Category Archives: Geek Alert

10 things I should be ashamed of … but I’m not

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Kevin

10. My blood feud with Michael Cera For years, the very sight of actor Michael Cera has launched me into a blind rage. When I see him in commercials or in magazines, I immediately want to bully him. I’m compelled … Continue reading →

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It all started with a Big Bang

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Kevin

This is the way the world ends. Well, not the whole world. This is the way my world ends, then. You look confused. Let me back up a little. My name is Billy Bishop, but you may know me as … Continue reading →

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Five signs the end is near: February 21, 2013

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Kevin

The meteor that slammed into the Chelyabinsk region last Friday must have seemed like something out of a Michael Bay movie to the poor Russians who witnessed it: loud, bright, fast and utterly incomprehensible. And like the first Transformers movie, … Continue reading →

Posted in Geek Alert, Just Sayin', Movies, Music, Television, The End of the World | Tagged A Good Day to Die Hard, Battle Pope, Community, Doctor Who, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fringe, Kaet Upton, Michael Bay, Paris Hilton, Pope Benedict XVI, Red Dwarf, Sheldon Cooper, Star Trek, Supernatural, The Postal Service, Transformers, Zooey Deschanel | 9 Comments

The enemy within

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Kevin

You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I’m a violent guy. No, really. First of all, I’m a consumer of violence. I’m drawn to thrilling crime fiction, in which sex is used as a weapon and bullets pierce … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Essays, Geek Alert, Movies, Music, Sports | Tagged Alice in Chains, Die Hard, Drive-By Truckers, John McClane, Lethal Weapon, Megadeth, Rage Against the Machine, Super Bowl, the Clash, the Stranglers, the Violent Femmes | 1 Comment

Five signs the end is near: January 2, 2013

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Kevin

So Dec. 21, 2012—the date the Mayans supposedly singled out as the end of the world—has come and gone. But here in the scary, post-Mayan Calendar landscape of 2013, we face no shortage of troubling signs about the future: North … Continue reading →

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Five signs the end is near: March 24, 2012

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Kevin

5. Turtle Nation Gets Up in Arms Having turned the dumbest property in ‘80s toy history into a blockbuster film franchise, Transformers director Michael Bay is now turning his attention to the second-lamest property: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wait, … Continue reading →

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Five signs the end is near: March 8, 2012

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Kevin

5. The Osbournes are coming! The Osbournes are coming! It’s not bad enough that Sharon Osbourne can be seen each weekday morning cackling with other hens on a pointless knockoff of The View, or that no one questions why marrying … Continue reading →

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Five thoughts on DC’s Watchmen prequels

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Kevin

Earlier this week, DC Comics officially announced what many in the comics community had been whispering about for months. The publisher is releasing a series of prequels to the landmark 1986 Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons miniseries Watchmen. The comics, grouped under … Continue reading →

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My summer reading list

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Kevin

Following in the footsteps of President Obama, I’ve decided to release my own summer reading list. Or at least, the cream of the crop; I won’t bore you with the whole roster. “The Given Day,” Dennis Lehane: I was kind … Continue reading →

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If I could wave my magic wand…

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Kevin

When I was in grade school, way back in the Cambrian era, my dad and I—OK, mostly my dad—built a time machine. My memories of its origins are hazy, but the inspiration for its construction was a book or series … Continue reading →

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