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Warning: what follows are ruminations on my home A/V set-up. This post will really only interest the A/V gearheads among you. We here in the Stoneking/Simmon household have had an HDTV for a little over three years, when my brother got us a 32″ Samsung 720p (16:9) CRT (cathode ray tube) as a wedding present, [...]

…would we be like these parents (by which I mean: totally awesome)? Via: Nerdcore

by Emily… Do you or someone you know suffer from First Person Shooter Syndrome? Call your doctor today to discuss your treatment options.

By: Emily How to make your own Star Wars rings. Who wouldn’t want their face to be lovingly cushioned by this plush Sarlacc pitlow? When you lay your head down, you’ll certainly also want to be cuddling your felted Jabba the Hutt doll. Apparently, the latest project from the team who created Ico and Shadow [...]

First of all, Alan Tudyk, (Wash from Firefly/Serenity) just bought one of Emily’s dissected frogs. I know that Mr. Tudyk is a real live person and not a fictional character, and yet I still like to imagine Wash playing with the frog along with the dinosaurs on the Serenity’s dashboard. Yay! Secondly, I had intended [...]

Our lost weekend in the midwest has come to an end and I’m back sitting at my desk at work. I wish it didn’t have to end but I’m glad to be home. I had only limited access to the internet on the trip so I was almost totally unaware of what was happening in [...]