Tag: geeklife
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Doctor Who Commentary: Thoughts on the Cold War
Now that I’ve seen the Doctor Who episode called “The Cold War,” I have some observations. They are below the cut because SPOILERS, sweetie.
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Doctor Who Commentary: Thoughts on The Rings of Akhenaten
Because this is the new episode, all of my THOUGHTS will be after the page break. After all, SPOILERS, Sweetie.
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Arizona Renaissance Festival Weekend, aka roadtrip through desert
Two weekends ago, J and I took a roadtrip to Arizona to go to the renaissance festival that’s just outside of Phoenix. This one is the sister festival to the Carolina one (owned by the same company) and since J hasn’t been in town for one in a while, we decided to do the six…
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New photos and my Passport to the National Parks
While on my wild horse chasing weekend, I discovered something that’s been around almost as long as I have– the National Park system’s Passport. I’m a National Parks member, so I get into all the parks for free, and I went to a TON of national parks as a kid, but somehow I missed the…
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At the Mad Hatter Tea
I finally got my photos edited and uploaded from the Mad Hatter tea party last weekend. You can see them at my photo blog, though I’ll post a couple of favorites here. Many of the photos are either of me or of my friend’s daughter, mostly because I didn’t take many photos of the actual…
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Field trip to the vet
I guess you could say I’ve had a productive day. Of sorts. I was up late last night for no particular reason (well, I was decorating Easter eggs pretty late, so there’s that) and noticed that Caspian’s ears felt very hot to the touch, so I called the vet. Our vet is open 24 hours a…
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Egg-stravaganza gets a little Geeky…
So, today I decided I wanted an art project and being that it’s Easter weekend, I decided to color some eggs. After a quick search online, I found some really fun egg ideas, including egg geodes (where you wash out the shells and make multicolored salt or sugar crystals inside of them), but my favorite…
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Tolkien
Today is J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday; he’d have been 120 years old. Traditionally, fans raise a glass to him at 9pm their local time and give a simple toast: “The Professor!” I like that it fits so well with the things I love about J.R.R. Tolkien and his work: it’s simple and traditional (old-fashioned, even) but…
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The Hobbit: Reactions to the new trailer
If you haven’t heard yet, the NEW HOBBIT TRAILER has just been released. Haven’t seen it yet? Go. Watch it here. I’ll wait. ……. Done? Good. Okay, my initial reaction was just plain excitement. Now please bear with me while I give you some background. It’s been ten years since Fellowship of the Ring was…
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TV Confessional
Until we moved to Hawaii, we didn’t have cable. We paid $12 a month to have the local networks and a couple of “freebies” the cable provider gave us, but that was it. Then we moved here and the only way to see my beloved Tarheels was to pay not only for cable but for…
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