Rocket science is when scientists find out things about space… I think.

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It’s like watching Sesame Street for meth addicts…

Take a good hard look at the following photo of some local Best Buy Geek Squad employees, and see if you can spot the one thing that is not like the other:

Still having trouble spotting the odd one out?

“Watching TV with my cat!” “At the free clinic… uh oh!” “Don’t you Twitterstand?!”

Heh. Silly microblogging… (find me here )

A young man struggles against the pressure to Twitter his life away. From: “SuperNews!” An animated sketch comedy series airing on Current TV. Every Friday night at 10 PM ET/PT. So set your DVR!

Let me start by saying hello. I’m new to the geek community after many years spent in the closet. It’s nice to be out.

I’ve got a list in my head of female comic book and TV characters that could most certainly kick my ass in a fight. And it’s not because I wouldn’t hit a girl.

This list will by no means be complete and I invite all of you, including our own little geek squad to chime in.

Without further ado, check out my list after the jump!

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Social networking sites overtake email in popularity

Updated Tue. Mar. 10 2009 1:04 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Social networking sites and blogs are now the fourth most popular online activity and are growing in popularity twice as quickly as traditional online pursuits, such as email and searching, a new report says.

The first thing I could think of after reading this tasty bit of news was: “What are the first three?”. Although the report itself doesn’t rank them (the four other sectors mentioned are search, portals, PC software and email), online searching is still king of the online activity hilltop. And with Google being just so darn useful, who can blame us. Social networking, once the realm of network enthusiasts and marketing professionals, is now so viral that “hit me up on Facebook” has replaced “gimme a call sometime” as the traditional way to extend invitations to socially hang out.

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I’d do it. I’d totally do it. Though, I don’t know if I’d believe me if I were you — I am terrified of those plexi-glass dinosaurs in the museum. Srsly.

While we may not be number one anymore, I’m not gonna get really nervous till cows start carrying chainsaws and shotguns.

Geeks are geeks from birth.

It’s hardwired, right there in their little brains. However, if the parent is so inclined, notices at the right points) it can be cultivated, cultured, nurtured and, well, in this case, let loose in a comic book store once a week and then given a homework assignment to review the comics as only a kid can.

Eight year old Liam is taken by his geek father to the comic book store, he picks out the comic of the week then he reads it. After literacy is done he dictates to his father the review of said comic.
At 8 he’s not only reviewing the story but the basics of the artwork. It’s not going to be long before he’s making mention of inking, shadows, differences between individual artists, etc.

Not only is this working on literacy but also raising more blessed geeks.

As I tell my own geek son…the geek shall inherit the earth.

http://kidscomicbooks.blogspot.com/

An extended interview with the upcoming Warner Brothers movie science consultant Jim Kakalios. The University of Minnesota professor talks about everything from his book, “The Physics of Superheroes,” to his discovery of comic books to an explanation why Gwen Stacy died in the Amazing Adventures of Spiderman.