A New Generation Takes the Helm: Looking at the Legend of Star Trek
Photo: Paramount Pictures My parents aren’t geeks, but they have always loved Star Trek. That early exposure, starting from the age of five, may have been the starting point of geekdom for me, as it’s...
View ArticleIt’s Sexuality and the Geek Week at GeekMom!
The Bolt by Fragonard Things are heating up over at GeekMom this week, as we tackle an appropriate subject for this time of year. Yes, Sexuality and the Geek Week is upon us, and we’re throwing open...
View ArticleGreat Geek Debates: Kirk vs. Picard
image: CBS Studios Inc. If you’re a Star Trek fan, you’ve surely considered the differences between the captains in the various series, even if you don’t have a favorite. And, while Sisko, Janeway,...
View ArticleAt Conventions, Skywalkers, Bagginses, Batmans and Lannisters Provide...
Sci-fi geeks and comic book nerds offer a model of tolerance and acceptance we all can learn from. (Image: Flickr) Now, perhaps more than at any other time in recent memory, we are afraid of “the...
View ArticleEssential Geek Quotes: “We’re All Fine Here…”
If you don’t know how to fill in the rest of that quote, shame on you. Yes, I’m being horribly judgmental but I am an avowed Star Wars fan and that quote is one of the biggies. It’s right up there with...
View ArticleStar Trek Into Darkness: Enjoyable But….
If you can ignore the nonsensical decision making, gaping plot holes, crazy movie-physics and the fact that pretty much every major plot point is obvious from miles away, then this is an awesome film....
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