http://carriejotucker.com I love geeks. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:10:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by carrie jo tucker.  go get it. http://carriejotucker.com/2008/11/18/vice-guide-to-eating-in-la-out-now/ this particularly boring post has but one function: to let the masses know the book release party for i love geeks will be taking place sometime in mid-january, in a land far, far away...or maybe just downtown manhattan. you are ALL invited, each and every one of you. rest ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/11/13/i-love-geeks-release-party-update/ ha ha not really (i swear), but when i do i learn things like this: barack obama gave a vulcan salute when he saw leonard nimoy in the crowd at a recent event. live long and prosper? let's friggin' hope. http://carriejotucker.com/2008/10/02/i-get-my-news-from-page-six/ was just informed by my publisher that i love geeks' release date has been bumped UP - zomg and all that.  the new date seems to be in the neighborhood of december 10th.  yikes and yay!  press, i can has halp? http://carriejotucker.com/2008/09/12/new-release-date-for-i-love-geeks/ network:  this is a connected group of computers, such as your work network.  to nerds, "network" does not mean drinking all the free booze at an industry party in order to better relate to co-workers.  nor does it mean hooking up with the IT guy in the server room. re-boot:  this ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/09/12/i-love-geeks-page-171-on-random-computer-terms-you-should-know/ leprechaun 4: in space (1996) this fourth movie in the leprechaun series is so outrageous you can't help but laugh the whole way through it.  the hero travels through space to marry an alien queen so he can glom on to her title.  leprechaun gets pissed off and wants the ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/08/19/i-love-geeks-page-156-on-the-best-of-the-worst/ i like the show pushing daisies. it's so unbelievably cute, bizarre and twisted, and shot beautifully - creator/producer bryan fuller's style sort of reminds me of a more colorful jean-pierre juenet (google him if necessary). plug: the new season starts wednesday, october 1st at 8pm on ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/08/05/things-i-like/ questions to ask: 1.  where would you take cover during a zombie apocalypse? 2.  would you rather be a zombie or one of the survivors? 3.  should zombies move fast or slow? (author's note:  i'd probably take cover at my parent's house in florida, since it's on a lake and close to the beach, ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/07/23/i-love-geeks-page-104-on-zombies/ he will freak out if you touch his stuff. do not rearrange games because you think you're being sweet by alphabetizing them, do not even think of moving his computer because you want to dust around it, and for god's sake, please do not pick something up and put ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/07/17/i-love-geeks-page-10-notes-on-touching-his-stuff/ Recently, I bought this Crest Renewal System™. The idea of it – at least according to the packaging – is that it’s a WHOLE SYSTEM to whiten and “renew” your teeth. My teeth could use some renewing, sure; whose couldn’t? So I bought the $11.99 Renewal System™ ... http://carriejotucker.com/2008/07/17/marketing-making-a-believer-out-of-you/