This is obviously a labor of love. When you've finished watching this, watch the side-by-side comparison (linked to at the end of this video). This thing is a frame-by-frame recreation ... with no CG, cardboard and action figure effects, and people singing the score. It's pure freaking AWESOME!

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Holy camolies! This woman is amazing:

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This is YouTuber "OneFlewTheCoup" doing a cover of "Hey There Cthulhu", and it's fucking brilliant!

In addition to that amazing video I posted about yesterday, it seems that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield also made news for a different reason yesterday when he received a call from William Shatner.

As I said yesterday in another forum, I'd be insanely jealous if I wasn't already too busy being super-impressed.

This is a song performed by The Barenaked Ladies, the Wexford Gleeks, and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield . . . who is performing from the International Space Station! Furthermore, Chris Hadfield wrote the song while on the station. It is a true space anthem, and it's wonderful ( Read more... )

Although I no longer consider myself pagan, I find that this image resonates strongly with me.


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We have a geek President, and he has geeks on his staff. The world is a wonderful place.

This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For

Geekdom: It surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the nation together.

I've heard the saying "that dog looks like a mop" before, but it's never applied quite so ... literally.


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Last night at koressa's annual Cthulhumas party, our friend Mark read two "children's books": Where's My Shoggoth, and Where the Deep Ones Are.

Well, today, TeeFury came out with this shirt:

Where the Old Things Are

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This past weekend was my second trip to Seattle, WA, for the second annual Seattle Browncoats' GeekFest. Despite what I said in this post, I wasn't the only one who performed both days; Hello, The Future! also had a set on Sunday by popular demand. As usual, she was awesome ( Read more... )

Sometimes, XKCD is too scarily real...


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