Exercise in Decadence: Orange Bourbon Syrup
The other night, Mrs. Twisted Pixie and I got the hankering for pancakes. It was one of those cravings that just had to be satisfied or it would haunt us the rest of the evening. So we ran [...]
A Nerd’s Quintessential Guide to Gift Buying
Ah yes, the season of giving is upon us. Whether you give someone a 12-month Xbox LIVE gold subscription, or they give you a headshot from across the map in Battlefield 3, the sentiment is [...]
Post Apocalyptic Career Path: Baker
I love to cook. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. You see, in my family, it is the men who you will find making dinner or preparing snacks. During family reunions, we [...]
A Raiding Guild Built For Two
I am a geek. So is my wife. We met 9 years ago online via Yahoo Personals (does anyone use Yahoo anymore?), and have been together ever since. The road to our nearly decade-long relationship [...]
Fueling the need for change
You there! Dear reader! Go wipe yourself with a fist full of leaves. No? How about you drill a hole into the side of your head to release the demons when you get a headache? [...]
I Will Survive
Fiction is rich with post-apocalyptic landscapes; Zombies, robots, aliens, “The Bomb” (that one is an oldie but a goodie). But how feasible are those scenarios really? Well, there is so much mutually assured destruction in [...]
Look to the stars. Search for truth.
Last night (8/5/2012) at approximately 10:30 PM PST, a 2000 lb remote science lab aptly named “Curiosity” successfully landed in Gale Crater on Mars after a 350 million mile journey that started on Earth 8 [...]
