My appetite for weird infomercials is currently satisfied. But Bianca, that’s impossible! You love way too many weird things for that to ever happen! No, man, I’ve met my match. What ever do you mean, Bianca? I mean that my favorite as-seen-on-tv novelty is baaaaa-aack and it’s somehow weirder than it was before.

Um, so the snuggie: everyone knows what it is. If you don’t, you must be one dedicated hermit simply because this …thing has swept through suburban pop culture like an STD at a frat house. I don’t have cable and I know what it is and shit! I’m pretty sure the Amish have heard about it.

So, according to my sources, there are new snuggies on the street (Snugglette and the Snuggie for Dogs) and they want to embarrass your kids and your pet because, hey– your family wasn’t already creepy enough!  They also have football snuggies for the Monday night game because your son wants his ass kicked.

Videos after the jump!

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Igor’s Egg @ Johnny Brenda’s! Tonight! More info here.

Philly Pecha Kucha 2 was packed with interesting presentations, but one in particular caught the attention of yours truly and fellow Geekadelphian, Far Mckon. Packed like sardines in the converted yoga studio/ stage, we found ourselves absorbed in a presentation given by two charmingly daper, suited men with blue hair. With their shadows casting over a large projection of a hand-drawn spaceship, the duo began explaining the fictional tales of “The Ultimate Tuh” and a fantasy jam-band that travels through space and time.

If you’re scratching your head but can’t seem to stop reading, you aren’t alone. I, too, felt like I was dropped into some weird Vonnegut-esque book-land, and decided to talk to these blue-haired band mates to get a better understanding of this self-proclaimed “sci-fi rock band”.

Click on the jump to read my interview with Igor’s Egg! (more…)

I found this 1701-inspired graph here. That’s cute, Sci-Fi Wire: Star Trek will never be cooler than Star Wars in my book. You see, I love them both equally– like my own little creepy franchise children.

Q: How many letters are in the alphabet?
A: 24, because ET went home!

What If E.T. Was One of Us? That’s what Mallory Politz’ has been asking these days… and she’s chosen an awesome, awesome way to figure it out …that may or may not have resulted in the birth of my new fav local blog, E.T. Close Encounters.

Click on the jump to read my interview with the gal behind the mask!

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Oh, the life of a geek girl. Sure, I have a Google Alert set for Battlestar Galactica and tons of action figures..

but I do have other interests… like running, sweet tunes, more sweet tunes, design …AND HAMBURGERS.

It’s BBQ season.. and I came across some sweet geek-approved aprons for the grill. These ones are all Star Wars but there are many more where that came from. I kind of really want one. With that said, I’m single and will take any of these as courting gifts.

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Simply put: I’m really glad costuming made the revised original Starfleet uniforms so damn awesome…

because if they didn’t… The new cast could resemble The Wiggles.

And that’s nothin’ to sing or dance about.

AND GENE RODDENBERRY WOULD ROLL IN HIS GRAVE.

On an estrogen-powered note, and since I don’t think any of the boys will, I would like to compliment

Zachary Quinto for making Spock really, really …hot?!

Beep Beep! It’s the jerkmobile. Waaah-nakin Skywalker can’t seem to walk these days.

I really thought I’d seen all things Star Wars under the sun, but I guess I missed the transit chapter from our favorite Dark Lord of the Sith. I’ve found some images of tall, dark and handsome mocking machinery and transportation systems in a polished glory. As entertaining as this is, it has far from seduced me to the Dark Side: I’m somewhere between pissed off, laughing really hard and contemplating buying a cape.

Picture of our boy Darth riding a Vespa like a true Philadelphian, after the jump.

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To all the geekadelph’s 21+, we hope to see you there tonight!

G2: Geeks who Game has been rescheduled! The hoppin’ game night planned by Geeks Who Give for Philadelphia Futures has been rescheduled from it’s original date for a great reason: there too many Philadelphia Tech events happening on the same night! Oddly refreshing news.

So, again, if you can’t think of anything better than watching your Enterprise re-runs (or even if you can…), come out to Tattooed Mom’s for G2: Geeks who Game! For those of us 21+, there will be everything from board games and card games to allegedly a few made up games, including “Werewolf”… and I’m not even quite sure what that means– but it sounds fun!

The party goes from 6-9pm at Tattooed Mom’s on 530 South Street. Remember, admission is a minimum of 1 jump drive or 1 package of school appropriate office supplies (pens, notebooks, highlighters, etc).

And of course, Tmom’s is keepin’ it real with awesome specials:

$1.50 Pabst Blue Ribbon
$3.00 Yards Philly Pale
$3.00, Philadelphia Brewing Company Kenzinger
$3.00 Hamburgers or Vegan Burgers.

If you can’t attend G2: Geeks who Game, but would like to be involved with Geeks Who Give, Philadelphia Futures or would like more information about either, please contact Kara at info@geekswhogive.org!

Want to stay in the know? Link your little heart out.

GWG Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/geekswhogive

GWG FB Group: http://tr.im/geekswhogive_fb

Game on! The Geekadelphians hope to see you all there.

I needed to take a moment from my busy day to share one of my absolute fav BSG parodies:

“The Muppets were created by man…”
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Also, invite you to take a peak at pictures from Oh My Gods: The BSG Finale Party that was hosted by myself and fellow Geekadelphian, Tim Quirino.

So, Geekadelphians, what did you think of the finale?

So, what are you doing next Thursday night? If you can’t think of anything better than watching your Enterprise re-runs (or even if you can…), come out to Tattooed Mom’s on South Street for G2: Geeks who Game!

On March 26th, Geeks Who Give will be hosting Philadelphia Futures Game Night and Mentor Drive. Admission is a minimum of one jump drive or one package of school supplies (pens, notebooks, highlighters, etc).

The evening is in support of Philadelphia Futures, a local non-profit, that has been helping Philadelphia’s youth help attain higher education for two decades. They match students with mentors for the duration of their high school education, and provide academic support with tutoring, college visits, SAT prep and the like. They are “looking for a few good geeks”, mostly in the form of new mentors for their incoming Freshman class to support the city-wide program.

Games run from 6-9pm, and there will be board games to card games, and maybe even a few made up games (I’m hearing rumors about Werewolf) … And, of course, drink specials!

- $1.50 Pabst Blue Ribbon
- $3.00 Yards Philly Pale
- $3.00, Philadelphia Brewing Company Kenzinger
- $3.00 Hamburgers or Vegan Burgers.

If you can’t attend G2: Geeks who Game, but would like to be involved with Geeks Who Give, Philadelphia Futures or would like more information about either, please contact Kara at info@geekswhogive.org!

Game on! The Geekadelphians hope to see you all there.

So, my best friend and I had a little DIY nerd fun on Friday. When everyone else was in line to see Watchmen, we were making this:

Holy Batcake, Batman!

The Batcake was a gift for my friend Dustin‘s 30th birthday. I mean, what other way to celebrate your third decade then the way you would have in third grade? That’s what we thought, anyway.

We concocted it, in it’s entirety, in about 3 hours; it was made from a regular cake mix and was tinted with yellow/ black icing and pixiesticks. The Batcake was lined with Lemon Heads, a gummy cheeseburger and snowcone, and then was adorned with little plastic policemen from the dollar store.

We had so much fun making this, we’d love to do another. Requests, anyone?