‘Friends’ and ‘Nightmare’: Two New Advent Calendars for the Holiday Season
Two new Advent calendar sets from Insight Editions will bring new ways to celebrate to your holiday season.
Continue ReadingTwo new Advent calendar sets from Insight Editions will bring new ways to celebrate to your holiday season.
Continue ReadingToday marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Though it was supposed to allow for universal suffrage, it didn’t quite achieve that, but it was a step in the right direction and a major part of the effort to apply laws equally. We here at GeekMom […]
Continue ReadingWomen’s art and women’s history converge in this important book celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Continue ReadingJoin the world of Harry Potter by making (and using or wearing) knitted items from this brand new book.
Continue ReadingThough I’m a LEGO devotee, I do branch out into other building systems occasionally. I have a number of Nanoblock sets, for example. They’re (almost) all the fun of LEGO but they take up so much less room. I recently learned about another company, MicroDesigns, who makes similar, tiny building sets based on some notable […]
Continue ReadingThis year is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. Here is a list of some resources that can help you learn more about the amendment and a few ways to celebrate this landmark achievement.
Continue ReadingThe end of the calendar year is a great time to look back at your year, evaluating how it went, and looking forward toward the next year. What do you want to happen? How will you get there?
Continue ReadingReading Time: 4 minutes In our nerdy home, it wouldn’t be the Christmas season (November 1-December 31, as far as I’m concerned) without a bit of Harry Potter. The banners, feasts, and thoughts of the warm, fuzzy sweaters of the Weasley family—along with the fun rivalry of most of us being in different houses—all add […]
Continue ReadingFire up your tractor beam and let’s abduct some cows! Logic game style…
Continue ReadingAssemble a puzzle, solve the mysteries, and escape from the room in this line of escape room jigsaw puzzles!
Continue ReadingTake logic puzzles into the third dimension with this new logic game from ThinkFun.
Continue ReadingReading Time: 2 minutes Designed by a fan and implemented by the very intelligent folks at LEGO (they knew that a certain segment of their fan base would appreciate this set very much), the new LEGO Friends Central Perk set is out today! (Not to be confused with the LEGO Friends line of toy sets.) […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 3 minutes Stephen Fry can be at once hilarious, melodious, and serious. And cheeky. Often cheeky. He has managed to combine all of these qualities together in the book Mythos, with a new U.S. version out today from Chronicle Books (it was previously published in the UK to wide acclaim). In Mythos, Stephen […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 3 minutes This year, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest news stories of the 20th century, the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. Capturing the interest, hearts, and intellect of countless people around the world, the space race, leading up to the first moon landing, was a serious […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 5 minutes I grew up eating the occasional homemade pizza, and we still make it sometimes ourselves. I’ve tried countless recipes, baked in my standard oven, but, while usually tasty, none come out quite like you’d hope, quite like you’d expect from a pizza joint. Well, the likely reason for that is the […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 4 minutes Learn about astronomy with your kids! Image used with permission. Now that the nights are starting to get warmer (in some places, at least!), it’s time to start considering some outdoor activities. But after all the hikes, cookouts, and kite flying, what’s a good activity after dark? After you’ve filled up […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 2 minutes As they do every year, the folks at American Mensa hold a weekend o’ games, Mensa Mind Games, where Mensa members play, rate, and rank tabletop games submitted for that year’s competition. This year’s was held just last weekend, and the 2019 Mensa Select winners have been announced! The winners are […]
Continue ReadingReading Time: 3 minutes Did you know that there is enough energy in just your little pinky to power an entire city? That’s how this book of wonder begins, explaining how marvelous our bodies can be. Power Up: Your Incredible, Spectacular, Supercharged Body, written by Seth Fishman and illustrated by Isabel Greenberg, looks at energy […]
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