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District 9 Review

August 12th, 2009 No comments

Greetings and salutations everybody!

Last night, I attended a private screening of District 9, the new Sci-Fi movie written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Sharlto Copley, and presented by Peter Jackson. Big thanks to Ain’t It Cool News, who set up the screening here in South Florida, as well as many others around the country. Read more…

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How (not?) To Maintain A Relationship With A Non-Geek (part 1)

August 7th, 2009 5 comments

I’ve been thinking on this topic for quite a while and now that the blog is up, I have an outlet to express my feelings on this sensitive topic.  When I first met my girlfriend (going forward she will be known as Noodles, to protect her anonymity), about a year ago, we were completely enraptured with one another from the very first moment.  I am so lucky to have met a woman with her sense of humor, intelligence, determination, perseverance, and of course, beauty.   We spent countless days and nights together, sharing our thoughts and feelings on everything imaginable.  I definitely clued her in on my love for technology, and I’m sure she could tell that I had some geek in me from looking at my apartment.  I had the PC hooked up to the HD-TV, the iPhone, the Xbox 360, and a slew of other gadgets.  We even played some games together occasionally.  In fact, I was not even ashamed to tell her I was a World of Warcraft player. (I no longer play, but that’s another story)  She seemed to appreciate my geekiness as a charming part of my character.  Fast forward to 1 year later, and it seems to be causing a bit of a rift between us.  It is no longer charming, but quite the opposite.  I have definitely rubbed off on her with some things, but there are still many other points of contention between us, all related to geekery. Read more…

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