No one in your family will sit down with you to watch all the extended editions of Lord of the Rings. Your girlfriend is not the slightest bit interested in World of Warcraft. Your coworkers don’t know who either Russell T Davies or Joss Whedon are, and your sister’s boyfriend didn’t understand why you named a [...]
Top Five Reasons Why Dungeons & Dragons Will Help You Survive the Recession
27 May By 9 Comments
Everyone’s all “OMG RECESSION!“ People are losing their jobs, businesses are crumbling, house prices are tumbling, and Jack and Jill just can’t manage to get the credit line to buy the motorized scooters needed to cart their fast-food-filled asses up the hill to fetch a pail of water. (Okay, most likely a pail of Coca-Cola, [...]
Shameless Squee! geeksdreamgirl.com Hits 100k Unique Visitors!
27 May By 6 Comments
I was so excited when I checked Google Analytics yesterday! At first, I was like, “OMG, I’m at 99,990 unique visitors! Soooo close!” Then I realized Google Analytics routinely leaves the current day out of the calculation. 100k!! I know, pics or it didn’t happen. Incoming pictures…
Moradin’s Lass: Hot Dwarven Men, a Demigod, and a Quest
26 May By 4 Comments
So there I was in the bar of the Slumbering Drake, downing a ton of ale through this awesome hat with straws when this group of dwarves come in. And let me tell you, these were not normal dwarves. These were cute burly man dwarves. Ohhhhh Moradin, were they cute! I haven’t seen any decent [...]
Geeks-in-Training: Which School Would You Choose?
25 May By 3 Comments
In sf and fantasy, heroes aren’t hard to find. In many instances, however, the great aren’t just born – they’re also trained. Here’s a breakdown of some of the most famous institutions in geekdom, with their pros and cons. Starfleet Academy Duration: Four to eight years Entrance Requirements: Application, entrance exam, summer prep course, occasionally [...]
Geek Bucket List: Seeing a Jonathan Coulton Concert LIVE
22 May By 2 Comments
I became a JoCo fan the moment someone sent me the link to the World of Warcraft video of Code Monkey. I ended up looking him up, finding the Thing A Week posts, and basically have been a semi-rabid fangirl ever since. I say semi-rabid because while I have pretty much every song he’s put [...]
Turning a Laundry List Into A Great Online Dating Profile
20 May By 2 Comments
Ah, the dreaded laundry list. Most of the profiles I did for the public makeovers had laundry list problems. A lot of my clients have laundry list problems. What’s a laundry list? Oh, only the most boring way ever to write your online dating profile. It’s where you list all the words that describe you, [...]
Find R2-D2 in Star Trek, Enter to Win a Prize
20 May By Leave a Comment
When I saw the latest Star Trek movie, it never occurred to me to look for Star Wars references, but apparently they exist. If you spotted R2-D2 in the movie, you will be entered into a drawing to win an “actual prop” from Star Trek, with an approximate value of $100. Here’s the entry specifications: [...]
The Crew of Star Trek: Hot Geeks, Every One
19 May By 8 Comments
Last weekend I saw Star Trek. While I have a certain fondness for Spock (especially when he’s played by Zachary Quinto), it occurred to me that the entire crew of the Enterprise is hot stuff, both in brains and beauty. Here’s a breakdown of the crew, and why they’re extremely datable. Kirk – Probably the [...]
Getting Hot for GenCon: A Quest to Be A Less Squishy DreamGirl
18 May By 18 Comments
Do you feel a bit like Jabba lately? Or maybe you just have a little belly you’d like to get see gone, or a couple love handles you don’t exactly love. Let’s face it. There are a lot of fat geeks out there. I’m one of them. So what are we going to do about [...]
