Be not afeared… the island is finally done with the Olympics
Well, the London Olympics are over. Now, I am a sports fan in the same way that a brick is aerodynamic — which is to say, not at all — but I nevertheless find myself drawn to watch the Olympics....
View ArticleTuesday Whosday (if you asume some timey wimey stuff…)
Just a reminder that the new season of Doctor Who starts tomorrow night on BBC America! To celebrate this, one of my students gave me this pin (which she suggests I wear as part of my ever unchanging,...
View ArticleTuesday Whosday: Star Wars edition
Geeks Are Sexy recently posted an infographic listing actors and actresses who have appeared in both Doctor Who and Star Wars (which includes the dudes that played Star Wars’ penultimate baddies Darth...
View ArticleTuesday Whosday
Fans of Doctor Who — be they called by the BBC-sanctioned title “Whovian” or the less formal “TARDs” — are certainly aware that the written language of the Time Lords is Gallifreyan, a lovely script...
View ArticleTwo-sday Whosday
I’ve been grading Calc 2 assignments, and the following sketch amused me greatly:
View ArticleDoctor Whosawhatnow?
At daycare, the kids were asked to draw their Halloween costumes, which they then described to the teachers. When she was asked by her teachers Mrs. Tara and Tanya, the Butterfly promptly colored a big...
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Back in the heyday of the Second Great Age of Video Game Consoles, the Era of Eight-bit, Mega Man was easily my favorite series of video games. Not only were the games fun and challenging, but Keiji...
View ArticleTuesday Whosday: secret Time Lord edition
The Doctor frequently laments that he is the last of the Time Lords, but I beg to disagree. Consider: Further evidence: each new regeneration appears to be getting younger than the previous one....
View ArticleTuesday Whosday: 50th anniversary edition
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. To celebrate, here is a medley of 10 images each depicting a medley of the 11 Doctors. Doctor Who? Liverpwhool: Let’s Who the Timewarp again: A...
View ArticleFive thoughts on the Robot Combat League
This weekend G4 aired the complete season of Syfy’s Robot Combat League, which is essentially the movie Real Steel remade as a weekly reality show, with 8 nerd/jock pairs filling in the role of Hugh...
View ArticleConversations
In the morning. Me: I got up this morning at 2:05, then again at 6:09, and then again at 8:08. Queen B: So what? Me: On my digital clock, 2:05 demonstrates reflectional symmetry, while 6:09...
View ArticleWinter is coming
The Weather Channel began naming winter storms in October 2012, to the irritation of pretty much no one except rival forecasting service Accuweather. However, when news of the naming scheme was...
View ArticleTuesday Whosday: secret Time Lord edition
The Doctor frequently laments that he is the last of the Time Lords, but I beg to disagree. Consider: Further evidence: each new regeneration appears to be getting younger than the previous one....
View ArticleTuesday Whosday: 50th anniversary edition
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. To celebrate, here is a medley of 10 images each depicting a medley of the 11 Doctors. Doctor Who? Liverpwhool: Let’s Who the Timewarp again: A...
View Article7 8 9
Every nerd has, at some point, heard the following “math joke:” Q: Why was 6 afraid of 7? A: Because 7 8 9. See, it’s funny because, on the one hand, “7 8 9″ is part of the well-known arithmetic...
View ArticleI find your lack of Olympic preparations disturbing
Certainly by now you’ve heard about the deplorable lack of preparedness evident at Sochi, from the communal toilets without (ironically) functioning internal plumbing to the Olympic ring misfire during...
View ArticleIdiot box
Apparently, NBC has a new TV show called Constantine, which they claim is based more on the Hellblazer comic books than the lamentable Keanu Reeves movie. However, after a mere 5 episodes, I can...
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