General Nerdery

The Geek Comedy Tour is usually a group you can only see in person at some of the nerdy cons (GenCon, KatsuCon, etc), or in a DC-comedy club. I’m thrilled to see that as part of GenCon moving online, the Geek Comedy tour will be doing their whole show online …

Through May 30th, you could win a trip to London to meet 7 of the Doctors–plus help a good cause in the process! Omaze has partnered with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi to run a charity-benefiting raffle where the winner …

Disco is a parakeet who has a special ability. Disco can drop movie references like the best of us. From Disco’s Facebook page: Disco is a budgerigar, commonly called a parakeet in the United States and a budgie in most other anglophone countries. Disco has a real knack for picking …

I’m a huge fan of musical theater and I’ve been in a bunch of different shows throughout my life. One of my favorites was Chicago.  And while it was awesome singing Roxie’s songs, I love the cell block tango and wished I could be a part of that number some …

One of my favorite economists wrote a post dissecting the economics of Star Wars. A fav economics analyzing a fav movie franchise = win. He makes some interesting points about what people’s actions in Star Wars tell us about value-creation–that sometimes you can create value without creating anything.  Merely identifying …

I’ve decided to call it.  There will be no greater costume than this one. What are usually the best types of costumes? Ones that are timely. (Some are Star Wars related, like mine last year… and this year). What makes the best costumes even better? Interactivity.  Pizza in Motion’s son …

Arr me mateys, tis Talk like a Pirate Day! Get your hook on and your eye patch out for the second day of the year you might not receive strange looks for wandering out of the house dressed like a pirate*. First of all, why does this holiday exist? From …

Yesterday, I heard some news that made more more excited about TV than I’ve been in a while.  Angela Lansbury is joining the cast of Game of Thrones! Unfortunately, that turned out to be a rumor that turned into a news story. From Entertainment Weekly: It’s been widely reported Lansbury might appear …

Angela Lansbury’s character, Jessica Fletcher, has something in common with George R.R. Martin.  Murder she wrote.  Murder he wrote.  Though, Martin’s murders are perhaps a bit more gruesome. But I just heard the greatest news today.  Angela Lansbury is in talks to join the cast of Game of Thrones. From CNet: Now …

Two days ago, I wrote about rumors that Khal Drogo might return to Game of Thrones.  After all, he was hanging out with the show creators. So, is he returning? I wrote about what’s been fueling those rumors: Jason Momoa (who played Khal Drogo) has been posting some Instragrams that have …