popplers

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Geek humor for Queen fans via Mike: Bohemian RPG. (Someone needs to record this one.)

May the Farce be with you

Someone (or several someones) spent a lot of time doing this. I think it's the silliest thing that I've seen today: Grocery Store Wars.

End of days

Hostile grackles. Hostile grackles. Hostile grackles. (I wish that I could have witnessed it.)

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

I do like bao, but I like saying bun-snatching even more.

This is Jeopardy!

Ken Jennings: still the man.

Tetsuo!

I've always wanted anime hair!

Yow! A follow-up to Zippy

I meant to write about this over the weekend, but it got away from me. Despite the pouring rain and gusting wind, I did make it to That's Entertainment in Worcester for Free Comic Book Day. It's a great store— all kinds of comics, action figures, posters, toys, and what-not. (Lots of what-not.)

Bill Griffith was there, and he signed my copy of his new book: From Here to Absurdity. I also got to meet Richard J. S. Gutman and chat with him briefly. I asked him if he had a favorite diner, and he said the Mayfair. After looking at this photo, I can see why. Happily, he will be curating an exhibit this summer at the Culinary Archives & Museum at Johnson & Wales, Providence, RI. Now that the weather's getting nice, take a road trip and check out Diners: Still Cooking in the 21st Century. Don't forget to stop at Jigger's.

Robert Sheckley

Via Neil Gaiman, I learned that Robert Sheckley is quite ill. I just read his short story, Protection, which I quite enjoyed.

Quickies!

• PvP on Star Wars: let go of your hate. I am Brent Sienna.
• Via the Boston Globe: MIT Museum acquires awesome slide rule collection.
• Watched Jeopardy! last night with Chris, and we both jokingly came up with the correct question: What is Crete?
• Finally, on-the-job training that you can use!
• Yay! Poz updated his postcard page.

Today's comic

Cat and Girl are highly derivative.

Yow! Free Comic Book Day!

That's Entertainment is hosting a nifty event in honor of Free Comic Book Day (May 7): Zippy Comics and Worcester Diners. Both Bill Griffith and Richard J. S. Gutman will be there. I'm looking forward to checking it out (not that I need much of an excuse to head to Worcester for a diner breakfast, free comic books, and author schmoozing).

I think that the best Zippy strips are set in diners; this rice pudding haiku is a personal fave (and not just because it features the wonderful Boulevard Diner).

Craigslist

It's been done before, but it's still cute: Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It…

9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.

Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models... They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooooo...”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind...”

Just doing my part to spread the blogmeme

These are my URL ABCs:

• A is for accordionguy.blogware.com/ - You haven't lived until you've heard "You Shook Me All Night Long" played on an accordion.
• B is for boingboing.net/ - geek pop culture fix.
• C is for coh.com/ - Best. Game. Ever.
• D is for defectiveyeti.com/ - (Naturally.)
• E is for en.wikipedia.org/ - The sum of all human knowledge can be found on the internet.
• F is for fark.com/ - (It was a toss-up between this and fafblog)
• G is for google.com/ - See "E," above.
• H is for hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/491 - TiVo hacks. Gotta have that 30-second skip.
• I is for ifctv.com/henry/ - What can I say? I dig Henry Rollins.
• J is for jobs.boston.com/ - I keep looking for the one where they pay me to play City of Heroes, but I haven't found it yet.
• K is for katc.com - random news story from Fark
• L is for littleyellowdifferent.com/ - Ernie cracks me up.
• M is for mcphee.com/tiki/tiki.html - Your source for Tiki crap.
• N is for neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp - I can not wait for his next novel, Anansi Boys.
• O is for oca.microsoft.com/en/response.aspx - Microsoft's "Online Crash Analysis" page. Insert joke here.
• P is for palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2005/04/27/a1e_twinkie_0427.html - A random article about Twinkies turning 75. (Again, I blame Fark.)
• R is for rottentomatoes.com/ - I hate paying full price to see a bad movie.
• S is for smartypants.diaryland.com/ - Come for the stream-of-consciousness, stay for the Nora stories.
• T is for tivo.com/ - (Followed immediately by talljay.blogspot.com)
• U is for uncensoredondemand.com/ - IFC's unedited/ uncut on-demand service.
• V is for vermonteddybear.com/ - Awww… they're so cute.
• W is for webster.com/ - Another great resource for word freaks!
• Z is for zeeb.at/oops/ - The infamous "oops" list.