tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228635702008-05-16T15:53:05.680-05:00Liznoreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-58428079251445677002008-05-16T11:20:00.001-05:002008-05-16T11:20:01.935-05:00

I know I'm getting dangerously close to Dwight Schrute "bears, beets and Battlestar Galactica" territory with yet another post about my favorite Cylon-filled show, but I can't help myself. I promise to lay off it after this, but right now, this show is blowing my mind to such a degree I have to take a few minutes to talk about it, especially in light of recent reviews such as this one in Salon

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-91497315137366545272008-05-15T06:45:00.000-05:002008-05-15T06:45:01.831-05:00

+ Sweet fancy Moses, I'd like one of these: It's a personal size jet. Yes, it's just like a jet pack but it makes you look like a flying squirrel which is about a billion times more awesome than anything ever. + Io9 has tons of details on J.J. Abrams new upcoming TV series, "Fringe," which is about an FBI agent who investigates weird stuff but is named neither Fox nor Mulder. Despite that, it

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-26857827603994519562008-05-14T11:30:00.002-05:002008-05-14T11:30:02.558-05:00

Forget bulging pecs and fast cars. Never mind those college basketball stats and varsity letters. Nerdy women dig funny men. It's just a fact of life. Yup, if you're like me (and I know I am*), no characteristic is more important than a sense of humor in a gentleman friend. Half the reason I fell in love with my husband was because he could perfectly recreate a Kids In the Hall sketch involving

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-36692354841531319002008-05-14T06:37:00.000-05:002008-05-14T06:37:00.855-05:00

+ I love this story so much that if I were a chihuahua and it were a leg...well...there'd be contact, let's just say that. Here's the headline: "'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attack." + Patrick Stewart earned a Tony Award nomination for "Macbeth." He was heard to weep softly, "What's the good of a Tony Award when I've lost Nerd Man honors yet again?" And then he cried and cried. +

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-64807124650473883012008-05-13T13:01:00.001-05:002008-05-13T13:03:00.626-05:00

I have seen the blue phone box, and it is good. Yes, “Doctor Who” has won me over. After years of people nudging me to give the show a chance and me, well, not, I finally gave it a try following David Tennant’s Nerd Man win last month. Lo and behold, the Converse-wearing Time Lord has reeled me in, and I feel ready to stamp the word “fan” on my delicate, dorky forehead. I had shied away from

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-41487824508201692502008-05-13T06:20:00.000-05:002008-05-13T06:20:00.504-05:00

+ Have you heard about PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game? It's an add-on application for Firefox that lets you turn your everyday experiences online into a long-play game. Color me intrigued... + Two things stick in my head from high school Latin class: being traumatized by the poetry of Catullus (if you've read him, you know what I'm talking about) and being mesmerized by my classmate

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-21963525120406961922008-05-12T12:00:00.000-05:002008-05-12T12:00:02.628-05:00

+ The official preview for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" has been released. Check it out below while I take a few moments to wipe the drool from my chin: + Did you hear that PBS' "The Electric Company" is coming back? On the one hand, yay for the return of a show about reading that was one-part entertaining and two-parts scary Tom Wolfe-acid trip for me as a kid. On the other hand, the PBS

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-21270738923838047932008-05-09T12:27:00.003-05:002008-05-09T12:31:01.274-05:00

It's a random Friday in the middle of the month and you know what that means: nerdy man time. Let me know who you'd like to see nominated as Mr. May. You know the drill: he's got to have strong nerd credibility, loads of charm...and, well, beyond that, pretty much anything goes. So add your nominees in the comments and we'll start voting on Monday. For a list of past winners, check out our

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-1811213806959824232008-05-08T07:16:00.002-05:002008-05-08T08:10:54.870-05:00

+ Advertising is getting out of hand! Did you hear about the guy who can make clouds in the shape of corporate logos? Yup, Disney's going to have a giant, cloud mouse floating over Disneyland soon. And now, some real estate mogul in L.A. plans to recreate those video ads on the sides of skyscrapers from "Blade Runner." Yup, now residents of LA high-rises can live INSIDE a kitty litter billboard.

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-58507418648548877932008-05-07T12:00:00.000-05:002008-05-07T12:00:00.976-05:00

Park Bench correspondent Meghann checks in with a fabulous report on Eddie Izzard new live show: All my comedy fangirl dreams came true last night: I saw Eddie Izzard live and in person. And I am here to tell you folks, he is a stone cold fox. I have never been shy about proclaiming my love and lust for Eddie Izzard – he’s hilarious, intelligent, and sexy. In this latest show, Stripped, Eddie

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-63415316845201291582008-05-07T07:40:00.000-05:002008-05-07T08:08:27.488-05:00

+ Great news for fans of former Nerd Man of the Month honorees Simon Pegg and Nick Frost -- their acclaimed British TV series, "Spaced," is finally coming to DVD in the U.S. on July 22. Woo and hoo! (Thanks to tgrfan 23 for the tip!) + A full slate of Marvel films has been announced, starting with the Iron Man sequel on April 30, 2010. Other flicks to come focus on Thor, Captain America and The

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-88041928160982669142008-05-06T13:05:00.000-05:002008-05-06T13:06:15.453-05:00

Most of you are probably too young to remember this, but there once was a time when TV shows were watched on specific nights at specific times. We call this B.D.V.R. or Before D.V.Rs. The advent of the DVR has been wonderful, allowing me to stockpile entire seasons of shows and have lost weekends eating waffles and watching 22 hours of “Top Chef.” It also has allowed me to compensate for

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-22686839308262271172008-05-06T07:30:00.003-05:002008-05-06T09:34:30.784-05:00

