By Brian Thompson – Back in 2006, comic actress and former professional nude person Jenny McCarthy started a website called IndigoMoms.com. It was meant to be a gathering place for mothers of so-called “indigo children”, where they could talk amongst themselves and help each other cope with the day-to-day problems and pleasures of rearing the next stage of human evolution. Also, they could buy crystal healing necklaces.
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By Teresa Jusino – Trekkies should rejoice! Because not only do we now have a worthy addition to the Star Trek franchise, but we have a golden opportunity for vindication! We now have the chance to convert people into Star Trek fans! If we’re lucky, those mere fans will evolve into Trekkies and spread the Gospel of the Federation far and wide!
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By Lisa Fary – So why was it so freaking hard to pick a book to share with my high school students at the book fair? Recommending books shouldn’t be this nerve wracking.
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by Teresa Jusino – Geek Theater is truly becoming a genre in its own right. From larger budget productions like Evil Dead: The Musical and The Toxic Avenger to off-off Broadway plays like the previously reviewed The Wendigo and Universal Robots, geek theater is all the rage! Go-Go Killers, the latest entry into the mix, is everything a fan of B-movies, Quentin Tarantino, or hot, badass chicks in skimpy outfits could want!
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By Lisa Fary – Even though school isn’t out for another five weeks, I feel like it’s summer already. Why? Because there’s nothing on TV. As much as I love television, I look forward to this every year. It’s like Christmas and my gift is time (a whole season’s worth, not just a day!).
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By Rachel Pandich – We’ve all heard it a million times. This economy sucks. People are having their hours cut, job loss, gas price hikes. To top it off comics are on average $3.99, cable and satellite seem to go up every other month, movie tickets are ridiculous, and a new video game tends to be around $50. So how is a fangirl supposed to keep up her non-drug habits of pop-culture and geekdom when her job hours are cut and prices are for everything is up? Welcome to Fangirl Survival 101.
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By Lisa Fary – I’ve been writing about my Star Trek life all week and couldn’t figure out why I was near tears with each installment.
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By Brian Thompson – J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek hopes to bring in a new crowd. There are muscles and budgets and acting and lead performers who aren’t AARP members. Exciting! So it’s for these people, the slackjawed masses, that I present to you the current scientific thinking on faster-than-light travel. Sorry about the slackjawed masses comment, by the way. Like any true Trekkie, I disdain you only because I covet your love.
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By Lisa Fary – In high school, I got a book titled All I Really Need to Know, I Learned from Watching Star Trek. It should have been called All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek: TOS. However, there was one lesson that rang true: Life, unlike the Kobayashi Maru, is not a simulation.
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By Lisa Fary – It’s bad manners to talk through Star Trek, but it’s an especially egregious breach of etiquette to talk through the premiere of a new Trek series.
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By Lisa Fary – Little did I know that my childhood whale obsession would lead me down a path of geekdom which would not be socially acceptable until adulthood.
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By Rachel Pandich – Any fangirl (or fanboy) that has been to a “nerd” convention of any kind knows how testosterone driven they can be. The male to female ratio tends to be 10:1, or at least sometimes it feels that way. That gender gap grows when you look at just the artists, writers and creators at the booths and panels. This is why it was so refreshing when a friend pointed out a writer/creator coming up in the geek culture ranks who is a female.
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By Lisa Fary – My dad brought home our first brand new BetaMax player in 1983. My six year old heart wanted so badly for The Wizard of Oz to be the first movie played on it, but Mom and Dad had another idea. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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by Teresa Jusino – I love Coraline. She’s the kind of kid who, were I babysitting her, I’d tame with sarcasm then smile at helplessly when her back was turned, even as she pouted and harumphed. This is, of course, the Coraline of the Neil Gaiman novel.
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By Lisa Fary – I’ve gotten some interesting – and surprising – comments in the Zuda thread attached to our comic, Grey Squad. Here are some of the topics coming up in the thread, along with my thoughts on them.
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By Lisa Fary – Intergalactic Law: Grey Squad was in 6th place on Zuda after the first ranking last Thursday. The second ranking was today and it’s moved up to 5th, but there are still four more rungs to climb to the top.
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