Fit4GenCon: E’s Healthstyle Progress Update #1
The first update in E’s 2010 quest to get Fit4GenCon.
Geeks Can Cook: Apple Pie Breakfast (#fit4gencon)
Steel cut oats, also known as Irish oats, are an awesome source of insoluble fiber and protein. If you find that regular oatmeal is too mushy and just doesn’t fill you up, you’re going to want to try steel cut oats.
Now, the problem with steel cut oats is that they take a long time to [...]
E’s Journey To Food Geek and Fit4GenCon: Part 1
Darya’s right. I think that the only way for me to achieve a sustainable healthy weight is to become a food geek.
After all, unless food becomes something I geek out about, it will always be something of peripheral importance (at least as far as quality goes, I’m always up for some quantity!).
Every time I’ve lost [...]
Get Fit By Becoming A Food Geek
September 10, 2009 by Guest Writer
Filed under Geek Life
(e’s note: Welcome today’s guest writer, Darya Pino, one of my favorite bloggers. Darya is a scientist, San Francisco foodie and advocate of local, seasonal foods. Get more healthy eating tips at her blog Summer Tomato. Follow her on Twitter @summertomato.)
On paper I am a huge nerd.
I’m a scientist for one thing (neuroscience Ph.D.) and [...]
Geeks Can Cook: Chicken & Veggie Chili Soup
I twittered a couple easy crockpot chicken recipes last week and thought gee, it might be nice to share some of my cooking adventures with the rest of my readers!
Before you run away screaming, “I can’t cook,” let me admit here that all of my “cooking” involves things with very few ingredients and a minimal [...]
Congratulations @geck0man! For Losers, Crab Stuffed Shrimp Outback Recipe!
Congratulations to Twitter user @geck0man for winning the $25 Gift Card to the Outback Steakhouse.
I rolled the giant d53 at random.org and @geckoman’s number was the lucky winner!
See? I told ya you could win with just a Re-Tweet!
Enjoy your steak and Bloomin’ Onion, @geck0man.
For the rest of you losers, I still love you, so I’m [...]
Easy Win Contest: How Would Your Geek Icon Cook Steak? Win $25 to Outback Steakhouse!
April 13, 2009 by e
Filed under Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Life
Update: We have a winner!! Thanks for playing!!
To help spread the word about their new menu offerings (15 meals under $15!), the fine folks at Outback Steakhouse have provided us with a most excellent prize to give away, geek friends. How would you like $25 in free food?
(You’d be a hero at D&D night if [...]
Wesley Crusher, Inadvertently Responsible for the Bloomin’ Onion
It needed only three more minutes. He was sure of it.
Confident in his decision, Picard pulled his head from the smoky depths of the grill and closed the lid with a snap. The clearing smoke revealed a particularly idyllic day on the Holodeck; an Earth day in June, maybe. Most of those [...]
Grown-Up J’s Favorite Geek Things
March 31, 2009 by j
Filed under Geek Life, Geeky Products
As I’ve been making the transition between College Student and Fully-Functioning Adult, I’ve noticed myself geeking out over some unexpected things.
Never, when I lived in a dorm, did I ever consider shower hardware a “geek product.” I find that to be a weightier sign of adulthood than any birthday or degree.
These are the items that [...]
