing too many practices, and not being “there” when I actually made it to practice. Another was my two best friends stopping. And lastly,
Cards Against Humanity: 10 Days Or Whatever Of Kwanzaa
Written on December 9, 2014
in Games

Holiday season is here, and Cards Against Humanity is in full spirit again, this year offering 10 Days Or Whatever Of Kwanzaa! Â For the slightly more expensive price than last year of $15 (vs $12 last year), I will once again be getting numerous gifts in the mail throughout the month of
Gift Guide: Coworkers
Written on December 8, 2014
in 5 on Friday, Gift Guides, The Usual

Most links are affiliate links. Because #FeedABlogger. It’s always hard to know what to buy your coworkers. You don’t want to spend a ton of cash, because you have to buy multiples of whatever you gift. You want to keep the gifts fairly similar. And you don’t want to give them crap
Claire’s Top 5 Things on the Internet: Best Christmas Movies
Written on December 2, 2014
in Geek Culture, TV/Movies
It’s that time of year again! Time for cookies, and twinkle lights, and ornaments and everyone’s favourite christmas movies. To celebrate the beginning of the season, I’ve compiled my top five Christmas movie moments! Enjoy and share your favourites in the comments below 🙂 (Also, I couldn’t narrow it down to five,
Words Matter.
Written on December 1, 2014
in Geek Culture

It’s a little early for 2014 retrospective posts, but I also don’t want to wait to write this one. It’s not been a great year for internet culture. We had GamerGate. We had ShirtGate. (Seriously, let’s stop with the “gates.”) We’ve had reactions to the Michael Brown shooting, and reactions to everything
Mockingjay: Part 1
Written on November 25, 2014
in Geek Culture, Tributes, TV/Movies

Unless you were living under a rock this weekend, it was nearly impossible to miss the rising of the Mockingjay. Katniss and her not so merry band of rebels were back in theaters, battling against the Capitol and President Snow. After the disappointment of Catching Fire, the beauty and heart shown in
Gift Guide: The Record Collector
Written on November 21, 2014
in 5 on Friday, Gift Guides, Media, Music, The Usual

Any links to Amazon are affiliate links. And while you’re doing your shopping this year, pleas consider doing Amazon shopping from this link. If you do, we get a small percentage. It’s getting into the holiday season, which means it’s time to start thinking about what to get for everyone on your list. It’s harder
No matter what, I will write.
Written on November 20, 2014
in Claire's Happiness Project, Geek Culture, Geek Girl

You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been writing as much this month. I thought about waiting until December and then posting about how I was boycotting blogging because I think National Blog Post Month/National Novel Writing Month are ridiculously stupid. I refuse to justify either phrase’s stupid abbreviation by writing them down.
App Review: Songza
Written on November 19, 2014
in App Reviews, Media, Mobile, Music, Reviews, Technology

I tend to go through phases where I just want to find some new apps. I’ll go through the “recommended” and “popular” categories in the app store to see what I can find. Most of the time, I’ll use them once or twice and then they’ll sit until I do a cleanup
The Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore.
Written on November 17, 2014
in Geek Culture

Over the last few months, I’ve gotten really tired of the internet. Maybe that’s a bit broad, I’ve really gotten tired of social networking.Which feels like all of the internet anymore. It’s getting increasingly negative, and it’s wearing me out. It’s really getting to the point that it’s not fun anymore. For
