The fates of major US broadcast network sf/fantasy/horror/related genre shows, listed by title and network: 24 (FOX) – canceled after eight seasons Better Off Ted (ABC) – canceled after two seasons Chuck (NBC) – renewed for a fourth season FlashForward (ABC) – canceled after one season Fringe (FOX) – renewed for a third season Ghost… Read More TV: As fate would have it…
Ok, so I have a friend. Said friend is going through a bad spell (not entirely of her choosing), and as a result is kind of broke. Said friend also has a seven year old who is a Tiny Geek. And his particular field of Geek is DINOSAURS. He loves them. He reads books on… Read More Help a Tiny Geek Out.
So, a week or so ago I started clearing out my box at The Dreaming. Yay! I picked up the first five issues of X-men Forever, X-men Origins: Nightcrawler, some PS 238 and Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers issues 1 and 2. So, this Saturday, after very responsibly cleaning the house, picking up a new TV… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #129 – Comics! No, really!! I picked some up!
Cecilia Tan, author of the Magic University universe, approves of Fanfiction. She also recounts conversations with lawyers that give lie to the “I’m protecting my copyright” fiction a lot of authors use to justify their stance. You don’t have to justify, guys. If you don’t like it, just say you don’t like it. “It’s the… Read More GGR Newsblip: Another Author who GETS IT!
So, you can go download Podcast #16 here. Yes, I know I haven’t posted 15 yet, but it’s going to take a lot of editing. And I don’t know if you guys have realized this, but I don’t like to do a lot of editing on my podcasts. I generally go through and take out… Read More Geek Girls Rule! Podcast #16 – My Grandpa, Fic Fail, Movies and Stuff
Why am I getting teary watching Atlantis launch? Partially, because I still remember where I was when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. I was in 7th grade Lit Class with Mrs. Mickelson at Lake Hazel Jr. High, when the principal announced over the PA system that the Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded. We were excused… Read More GGR Newsblip: Last Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
I’m not actually referring to how fast geeks get stuff done, that varies geek to geek, although a lot of us are pretty damn focused when we really get going on a project. I speak from the experience of building a 20″ x 20″ stained glass window in 36 hours. I, um, have a tendency to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #128 – At the Speed of Geek
If you have any familiarity with the Fanfic community, you have by now heard of Diana Gabaladon’s epic misstep about Fanfic. She has since offered up a sort of, kind of, ok maybe I misjudged but I’m not really apologizing and I stand by what I said about you being thieves statement. The gist of this… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #127 – Fanfic, Authors and How not to ask people not to fic your works.
Sgt. Pepper did not teach the band to play… The Geek Husband What Rules and I got married in a Pagan Ceremony in a friend’s backyard. Happy Anniversary, Sweetheart.
Ok, don’t click the link unless you’re prepared to sob like a baby at your computer. Boy gets to be superhero for a day. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization full of beautiful human beings, made a young boy with cancer’s wish to be a superhero come true. 13 year old Erik Martin got to be… Read More Geek Girls Rule #126 – Superheroes ARE Real.
Geek Girls Rule!!! 