Dec 4, 2012  •  In Books, Geek, Personal

My First Time

The year was 1991. I was a young girl transitioning into an awkward mess of acne and hormones. Who knew that I was about to be met with an entirely new world of magic and wonders?
I was at a sleepover. Despite what the media has you to believe, none of the sleepovers I attended featured giggly girls in frilly nightgowns engaged in pillow fights. (Or perhaps I was never invited to those types of sleepovers?) Instead, it was more common to see us with our hair up in messy ponytails, our faces loaded with the latest “it” skin treatment or…

Nov 29, 2012  •  In Books, Funny, Geek, Information, Personal, Web

Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine!

You guys, I discovered the best thing today…
A Calvin and Hobbes search engine!!!

Calvin and Hobbes remains my favorite comic strip despite the fact that it is no longer published. And as I have written in the past, one of my all-time favorite gifts from J is the Calvin and Hobbes Boxed Set. I can’t wait until my kids are old enough to enjoy this mischievous duo! (But let’s just hope they don’t learn any bad things from it! )
The only thing I didn’t like about Calvin and Hobbes was that there are literally thousands of strips out there —…

Nov 25, 2012  •  In Art/Design, Books, Geek, Infographics

A Visual Timeline of the Future (As Per Famous Novels)

Books and infographics. How could I resist?
Designed by Italian artist Giorgia Lupi, this timeline of future events as predicted by famous novels was originally published in the Sunday supplement of Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. She generously created an English version for the site Brain Pickings, and I can’t help but be mesmerized!

The resulting visualization is predictably HUGE, so for those who don’t want to click on it to view it large format, I have decided to add a couple of screenshots to this post:…