Category: Rampant Geekery
The Moon Landing, One Right Cross for A Man, and Eddie Izzard
Forty years ago today, a human being walked on the moon. It was, I think, the high-water mark for sheer audacity, technical genius, masterful improvisation, and soul-enriching grandeur. Today, it seems like a given that once Apollo 11 leaped toward the sky on a 36-story skyscraper full of high explosive*, it would reach the moon [...]
Same Old Interrupting Cow. Different Joke
What do you get when you combine my favorite knock-knock joke with rampant geekery? Pure, unadulterated funny. That same joke works if your substitute “coefficient of friction” with “lost continent” or “Buddhist unasking of a question”. So you can tailor it to your audience, whether it’s a Buddhist monk or Stephen Hawking. Wait…that’s not funny.
Okay, But What Happened to the Guys’ Leg?
Now I think I understand the glassy-eyed look I get from non-sports fans when I talk about My Beloved Redskins or the Capitals. I ran across an article in the UK’s Times Online which, I swear to you, is utterly incomprehensible to me. I know it’s recapping a cricket match (game? contest? googly?) and that [...]
Today is a Geek Holiday
This is a special geek alert: today is a Consecutive Integer Day. If you have any friends or co-workers who let out a little squeal at 12:34:56 PM today, just remember the date and know that they will be handy when the zombie apocalypse happens because geeks know stuff like how to distill alcohol and [...]
Phyllostachys Edulis Delenda Est*
Like Moe Lane, I’m no fan of bamboo. Unlike Moe Lane, I’ve never gone all Cato the Elder on it, but I can definitely understand why he would. Bamboo is nasty. When I was a teenager, I spent one long, hot, scratchy, suffocating summer day in a canebreak of bamboo, cutting down stalks to use [...]
He Liked His Airplane Like He Liked His Coffee…
…COVERED IN BEES! I almost went with the post title “Sure, he could have used his engine, but Bob was one of those maverick pilots…” but I own the “covered in bees” meme in the blogosphere. Stacy may own all the other ones, and get a million hits off of them, but this one’s mine. [...]
Launch All Bailout…For Great Justice!
Here’s another reason to support Chuck DeVore as he tries to unseat ultra-liberal Barbara Boxer in California: Not only is he a veteran, an author, and a conservative, he’s also a geek.
When Geeks Attack!
Every self-respecting geek knows the most famous classic blunder is “never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly well-known is this: never go in with a Star Trek criticism without at least two fully-fledged Trek fans at your back. Mark Steyn now knows the folly of his ways.
That’s What You Said