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Geeky New Year’s Resolutions – 2011

By On January 1, 2011 · 9 Comments

Hey, it’s that time of year again! Have you made your resolutions for 2011? I have, but I thought I should review the ones I made for 2010 and fess up to where I failed (and maybe gloat a little about where I succeeded.) So let’s  revisit 2010′s resolutions, shall we?

I’m going [...]

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TDF at Smugglivus!

By On December 11, 2010 · 1 Comment

This is a couple of days late, but in my defense, I was flying halfway across the country. ;)

Thea and Ana of The Book Smugglers asked us to participate in Smugglivus, their yearly holiday book celebration, and our post is up! You can read about our Books for a Cold Winter’s Night [...]

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Review: Matilda, A Musical

By On November 30, 2010 · 1 Comment

Matilda, A Musical by Dennis Kelly & Tim Minchin

Directed by Matthew Warchus

There are a couple of things being staged by The Royal Shakespeare Company at the moment. If you can make it to Stratford-Upon-Avon it’s always a worthwhile opportunity to feed your inner literature geek and take in a classic or two. Right [...]

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Crater Lake, taken by me.

Happy Late Thanksgiving!

By On November 29, 2010 · 3 Comments

Sorry for the TDF radio silence over the holiday week, everyone! I was here:

Despite what was advertised on the web, the cabin we rented didn’t have internet, so I was stuck with only my phone and crappy coverage. Woe!

So, I hope all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving this past week had a good [...]

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Feed changes!

By On October 26, 2010 · 1 Comment

This mostly affects those of you wonderful people who subscribe to our RSS feed. The site’s been having problems lately thanks to too much usage and hotlinking, so I’ve made a few changes that’ll hopefully help keep things running smoothly.

The RSS feed will now show snippets of posts instead of the entire post. I [...]

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How dashing!

Need a Wolverine wig for Halloween?

By On October 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

It’s not a terribly common need, I assume, but Marvel has got you covered just in case.

Check this baby out:

If you’ll excuse me, I need to pick myself up off the floor, stop laughing, and do some work. :D

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This Week on TDF: Oct 17-23

By On October 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Monday:
Writing About Writing

This week, I will actually talk about writer’s block. Honest. If writer’s block doesn’t get the best of me again…

A Very Fangirl Halloween: Favorite Scary Books

Most of the fangirls here love a good, creepy book. On Monday, we’ll talk about our favorites.

Tuesday:
Guilty Pleasures

WereGeek steps [...]

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AVFH: Favorite Vampires

By On October 12, 2010 · 2 Comments

We here at The Discriminating Fangirl love vampires. Some of us have loved vampires since well before Edward Cullen was a sparkly dream in Stephenie Meyer’s head. We all have favorite bloodsucking demons of the night, though, so read on to find out which vamps really kick our coffins. And tell us who your [...]

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This Week on TDF: Oct 11-16

By On October 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Drive by post! The house buying process continues with more inspections today, bah!

Monday:
Book Review

Stacy B reviews Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.

Tuesday:
Guilty Pleasures

This one is going to be a surprise… mainly because I haven’t decided what to write yet. ;)

A Very Fangirl Halloween

This time, the fangirls talk [...]

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Star Trek Pizza Cutter = Awesomesauce

By On October 5, 2010 · 1 Comment

On the list of things I don’t need but really, really, really want, ThinkGeek’s Star Trek pizza cutter is close to the top. Check it out:


How freaking awesome is that? Can you imagine all of the silly, pizza-related puns you could make with that thing? If you’re looking to do [...]

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