Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Books for Mom!
The GeekMoms recommend some of their favorite books for your Mom for Mother’s Day!
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Month: April 2013
Star Wars Silicone Molds – Worth The Money?
Do you ever look at geeky themed cooking and baking supplies and think to yourself, “it’s cool, but how much would it actually get used?” I know I do. I wondered the same thing about the new large size Star Wars ice moulds available at Think Geek. How many things can you actually create with an enormous Han Solo in Carbonite silicone mould? Turns out quite a lot…
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Between the Bookends with GeekMom
It’s time for another look at the GeekMoms’ never-ending stack of books. Collectively, we sure manage to make our way through a fair number of pages, whether we’re reading them on dead trees or e-readers. This month we’ve read books about DIY hacks and learning, costuming and cosplay, and even some audio options.
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Your First Look At Two New Kaijudo: Clash Of The Duel Masters Expansion Cards!
We’ve got your first look at two new cards for the upcoming Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters expansion exclusively on GeekMom!
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Meet Our Sponsor: Check Out BPAL’s RPG Scents
A look at BPAL’s RPG line. Align your scent!
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Felicia Day’s Vaginal Fantasy Hangout Tomorrow!
As someone who has been flogging the “romance is fun even for geek girls” theme for some time now, I’ve been thrilled to watch the Vaginal Fantasy Book Club with Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont, Bonnie Burton and Kiala Kazebee take off.
This week’s selection, to be discussed on the Hangout on Tuesday, April 30th, is Ghost Planet by Sharon Fisher.
Seven Reasons Why I Love Warehouse 13
Tonight sees the return of SyFy original series Warehouse 13 for the second half of it’s fourth season after the show left viewers on a cliff hanger with a plague unleashed and threatening to wipe out half the world’s population. Although not as popular as many current shows on air, Warehouse 13 is now one of my favourites after having spent the last few months catching up with the show on Netflix. Here are seven reasons why I’ve fallen in love with it and why you should give it a try.
Continue ReadingBlack Phoenix Alchemy Lab: The Magic of Hellboy
A look at the Hellboy line from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab!
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Screen Free Week: The Wrong Conversation
As someone who makes games for kids to play on screens, I’m not a fan of the Center for a Commercial Free Childhood’s Screen-Free Week, which begins today. I’m all for kids getting more unstructured play, more time outdoors, more time reading, and other good stuff, but the label “Screen-Free Week” forces the wrong conversation that lasts all year long.
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Lola Bunny — From Role Model to Ditz
The creators have turned one of my favorite rabbits into a ditz! What happened to my the female bunny who put the guys in their place and was the smartest one on the court? The entire episode Lola is either the damsel in distress or taking things so literal, she was hurting my head.
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Eat Like a Geek: Peppermint Toads
My daughter recently had a Harry Potter themed birthday party. The festivities of the day are for another article, but part of the Honeydukes gift bags were homemade Peppermint Toads.
Continue ReadingGeekMom’s Game of Thrones Season 3 Recap is Live Now! – Ep. 5 “Kissed By Fire”
The GeekMoms are live discussing Episode 5 of Game of Thrones Season 3, “Kissed by Fire”
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My Secret YouTube Affair
Dear broadcast television,
I am sorry; I have been cheating on you. I do have my favorite parts of you – Arrow, Castle, and Grimm – but it’s just not enough anymore. Even though you have broadened your horizons and experimented with giving me most of what I want when I want it on the internet through Hulu and Netflix, I’m really sorry to say, I need something different.
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The Blog Revolution: Blog as Source of Knowledge
Taking her cue from radar.oreilly.com, GeekMom Sarah considers her search engine entry and the ways in which she now turns to blogs where once she turned to books for certain things in her life.
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GeekMom Puzzle of the Week – #46
Welcome to the Geek Mom puzzle of the week! Each Sunday, a new quiz will be posted and you will have until 11:59 pm PST the following Friday to submit your answer. The kind folks over at ThinkGeek will be providing a $50 gift certificate for each week’s winner.
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GeekMom Puzzle of the Week #45 – Solution and Winner
As usual on Saturdays I get to announce our Puzzle of The Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.
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Lego Iron Man Extremis Sea Port Battle
Just in time for the release of Iron Man 3, Lego offers up the Iron Man Extremis Sea Port Battle.
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1000 Incredible Costume & Cosplay Ideas
Many of us GeekMoms are cosplayers; from my casually thrown together thrift store costumes through Mandy’s hand-sewn Kaylee Shindig dress right up to Dakster – our very own 501st Legion member. Although the level to which we each take our cosplay depends on our individual free time, available finances and confidence, we all love sharing photos of amazing cosplays created by others, so when I heard about 1000 Incredible Costume & Cosplay Ideas – a book part compiled by professional cosplayer Yaya Han I was excited to have a read.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: Mommy Bloggers
So why is the term mommy blogger such a negative one? I take a look at our assumptions about things with gender labels. Plus, where you can find me dressed as Wonder Woman.
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All My Children: From Old School Television to New Media
Those thinking the switch to online is a low-budget, half-hearted attempt to grab onto long-term fans and thrown them a bone are going to be extremely surprised. The online episodes will be first class productions, featuring much of the original casts, run by the same creators who made the soaps successful at their heyday, and will full sets and crew.
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