The Bin–1/22/10
Jan 22
We used to just like stuff every week. Now we throw that in a blender with links, videos, and random claptrap and we call it…THE BIN. It stinks like garbage but it doesn’t taste half bad.
Jeff and Sarah and Caroline BS About Comics "Nostalgia"
Jan 19
Alert Nerds Sarah and Jeff enjoy BS-ing about random stuff. Sometimes their friend Caroline from Fantastic Fangirls enjoys joining them for such things. Last week, a bunch of big-ass comics news came down the pike and the internet got its bitch on and the emails between this mighty trio flew fast and furious. Here’s what transpired.
Calling All Nerdblogs: What's Your True Geek Confession?
Jan 15
The Alert Nerd brain trust is pleased to announce another very special Mega-Blog Crossover Event…and YOU can be part of it.
In the grand tradition of last year’s amazing “What’s Your Scott and Jean?” Day, we present…
True Geek Confessions
The Date: February 17
The Background: Unpopular opinions: we all have them. Sometimes you stand alone in loving a super niche-y run of a popular comic book series (like Sarah and her Tefe Holland thing). Sometimes you’re the only person on the entire planet to ‘ship a certain ‘ship. Sometimes you simply Do Not Get a movie the rest of your geeky brethren is falling all over themselves about. And because a lot of fandom is about sharing loves and hates and communing with your fellow geeks, this can feel awfully lonely. But perhaps if we confess our most unpopular opinions for all the internet to see…well, we’ll feel just a little bit better.
Here’s what you do: On February 17, write up a blog post with your own True Geek Confession. Send your link to sarah AT alertnerd DOT com. We will add you to our master list blog post and you can link back to said post. It will be exciting and wonderful and will hopefully not provoke too many “die in a fire” type arguments.
Confirmed Participants: Fantastic Fangirls, Faust’s Fantastically Fantasmagoric Forum, The Book Smugglers, The Savage Critics’ Jeff Lester…maybe YOU?
The Bin – 1/15/10
Jan 15
We used to just like stuff every week. Now we throw that in a blender with links, videos, and random claptrap and we call it…THE BIN. It stinks like garbage but it doesn’t taste half bad.
The Princess and the Frog
Jan 14
I found The Princess and the Frog to be a more interesting film that I first expected it to be.
We had decided it would be our toddler’s first real moviegoing experience, so I saw it shortly after opening. Initially it seemed somewhat forgettable but it’s been knocking around my brain for a while now. (Of course, being recruited on a daily basis to play “Prince Naveen” to my daughter’s “Princess Tiana Frog” hasn’t hurt.)
