I will admit that I’m a little technology unsavvy when it comes to wireless networks and streaming on my TV. We use DirecTV since my husband is a football nut, and he loves their NFL package so we can watch our team, The Detroit Lions, every week. But I was excited at the prospect of being […]
Continue ReadingThe Walking Dead just started its second season a few weeks ago, but it was announced that the highly popular AMC show has been renewed for a 3rd season. I have to admit that my husband and I didn’t see The Walking Dead until about a month before Dragon*Con. We had gotten it on DVD […]
Continue ReadingOn PBS Kids, Halloween is shaping up monstrously. October 17 through October 31 brings kids Halloween-themed episodes of Dinosaur Train, Sid The Science Kid, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, and Wild Kratts. Ride the Night Train to a “haunted house” with Dinosaur Train, learn “spooky science” with Sid, trick-or-treat with […]
Continue ReadingThe other night, a bunch of us GeekMom writers fell into a Twitter conversation about Downton Abbey. Readers of my author blog know I’m crazy about that show. Crazy. An intricate, suspenseful drama about the intrigues of family and servants on an early-2oth-century English country estate, this show feeds that British period drama craving that […]
Continue ReadingWire Inspire, a funny Tumblr of inspiration posters about The Wire, has been making the rounds. Some of the entries are very funny (see: “Next time you finish off the box, you need to holler on it, yo.”) but it leaves me feeling wistful. You see, I recently finished watching the series on DVD. I […]
Continue ReadingBeing busy parents we have to tape everything. Yes, I still refer to it as tape even though we have a DVR. My husband mocks me but I am a child of VCR’s so I beg your indulgence. At any rate, we are usually one of the last ones to pick up on a new […]
Continue ReadingSimilar to Jenn having never watched Firefly, I never saw the new Battlestar Galactica. My best friend found out and immediately lent me her DVDs of the series. It took me a while to get started, but once I did, I was sucked in. I’m not sure why I didn’t start watching BSG earlier, but […]
Continue ReadingThe first alien invasion story I ever saw was The War of the Worlds. Not the new one with Tom Cruise, but the original 1953 version. I couldn’t have been more than seven when I watched it on TV one sunny Saturday afternoon. Do you know why I’ve never seen the remake? Because the original scared me half to death. There’s a […]
Continue ReadingIt has been announced that Starz has canceled Camelot after just one season. The series was Starz’s version of the well-known Arthurian legend that had many people excited at the beginning, but got some mixed reviews as the season went on. Our own GeekMom Corrina called the series “A good try” after watching the entire […]
Continue ReadingMost people rely on technology for in their everyday lives, but geeks rely on it more than most due to being very technology savvy. I live in Western NC, where we have been getting pummeled by lots of crazy weather. We are having high winds, thunderstorms and lots of rain. It’s not surprising that we […]
Continue ReadingI’m a big fan of Captain Jack Harkness. I think it has lots to do with that coat he always wears. Coats are cool, just like fezzes and bow ties and Stetsons. The only difference is that Captain Jack doesn’t ever tell you his coat is cool. It just is. When I finished watching the last Torchwood series I was […]
Continue ReadingThe much criticized, much discussed David E. Kelley version of Wonder Women has been dropped by NBC. There has been a lot of speculation and discussion about the new Wonder Woman television series that was in development. A few months ago there were quite a bit of drama over the new Wonder Woman costume that […]
Continue ReadingWhen you have a brother in law who designs planetariums, you never know what you’ll find in your email box. This morning I received an interesting link that I felt was just too fun not to share. I’m sure he (and many of you) understand how this thing works much more than I ever will, […]
Continue ReadingLove it or hate it, the new Hawaii Five-0 is making a splash across the nation. One surprise? The fictional alma mater of Steve McGarrett and Chin Ho Kelly — mentioned just once in the series pilot — is making the grade with TV viewers. Two fast thinking, web-savvy fans in Hawai’i launched a website […]
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