It’s the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season, bringing with it all those magical winter holiday specials. Yet, somehow, this movie, Hot Frosty, debuted at Number One on the Netflix lists last week starring Lacey Chabert and Dusty Milligan: Now, obviously this is a spoof of the Hallmark-y Christmas rom-com, but somehow, I […]
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GraviTrax keeps coming out with new sets that are both fun and engaging for a wide audience. Two recent sets pull in Star Wars (original trilogy) fans and nature- and animal-loving kids. Check them out below. GraviTrax Junior: My Planet Starter Set The GraviTrax Junior set is so cute, so adorable, and so fun. […]
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Whether you’re curled up in your favorite armchair with a hot beverage, favorite furry pet, and your new favorite book, or are just there in your imagination, cold weather brings forth habits of coziness and inward study. This season, consider a book as a present—for yourself or for others—sharing the gift of learning, escape, […]
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‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the GeekHouse, everyone was playing their favorite game. It will be a little while before the 2024 GeekDad Game of the Year is announced so, in the meantime, here’s a selection of some of our current favorite games to share with your friends and family this holiday […]
Continue ReadingWith three kids in the house for over a decade now, we are always looking for engaging and exciting entertainment options. Screens being ubiquitous in every area of their lives, it’s always nice to find something that engages them without the need for a screen. For the past two months my daughter has carried her […]
Continue ReadingPinkoween? Really? I know, I had the same reaction, because when I think of the pink craze on Halloween, I agree with Morticia Addams: When the color is on its own, I have never been a big pink person. I don’t have any beef with the color nor anything is represents. It just usually isn’t […]
Continue ReadingLet me start by saying the unpopular thing out loud: I’m not normally a fan of the Legend of Zelda franchise. I know. Hear me out though. My first Zelda game was in the 1980s. I got confused. I got lost. I rage quit. More recently, I tried to play Tears of the Kingdom. I […]
Continue ReadingI have been playing The Sims since a few of my gaming friends were talking about the release of Sims 3 and trusting their judgement, I picked up the game and was hooked ever since. The Sims 3 eventually became The Sims 4 and eventually I found myself wondering how long I had left with The Sims 4 until The […]
Continue ReadingWith three kids in the house for over a decade now, we are always looking for engaging and exciting entertainment options. Screens being ubiquitous in every area of their lives, it’s always nice to find something that engages them without the need for a screen. For the past two months my daughter has carried her […]
Continue ReadingPinkoween? Really? I know, I had the same reaction, because when I think of the pink craze on Halloween, I agree with Morticia Addams: When the color is on its own, I have never been a big pink person. I don’t have any beef with the color nor anything is represents. It just usually isn’t […]
Continue ReadingLet me start by saying the unpopular thing out loud: I’m not normally a fan of the Legend of Zelda franchise. I know. Hear me out though. My first Zelda game was in the 1980s. I got confused. I got lost. I rage quit. More recently, I tried to play Tears of the Kingdom. I […]
Continue ReadingI have been playing The Sims since a few of my gaming friends were talking about the release of Sims 3 and trusting their judgement, I picked up the game and was hooked ever since. The Sims 3 eventually became The Sims 4 and eventually I found myself wondering how long I had left with The Sims 4 until The […]
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As a longtime Dragon Con attendee now measuring my time there in decades, I’m at least as fascinated by the culture surrounding the event as I am any given year’s panels or biggest costumes. I’ve written about aspects of it in the past (including its habit of forming “cults”), but this year I’m bringing you […]
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A few years ago, when WandaVision first dropped, I wasn’t sure what it was going to be about, but it was a Marvel show and I decided to give it the benefit of a few episodes. I still remember the slow reveal of something larger going on, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that WandaVision […]
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In 2002, Jeremy Clarkson helped usher in the age of Top Gear when the first episode aired on December 29. The following year, the lineup of Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May was in place… and the car programming world would never be the same. After 22 years of driving each other crazy (no pun […]
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Labor Day weekend tends to host a number of conventions across the country from large and iconic ones like Dragon Con, to smaller and more local ones. Last year I wrote about the joy of smaller conventions after attending Tucson Comic-Con. We just attended our third Tucson Comic-Con and one of my favorite things to […]
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I have been meaning to read Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy for some time, it is part of my ever expanding TBR list. It has probably moved up a couple of levels now that I have read his big release this summer The Bright Sword. Ever a sucker for an Arthurian tale, when I saw that […]
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Do neighborly galaxies, those with lots of other galaxies around them, have any differences from those who are a bit more isolated? Sometimes scientists have ideas for things they’d like to research, but the technology available just isn’t enough to allow for a robust and accurate study. For example, astrophysicists have been wondering what the […]
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If Microraptor’s four wings were so useful, why don’t birds today have them? Let’s explore some evolution. Last week after I led a class for kids about the dinosaur Microraptor, an adult came up to me and asked, “Did you go to school for this?” I answered, “Yes.” I get asked this from time to […]
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There’s a few things that give me a special sort of GeekMom nostalgia, but one of them is when a show I started covering from season one during my first year wraps up. The Umbrella Academy is one of those shows. There’s been a special place in my heart for the crazy superpowered and highly […]
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When I was twelve years old, my English teacher took us to the library and told us to find a book or two that met a few requirements. It had to be something we hadn’t read before, and it had to be something outside of our usual reading habits. Being an RL Stine devotee, I […]
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For years I traipsed through the forests of New England and saw these spherical brown and green things on the ground. I assumed they were some sort of fungus, but never really went further than that with my inquiry. Recently, however, I decided it was time for me to solve this forest mystery. The answer […]
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So this is an exciting post for my crocheting journey, as it’s my final update for this series. To quickly summarize things up, I tried out my first Woobles kit back in November and then when the holiday rush and a few other projects were completed, I seriously started working on learning to crochet with […]
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I have a passion for books set in slightly altered versions of our own. While I love the high fantasy of The Lord of the Rings, I adore the world bending of A Discovery of Witches and Emily Wilde. In the latest book coming out this week from India Holton, we are introduced to a […]
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A common question historical reenactors hear this time of year is, “Don’t you get hot in all those clothes?” While, yes, people two hundred years ago did wear more clothing and layers than we do today, and, yes, anyone would get hot in 95 degrees F, there is a reason people who wear historical dress […]
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Image: Melanie R. Meadors Hello, Geek Parents! If you’ve hiked in the forests of northern North America, chances are you’ve seen a wood frog on your travels. Or, maybe you haven’t. They are one of the most common frogs in the area, but they are also very well camouflaged, as you can see from the […]
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Two years ago, I wrote a post celebrating the DIY spirit of independent filmmaking by taking a look at the forthcoming debut feature-length project, Firecracker, from actor and director Andrew Lee Potts’ Keychain Productions in co-production with Empire Studios. The film, set on Bonfire Night in the U.K., is about the aftermath of a heist […]
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This summer’s Be the Artist series asks the question… “Who Made That?” Who Made the Rolling Stones “Lips” Logo One of the most famous rock bands on the planet is the Rolling Stones, who are still touring today in their 80s. It might be safe to say their iconic lips logo is also one of […]
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As a Dungeons & Dragons player and a DM, I have a certain fondness for a lot of the 3rd Party content that has been created under the OGL and I’m a firm believer that it’s simply served to make the game more fun. After all, Wizards of the Coast can only do so many big […]
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My daughter and I are heading to see her favorite group in concert later this summer! Her big birthday surprise was “tickets” to the show! Yay! However… the only proof I have of the money saved up and spent on special fees to acquire these tickets, as well as the time I waited in a […]
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