Sex Sells…But Only if We Keep Buying.
Written on December 3, 2013
in Geek Culture, Media
So PETA used women dressed as “sexy pilgrims” to hand out fake turkeys and advertise against the eating of meat last week. With that piled up on the naked ads and the general use of sex in their advertising, I’ve started to wonder if PETA has any faith in their own message.
Moving In (Or Where Did All This Stuff Come From)
Written on December 3, 2013
in Geek Home

When I posted our Sold! post last week, I pushed it live as soon as we got out of closing. We started hauling boxes out of our old place as soon as we got home. We hired Two Men and a Truck to help us move the big things; things like couches,
Indy PopCon: Fund Their Kickstarter
Written on December 2, 2013
in Around Indy, Conventions, Geek Culture

Indianapolis is a convention city. It seems in the spring/summer there is a convention every weekend, whether it be a professional or fan convention. And even as far as fan conventions go, we have several throughout the year. There’s Starbase Indy, InConJunction, and of course Gen Con. Next year we’re getting another
Reread: High Fidelity

I love High Fidelity. I love the book and I love the movie. The movie I saw for the first time sometime in high school when it was on Comedy Central. Perfectly casted with John Cusack as the lead (I mean come on, this is totally who you picture Lloyd Dobler growing
50 years later, the Doctor is still our hero.
Written on November 26, 2013
in Geek Culture, Media

MIllions of geeks all over the world gathered around their screens on Saturday, eagerly awaiting a TV episode 50 years in the making. And honestly, I was disappointed. I’ve been a Who fan since I was a kid- I spent a large part of my childhood in England, and Classic Who was
An Open Letter to My Fellow Millennials
Written on November 25, 2013
in Geek Culture

Dear Millennial Generation, There’s lots of debate about when our generation started, and I’m not sure that’s going to be resolved anytime soon. But Wikipedia lists it as those of us born in the early 80’s through 2000, so that’s what I’m going to go by. That places me in the early-ish
The Book Thief: A Film That Does The Book Justice

This review contains spoilers: It’s been about four years since I read The Book Thief. My memory of it is very hazy other than the fact that I loved it, and couldn’t believe it was considered a book for young adults while reading it. Going into the advance screening I saw Wednesday
Sold!
Written on November 22, 2013
in Geek Home

Well readers, I’ve been keeping a pretty big secret from you. I didn’t want to post anything until the papers were signed and everything was official. But our little suburban transitional sold! We started getting showings within the first hour of being on the market, and we received an offer after only five
Catching Fire: The film smoulders, but never burns

Warning: This post contains spoilers. The book’s been out since 2009, it’s past the spoiler expiration and if you really don’t want to know, stop reading. Go get a coffee and come back when you’ve seen the movie. I’d love to hear what you think. Panem. A dystopian vision of America’s
Gift Guide: The Derby Geek
Written on November 22, 2013
in 5 on Friday, Derby, Gift Guides, The Usual

This list is a mix of both gifts for the geek that loves derby, and the derby geek who loves all things on eight wheels. Truth be told, there’s a lot of overlap there. There’s something about the serious yet goofy atmosphere of derby that just attracts us geeks to the world
