Our first episode is up, and we also have a Goodreads group and a Facebook page! Hope you’ll join us! Next episode will tape live on Feb 27th at 8pm PST over on Felicia’s G+ page.

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Bossypants is the kind of book that makes you feel like you could be the author’s best friend. In fact… Tina Fey, will you be my best friend? I really think we have a lot in common. Like this quote, for example:

“My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.”

I also find this to be true! We have the same self-success loathing anxieties! (Is that not a thing? I think I just made that a thing.)

Anyhow, even if we can’t all be best friends with Tina Fey, hearing her talk about her background, rise to glory, and inner-most thoughts on breast feeding is hilarious and enjoyable. Plus, it’s always nice to hear an author read her own book, though there were some audio issues (weird fade-outs, vocal asides that were almost inaudible) but otherwise I give this book two thumbs up!





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Did you know ThinkGeek sells an Enterprise pizza cutter? They do, and it’s amazing. I will disclose that they sent it to me for awesomeness (err… reviewing) purposes, after seeing my Make It So shirt on Tekzilla last week! Thanks!

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I love this: Google Street View has arrived in Antarctica. Say hi to the penguins!

via The Daily Wh.at, and visit them here!

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Crazy Cat Lady Hour
WoW for Fun and Profit
Find the Right Cable!
I’m on a Larp!
CSI: Hartford (Nothing ever happens)
America’s Next Top Shaman
Man vs Wild vs Belmont
Chuck’d (Each week a dumpster dive reveals what gadgets V threw out to make room for her new ones)
Deadliest Glitch
The Cat Whisperer
Bacon Today
Homemade Hipster Ham… and Friends
Devo’s Bird Watching Hour
The Awkward Situation Room
Mr Littlejeans Goes to Washington But is Tricked into a Bath
Connecticut Shore

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In the most recent episode of Tekzilla, you’ll learn that I have incredible… eye-mouth coordination? Something like that. Stick with it through the credits, there’s plenty more where that came from.

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Doesn’t this totally remind you of the rap battle from 8 Mile? No?

The amazing beatboxer Kid Beyond (who I first heard at w00tstock back in the fall) did a damn good job going up against Jonathan Coulton and his ZenDrum, but in the end I’ve gotta give it to JoCo. I’m a sucker for Beyoncé.

The rest of the show, by the way, was also great. Although, Paul and Storm let me down a little, with only a 12 minute long version of The Captain’s Wife’s Lament. DEJECTED ARRR!!!

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Ryan has been quite taken by the Droid SMS alert sound (as evidenced by the most recent gdgt podcast) so I decided it would be fitting to make it his ringtone on my iPhone when he calls.

Unfortunately, I realized after the fact that it would have been much funnier to make it the default ringtone on his phone for all calls. You can get the sound here for your own personal enjoyment.

I used MakeiPhoneRingtone after converting the .wav to .aac, but you can also use Fission, GarageBand or the myriad other methods available.

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If The Venture Brothers and Aqua Teen Hunger Force came together and had a little lovechild with No Reservations, I have a feeling it would look like the newest project from Anthony Bourdain and The Travel Channel. The aptly-named Anthony Bourdain’s Alternate Universe is a completely animated series that delves deep into the twisted mind of the celebrity chef (and it looks like there will be more than a few Rachel Ray jokes).

Anthony is one of my idols, not only because of his on-air persona, but because it’s so obvious that he loves what he does (even when he’s frustrated during a shoot, which I find especially hilarious and relatable). In the spirit of Tony, I’ll say that I’m looking forward to his new project almost as much as he looks forward to a new, exotic pork dish.

Via Eater National

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I tweeted this out last week, but I wanted to give some extra love to the RiffTrax guys for inviting me to guest star on their latest video short, American Thrift Part 1! My ultimate goal is to sell more copies than Tron, which featured Jonathan Coulton and Paul and Storm.

At only $.99, American Thrift is thrifty indeed! Help a girl out, we gotta take these rock stars down a few pegs.

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Revision3 definitely represented big time in this video, can you spot them all? Thanks for the mention, brentalfloss!

On a totally unrelated note, I forgot to tell you guys that I blacked out during District 9. As a fear response! It’s not even scary! Can you imagine what would happen to me in a real horror movie? Anyhow, I’m a weirdo, and I was fine after 5 minutes or so. Go watch it if you haven’t already, it’s passing out good!

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The next time someone sends me a costume to wear on Tekzilla, I should probably think about all the possible implications of that act.

Thanks to Joël for the amazing cartoon!

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Yup, this is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time. Also, that ranger has some nice dual-wielding skills! I’m looking forward to seeing what other nerdy songs Vacant Manifesto have up their wizard sleeves.