+ Mechanical squirrels have arrived...and soon they will be using graduate students as their own personal meat puppets. Until then, they're just marking time helping scientists research squirrel social behavior. Is it wrong that I totally want a mechanical squirrel? I would name him Jeeves, and he would wear a little hat. + I'm an idiot which is probably why this appealed to me so much: "Five

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-84714181644955314322008-05-02T12:30:00.003-05:002008-05-02T14:13:16.548-05:00

Remember in elementary school when little Timmy Rosenblatt* was the light of your life? The way he ate graham crackers, the way he cried during dodgeball, the way he waxed Socratic on the meaning of “Sesame Street,” all made him irresistible to you. Until little Jimmy Hosenfeffer** came on the scene and you were suddenly swept up in his flip-collared Izod t-shirt, the confident way he rode the

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-11966233855550953042008-05-02T06:45:00.001-05:002008-05-02T07:57:42.530-05:00

+ Okay, this has nothing to do with nerdiness, but it still cracked me up and I have to share. A man in Texas tried to cash a personal check...for $360 billion dollars. "(The man) said his girlfriend's mother gave him the check to start a record business." And buy a small country presumably. + I've been derilect in my Captain Tightpants reportage. Nathan Fillion has signed on to a new ABC pilot

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-61425109274023943242008-05-01T12:03:00.000-05:002008-05-01T14:04:26.778-05:00

In the world of TV movies, there can be only one king. And I’m sorry Lifetime Channel but your overuse of Meredith Baxter Birney has lost you the crown. I submit that the Sci-Fi Channel deserves the throne because, really, how many other networks would have the temerity to actually produce the gloriously wonderful crap they do? I realized this a few weeks ago when I woke up early Sunday morning

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-79733102891306587732008-05-01T07:17:00.001-05:002008-05-01T07:55:17.399-05:00

+ A motorized unicycle. Clowns everywhere rejoice -- at 100 miles per hour! + Star Trek tricorders are a few steps closer to reality with a new medical scanner that will fit with cell phones and allow doctors in areas without access to advanced medical equipment to check on everything from "detecting tumors to monitoring fetuses," says Yahoo News. You know, all these "Star Trek" style advances

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-43618923464144375932008-04-30T12:07:00.001-05:002008-04-30T11:19:04.147-05:00

+ AOL did a ranking of their top 50 TV comedies of all time. I guess I agree with most of them, although I would like to have a little love for "The Addams Family," "The Monkees" and Jack Benny's half-hour show, which still has the power to make me weep with laughter. + Also pilfered from USA Today's Pop Candy blog, this item about J.D. Salinger putting on his cranky pants over "Raiders of the

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-41329691343704293312008-04-29T12:55:00.000-05:002008-04-29T13:57:35.845-05:00

It seems crazy to me that certain types of foods are considered masculine and others are considered feminine. You’d think that two decades after those “real men don’t eat quiche” shenanigans took place, we’d be over it. But the other day, I was reading an article on “Gossip Girl” in New York Magazine – I feel I should issue a denial over reading that article, but honestly, it just happened and I

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-84695784409708211172008-04-29T07:04:00.002-05:002008-04-29T08:36:50.036-05:00

+ Whatever you are doing, stop doing it and start heading toward your nearest Ben and Jerry's. Yes, today is Free Cone Day. Hence, today is better than Christmas. Here's a list of participating stores. Go now, my friends! Run like the wind! + Or if you'd like to just lose your appetite completely, check out this story of the gigantic, King Kong-like giant squid that researchers have been

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-53397538553904803522008-04-25T12:40:00.000-05:002008-04-25T12:41:25.953-05:00

After watching “Lost” last night, I’ve been mulling over the question of comprehension. How important is it, really, for me to understand what the hell is going on in a show or movie? Does it lessen my enjoyment of the thing or does it just liven things up by forcing me to continually turn to my husband and ask, “What the hell just happened?” Those “what the hell” moments have been happening to

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-53516281453244902682008-04-25T07:32:00.000-05:002008-04-25T08:29:19.013-05:00

+ Ricky Gervais has a great blog documenting his experiences making "This Side of Truth," his directorial debut. It's a very funny read and includes bonus shots of him goofing off with Rob Lowe and Tina Fey. + Good news for Hellboy fans and small men with hairy feet -- Guillermo del Toro will be directing both parts of the upcoming Hobbit movie adaptation. I'm throwing down my bet right now

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-50869770576192944572008-04-24T12:37:00.002-05:002008-04-24T12:08:24.178-05:00

Sometimes I like to get a little autodidactic* with myself. I know, I know, you're thinking, "What if she goes blind?" (Not to worry. I wear glasses.) But yes, the truth is that sometimes I like to "get my learning on," as the kids say. Without a nearby university or handy college professor to teach me, though, it can be difficult. So when I get in the self-educating mood, I turn to The Times

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-64260991524786963202008-04-23T07:27:00.000-05:002008-04-23T09:15:18.732-05:00

+ Stephen Hawking discussed the possibility of life on other planets on Monday at an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASA. Apparently, it was also a roast: "Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare," he said, quickly adding, "Some would say it has yet to occur on earth." Ha, that Hawking. + For those of you with BBC America, April's Nerd Man of the Month David

Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-77673993672477653212008-04-22T12:20:00.004-05:002008-04-23T07:14:15.308-05:00

+ The pen literally becomes mightier than the sword. Fencers everywhere are armed with Bics. + “Jedi Knight” deemed an acceptable religious affiliation. Ewoks still shunned. + Festivus would be a federal holiday. In addition to social security cards and small hats, babies are issued stripper poles at birth. + Stats for an ideal woman change from 36-24-36 to 780 verbal/780 math. + Al Gore

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