I’m lucky to have a husband who is a kid at heart because it makes shopping for him easy and fun. Most of the time, I can get his presents at my local toy store or comic book shop. It was this unique trait that inspired me to put together the ultimate Father’s Day gift guide for the kid at heart. So, without further adieu, I give you the gift guide for the dad who prefers transformers over ties and Legos over soap on a rope.
Continue ReadingEvery good Jedi knows that the lightsaber is a weapon of a more civilized age. The Force FX Lightsaber with removable blade, have become a standard accessory for every Jedi and Sith in the galaxy. My favorite feature of these lightsabers is the ability to remove the blade when not engaged in battle. Sometimes a […]
Continue ReadingApril is Autism Awareness Month, but if you’re like our house, autism awareness happens every month. That’s one of the reasons I love this shirt on ThinkGeek. Neurodiversity is a movement centered around the philosophy that autism isn’t a disease. It’s a difference in development. Sure, it’s also a disability, but that doesn’t mean we […]
Continue ReadingIt’s sort of a universally accepted fact that bacon is one of the best foods known to mankind. No other food garners quite the same level of fanatic devotion and adoration. As a result, it’s been incorporated into all sorts of recipes in an effort to create the ultimate bacon experience. I am guilty of adding […]
Continue ReadingThinkGeek is well-known for their awesome but often unfeasible or ridiculous April Fool’s Day ad products. They have gotten so much positive feedback on some of them, however, that a few of them are actually in production for real. Case in point, the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag, My First Bacon, and Canned Unicorn Meat. Significantly cheaper […]
Continue ReadingThis was my third year attending Maker Faire and helping at the GeekDad booth (this year, the GeekDad/GeekMom booth!). Every year is different. Our booth and the Faire have only grown each year, but the experience has also been fundamentally different each time. The first year I attended (2009), we had a lot of things […]
Continue ReadingI didn’t get physics in high school. All I remember was Mr. Cleaves rubbing a wand and the rude comments the demonstration sparked (no pun intended). But I loved calculus and photography. Now I know why. It ‘s always the teacher. Finally, I get physics and it’s all because of Walter Lewin, Professor of Physics, […]
Continue ReadingLooking for something larger than life that will thrill the entire family this holiday? A tool that is a gateway for magnifying thought, an inspirational device used by poet laureates and Ivy League professors, preschoolers and Ph.D.s, not to mention geek Grinches and Whos? It fits in the palm of your hand, but has infinite […]
Continue ReadingI knew I would love the ThinkGeek Geek Kids Bed Sheets, but wow, they have blown me away. You’d expect robots and aliens and such, but these sheets go beyond expectations and include such things as (and this is just a sampling): Timmy (of course!), dinosaurs, astronauts, geeky girls (!), zombies, unicorns, ninjas, pirates, and […]
Continue ReadingRegardless of what holidays you celebrate, the end-of-year festivities are right around the corner. If you choose to purchase gifts online, you need to order then in advance to allow for shipping time, backorders, and comparison shopping. We at GeekMom are here to help you with ideas for anyone on your gift list, from babies […]
Continue ReadingOne of the more popular shirts for adults at ThinkGeek, their Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt, is now available for kids! The shirts are short sleeved, but don’t let that stop you from rocking out this winter. (You can always wear a long sleeved shirt underneath, preferably white, black, red, yellow, or orange, to match the […]
Continue ReadingWe here at GeekMom are proud and excited to announce that GeekMom T-shirts are now available for purchase at ThinkGeek! The shirts have our zippy space-age car logo, in slightly less varied colors (due to printing restrictions), and our URL on the back. The shirts come in black, cut for women but still generous in […]
Continue ReadingBecause of the way much of history has been written, we know about plenty of historical geeky men. From Copernicus to Kepler to Sagan, from Newton to Einstein to Feynman, and from Babbage to Wozniak, men are very well represented. Well, it is finally time for us women to promote the many geeky gals throughout […]
Continue ReadingWe had 19 entries, all of which were most excellent. I am really impressed at the effort that everyone put into this giveaway. To pick a winner, I had Random.org pick a number between 1 and 19. And it chose… <drum roll> Number 19! The winner is Mordrun, congratulations! Visit the original post to read […]
Continue ReadingDon’t forget, today is the last day to enter our ThinkGeek Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter giveaway. To be entered to win, go to the original post on this topic and leave a comment with your Star Trek-inspired haiku. One entry per person, please. The deadline for entry is midnight tonight, Eastern Standard Time. A […]
Continue ReadingThanks to ThinkGeek, we have a new giveaway this week! For those who can’t get enough Star Trek memorabilia they have another fantastic item that is as useful as it is decorative. The officially licensed ThinkGeek Star Trek Enterprise Pizza Cutter is the Enterprise NC-1701, from the original series. It has a laser etched stainless […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to GeekMom, ThinkGeek! We’re pretty lucky here at GeekMom to have the kind of advertisers we do. Starting this month, we welcome ThinkGeek to our list of great sponsors! Most of you already know ThinkGeek well, but in case you don’t, they are a catalog company based in northern Virginia. They sell geeky things. […]
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