Nov 11, 2013  •  In Beauty, Books, Photography, Sports

Olympic Athlete Bodies, Side by Side

They’re the best of the best, aren’t they? The cream of the crop, the pick of the litter. The finest, most talented, and most dedicated athletes at any given moment. You’d think they’d somewhat resemble each other. Okay, so I know that people come in all different shapes and sizes. And it’s obvious that there exists […]

Oct 30, 2013  •  In Art/Design, Books, Entertainment, Geek, Wishlist

OMGz I Want This Book

As if being a huge fan of J.J. Abrams who also happens to be a book nerd is not reason enough… A few months ago, geeks worldwide went into a guessing frenzy when Abrams’ production company tweeted the following: The secret is finally out, because the mysterious trailer was for a book, which Abrams conceived and written […]

Sep 7, 2013  •  In Art/Design, Books, Science, Weird

Anatomical Illustrations of Mythological Creatures

Egads! Have you seen these illustrations by E.B. Hudspeth? They’re admirably researched, meticulously detailed, and creepily fascinating. You may also like: Website of the Day: Sad Animal Facts Illustrator Gives Western Fairy Tales a Korean Makeover How Do Computers Render Curves? [Video] The Baby-Sitters Club, 2014 Edition

Jul 3, 2013  •  In Books, Geek, Star Wars, Wishlist

Shakespeare’s Star Wars

So apparently, this is a thing. A peek at one of A New Hope‘s most popular scenes, Bard-style: As any book-loving Star Wars dork would do, my immediate reaction at discovering this piece of gem was obvious. Via Reddit. You may also like: Star Wars Meets Little Golden Books The World of Star Wars: A Timeline Visualization […]

May 19, 2013  •  In Books, Entertainment, Geek, Marketing/Advertising

Game of Brands: The Game of Thrones Houses as Modern Corporations

Stock photo website Shutterstock has followed the steps of other brilliant marketing campaigns that have used their products in advertisements to appeal to the geek crowd. Taking advantage of today’s popularity of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice novels — as well as the Game of Thrones television show! — they have taken six of the Great Houses […]

May 8, 2013  •  In Books, Entertainment, Funny, Personal, Sports

Poppin’ in to Wave Hi

Call me Busy Lizzie. Life isn’t crazier than usual, but it requires my spending less time from this blog. I know most of you don’t really care, but I’d like to indulge my stalkers and overshare the mundane. So here it is, the top 5 things that have been keeping me busy… (Cue deep announcer […]

Feb 23, 2013  •  In Books, Colors, Funny, Geek, Infographics, Star Wars, Web

Once Upon an Internet

There have been a lot of good stuff showing up on my Feedly this week, but I haven’t had the chance have been too busy playing with my new phone to share it with y’all. So as any lazy blogger would do, I have decided to a roundup… Terrible-Tweet ScoreWhat is your Terrible-Tweet Score? I […]

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 […]