Le Chic Geek

Just a note that three Agatha Christie novels plus others are $1.99 in the Amazon kindle store! She’s one of my favorite way reads. I apologize for the brevity or any formatting issues.  I’m posting this from my cell phone. Thanks to my mom for texting me about this. I …

I’m a creature of habit and when my habits are broken, I’m not always the best at coping. When I’m taking medicine, I keep myself in a habit so I actually remember to take the pills. It’s actually really, really difficult for me.  So once I get into a groove, it’s …

El Al Airlines previously required female flight attendants to wear heels when in the airport, but they were able to switch to flats once they were on an aircraft. This policy is changing, according to Mashable: “The company revises its service protocols regularly and it was decided in that framework …

Well, technically Han shot.  Period.  Because Greedo didn’t really have a chance to shoot back. But two different instances this week have solidified what Star Wars fans knew all along.  Questionable morals are part of Han’s roguish charm. First, a librarian found a copy of a script from 1976 that still had …

Back in March, I wrote about a European Medieval Beer and Whiskey tasting happening in the DC metro area.  A bunch of readers went and reported back that it was a lot of fun. I’ve since been to the Medieval Wine tastings they do, and it was a great time. …

It took the Machete Order to make the prequel of Star Wars finally fit into the rest of the episodes–well, except for the-episode-we-should-not-speak-of. The Machete Order, for those unfamiliar, involves watching the movies in the following order:  IV, V, II, III, VI.  His argument is that you don’t lose anything from not …

I mentioned the Kickstarter for an app that lets you create immersive experiences in a previous post.  I predicted it might not fund because it did not have a lot of high-level rewards. Sadly, I was right. Optonaut is committed to still creating this app, so they are opening up …

City Island is an area of the Bronx that is approximately 1.5 miles long and barely a half-a-mile wide. When you arrive on City Island, you definitely get the feel that you aren’t in New York City anymore–even though you are technically within the boundaries.  It has the water-accessibility of …

Nicolas Cage had the right idea about bees. Here’s a brilliant BioShock parody of his dramatic performance in Wicker Man: (The actual clip is slightly more graphic but with slightly worse acting) But a flight crew learned that bees are bad for a different reason too. According to CNN, a …

ShopRunner gave away free accounts to people with American Express cards, and I’ve been using it fairly often. In fact, using ShopRunner has made Drugstore.com a direct competitor to Amazon in my book.  A lot of items that were “add-on” only on Amazon–that is, you could only get free Prime …