The Absurd Curvy Nerd

Hello again, everyone!  The new year hasn't arrived yet, but the holiday madness has abated here, so the blog will be fully up and runni...

We all* take them: the "What [Popular Movie/Book] Character are You?" quizzes.  And secretly, we all have a desired outcome.  When...

Dear MBotF, It's not you; it's me. ...OK, maybe it's a bit you.   I don't often not finish a series.  I usually feel as ...

The entire backstory for the StarCraft games would take up too much of this post, so if you are interested, you can read it   here . Discl...

!SPOILER ALERT! Edit: I can't get the spoilers that affect the plot fully blacked out; I will continue trying.  I'm going to try ...

I recently made a cake in the shape of a flower pot for a family member's birthday, using chocolate cake as the "dirt" and mar...

I don't go around continuously correcting people's grammar, but I do sometimes feel feverish when I see the same mistakes over and o...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail has to be one of my favorite movies.  I can almost say all the words with the volume muted (though I get tan...

My Thesaurus Thursday this week was a sort of sneak preview to my post today.  Like so many others, when I get sick or start to feel like so...

If you like fantasy, satire, and side of silliness with your helping of thoughts on human mortality, it's difficult to find better fare ...

I love Bones.  Yes, I know sometimes the science is a little more like magic than actual science .  It's my nerdy guilty pleasure. If...

 It was released to day and arrived this morning: Mr. Nerd has asked me to hold off starting it until he has an opportunity to sta...

!SPOILER ALERT! (Please heed warning if you have not yet seen the film and do not wish to know what happens in it). As you might have gu...

Here is the new Star Trek teaser . I will be a bit disappointed if it's not Khan, it's true.  At lease one other actor in the fran...

Many readers have criticized Robert Jordan's portrayal of women in his popular Wheel of Time series.  One of the main complaints that ev...