Via BuzzFeed

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That’s right, a choir singing “Don’t Stop Believin’”. Love it. The kids from PS22 have also covered two of my other favorite songs: “Landslide” and “Eye of the Tiger”! I wish we were allowed to sing songs like that when I was in choir.

And make sure to watch the pilot episode for Glee on Hulu!

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Last Star Trek post for a while, I promise. After seeing the film on Friday (which was fraking awesome, btw… wait, am I allowed to say “fraking” in regard to Star Trek? Whatever) I started wondering who would be cast if they were to remake TNG into a younger, hipper film. So here are my top choices from the Friendfeed post! OK, maybe not everyone on this list is a spring chicken, but it’s harder to think of people than you would think!

Amy Adams as Dr. Beverly Crusher

I picked this one, because I think Amy would be the perfect sassy redhead to take over sick bay. Plus, she has Gates McFadden’s classic beauty.

Natalie Portman as Deanna Troi

Several people selected Natalie as a good choice for the role of Deanna Troi, probably because she has the looks (especially with her hair longer) and that somewhat mystical quality to her.

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Geordi La Forge

This is another one I came up with, because even though Cuba hasn’t been in anything great lately I think he’d make a decent La Forge. He has the humor and thoughtfulness that LeVar Burton displayed in the role (OK, now I’m starting to feel like total dork for writing this post… must keep going…).

Matthew Macfadyen as Data

When MG posted this one, I couldn’t believe what a spitting image of Brent Spiner he is! He’s got the acting chops to pull of the role of the android as well.

Djimon Hounsou as Worf

Strong and handsome, Djimon has the gravitas to pull off an excellent Worf. He’s a phenomenal actor, so he’d be able to show the inner struggle that Worf faces everyday as a Klingon serving in Starfleet.

Bearded Matthew Fox as William Riker

What? He’s a good lookin’ guy, and we know he can do the action-adventure thing pretty well, which was always Riker’s strong point. Plus, the ladies love him.

Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard

He doesn’t age, apparently, so I see no need to replace him.

Have any better suggestions? Let me know in the comments!

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I tend to read books in trilogies (or trilogies of trilogies) but this graph from DanMeth.com about movie threesomes (and how they stack up) made me giggle. Do you agree with his assessments? I have to say that I disagree very strongly with Jurassic Park, but I’m dinosaur biased. OK, maybe the last two movies in that series sucked, but still.

via BuzzFeed

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There is nothing I don’t love about the trailer for the new CollegeHumor show on MTV. Maybe it’s because Jake and Amir are in it. Or maybe it’s because I honestly have no idea what they do at work all day. Possibly it’s because The Hills is on hiatus and The City just ain’t cutting it and dammit I need something to fill the void.

Anyhow, the hilarity begins on MTV on February 8th at 9:30 PM.

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Since I couldn’t send each and every one of you a holiday card, we sat down and tried to make a little video greeting. Unfortunately, Devo and Mr. Littlejeans weren’t as interested in the idea as I was.

So please have a safe and happy holidays! I would have sang a more holiday non-specific song, but I couldn’t think of any.

Love,
Veronica, Ryan, Devo and Mr. Littlejeans

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Kanye West is a little upset about being impersonated on Twitter. There have always been celebrity impostors on the site (and a growing number of real celebs actively using it), but Kanye seems to get a little more sensitive about this kind of thing: he’s much more hands-on with his audience than the average star, so it’s natural that he would take it a bit more personally when someone steps in on that territory.

As Twitter grows, I wonder how they’ll treat this kind of situation. Do they immediately turn over the false account, as may have been done for the also tech-saavy Al Gore? And how does a celeb (if they’re not the blogging sort, like Mr. West) prove that they’re the real deal? I guess we’ll find out shortly, depending on what Kanye decides to post in the coming days.

For additional reading about celebrities on Twitter, check out The Post-Geekdominant Twitterverse. Oh, and I’m still not convinced this is the real Luke Wilson… I mean really, a “guild run?” Does Luke Wilson play WoW? Hmmm… I guess anything is possible.

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Len hit me with a photo meme, so I’m honor bound to continue the menace tradition. Here are the rules:

“It works like this: if you use Flickr, go to the sixth page of your photostream and pick the sixth picture there, then post it to your blog.”

OK! You see the result above, which was taken from the Halloween party at Future US, where I work to produce Qore. Seems fitting, since I’ve been playing so much Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3 that I see zombies in my dreams almost every single night. It’s becoming an issue.

Now it’s time for the fun part: tagging someone else! Here are the lucky six: Ryan Block, Tom Merritt, Casey McKinnon, Lan Bui, Ariel Waldman and Felicia Day. If you don’t carry on the meme, just know that you’ll have utterly let me down and that we may never be friends again. No pressure or anything!

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