Armchair

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• R/C Gran Turismo Mashup

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Gran Turismo Ford E10 (image:forums.radiocontrolzone) My childhood joys revolved around Radio Controlled cars and Video Games. It was with some excitement then that I unpacked the Gran Turismo-designed HPI Ford E10 radio controlled car (kindly provided for review by Eclipse Hobbies ). Not only was this a car from ...
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• Suffer Little Children...?

  
  Chide, Chode, Chidden — Authority: 120
  Let me preface the body of my post with the warning that the material contained herein is likely to offend, and I have done little to mitigate such a reaction. Pray for me that I in future shall exercise more tact and wisdom. I was pondering the other day why anyone would consider having a child. Is it out of some ...
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• Carcassonne 101

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Carcassonne (image: waltthewell.com) It wasn’t until last year that I was introduced to the Carcassonne board game. Once I had been though, I wish I’d discovered it years ago. Our family simply fell in love with the game and couldn’t stop playing it. But although it’s a great game to play it’s a little ...
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• Dork Tower Wednesday

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Dork Tower #761, by John Kovalic. You can find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website . Correction: Monday’s post identified the strip as #761. It should have been #760. THIS is #761. Dagnabbit.
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• 10 Things Parents Should Know About James Cameron’s Avatar

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Image used by permission from the OfficialAvatarMovie Flickr page. This movie is making an impact at the box office and all over the internet. The advances in film-making technology are impressive, and the question as to whether Mr. Cameron could follow up Titanic with another truly significant film seems to have ...
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• Comics Spotlight on Batman & Sons

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Happy Comic Release Day! In this holiday season, it seemed appropriate to focus on something that can be enjoyed for free and in the spirit of the holidays. Summary : Batman & Sons is a web comic that is an adorable riff on Batman as the father of not only three Robins–Dick, Jason and Tim–but little ...
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• 12 Creative and Unusual Chair Designs

  
  UNUSUAL THINGs — Authority: 125
  Creative modern chairs and unusual chair designs from around the world. Breathing Chair Futuristic Chair Face Chair KOLO Armchair Two in One Chair Flux Chair Modern Rocking Chair Roots Chair O&O Chair Kanutos II Chair Flip Chair SARA Armchair Tags: ...
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• He Speaks For His Nation

  
  spEak Youre bRanes — Authority: 492
  Now then. What with all this “news” and shit going on, some of you may have missed Richard Thomspon’s decision to appoint Richard Thompson as the American Ambassador to Have Your Say. The way everyone’s going all up in a tissy over some inches of snow, one would think the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are ...
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• Best of the Geek Decade - Music

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  They Might Be Giants truly are to our kids. And last, but not least, the tunes our kids like - wonderfully out of the mainstream, and very geeky! Best Music: They Might Be Giants (Brian & Brian’s Son, Jenny’s entire family) Yes, they’ve been around for years. But their kid stuff is relatively new. ...
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• Best of the Geek Decade - Comics

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  While the big superhero publishers, DC and Marvel, are represented on the list, independent publishers also scored big with imaginative comics like Bone and Owly. Owly & Friends Fall Print, available at www.AndyRunton.com There are also web comics on the list, including one which seems to be improved by ...
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• Best of the Geek Decade - Television

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Remember: children have short memories, especially for television, so there may be more new shows than shows that were a hit five or ten years ago. On the other hand, our DVR and Netflix have come in handy in my house and a number of shows missed on first run were found when they were older, such as My Name is Earl. ...
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• Best of the Geek Decade - Books

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  I have frequently found young adult and young reader books far more imaginative than what is on the adult science fiction and fantasy shelves. I want to thank my kids for introducing me to their favorite books. There are so many wonderful new series than when I was growing up, especially for girls. Special mention ...
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• Stop Seal Slaughter By Playing This Game Says PETA

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 671
  We’re not really sure how playing “Seal Slalom” is going to help save baby seals from brutish, mass slaughtering Canadians, but PETA is convinced otherwise. Armchair activism at its worst? Yes! | PETA |
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• Sunrise Views and Tree Kangaroos

  
  Intelligent Travel Blog — Authority: 562
  Researchers from the Seattle-based Woodland Park Zoo recently traveled to Papua New Guinea in a partnership with National Geographic Crittercam to learn more about the habits of the endangered tree kangaroo population. These adorable - and elusive - creatures were outfitted with small camera devices that enabled ...
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• Dork Tower Monday

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Time for our first proper thrice-weekly dose of Dork! Dork Tower #761, by John Kovalic You can find the Dork Tower archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website .
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• Best of the Geek Decade: Let the Kids Decide!

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  In an extremely unscientific but fun poll of our geek kids, we at GeekDad have compiled a best of the decade. We tried hard to keep the list to what was  new this decade.  We did make an exception for LEGO sets (in some cases it was too hard to tell what came out this decade and what didn’t). Plus, if LEGO ...
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• The Armchair Liturgist: Cancelling Liturgical Christmas

  
  Catholic Sensibility — Authority: 139
  During 8:30 Mass yesterday we had almost an inch deposited on our parked cars. The buzz at church during our brief whiteout in Story County was the incoming weather system due to hit later this week . I confess I’m glad I’m not the pastor making decisions on the state of liturgical grace. Particularly for those ...
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  HOMO ESCAPEONS — Authority: 119
  THE WE DIUM IS THE MESSAGE rehashed dribble from last March. Above all else I am an incurable Coherentist . My insatiable curiousity compels me to assemble a manageable cosmology. I want to understand as much of the Who, What, When, Where, Why and HOW I am who Iam.. and why the world ...
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• Not In Choir Today...

  
  Sew Random — Authority: 116
  And I just realized that we wont be in choir next Sunday, either...so Choir Sundays is finished for this year. Sometimes I feel like Im really overdoing the whole thing...especially since I keep listing some of the same garments over and over again. But, I know there are folks who check out the Choir Sunday posts; ...
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• E Is for Ethics: An Interview with Ian James Corlett

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 692
  Ian James Corlett, author of E Is for Ethics: How to Talk to Kids About Morals, Values, and What Matters Most There’s no denying that E Is for Ethics: How to Talk to Kids About Morals, Values, and What Matters Most sounds a bit like a Victorian primer, as filtered by, say, Mike Huckabee.  And that’s too ...
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