Show Notes – Episode #49 “Geek Romance”

Posted by Shannon and Matt at 4:25 pm Show Notes

Feb 112010

As always, Randall Munroe of XKCD has an eloquent and geeky angle. This week in honor of Valentine’s Day we’re talking about romance and love in the geek set. We’ll be sharing our own experiences as well as those of two other geek couples, plus sharing some tips for finding your perfect geek partner.

We also have our weekly geek news and geek events in the Seattle area.

Our Geek Week

Listening to the audio book of Canticle by Ken Scholes
Playing with the new Asus Eee PC 1201N netbook
Finished reading Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (who is the Guest of Honor at this year’s Norwescon!)
Still playing Star Trek Online (look for Xandia@Geekly or Ogou@Geekly if you’re playing too!)
Went to Mourning Market
Were interviewed for Another Passion

Geek Romance

Thanks to Donna and Barry and Shawn and Kat for sharing their experiences of geeky couple-hood with us!
A couple of the geek-friendly dating sites mentioned in this episode
SFX Magazine’s How To Find Geek Love

Dare Shannon To Watch a Bad Movie

This week’s movie was Pathfinder (2007)

If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352

Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.

Next week’s movie will be The Stuff (1985)

News

Events

Conventions
- February 12 – 14, 2010 – RadCon 5B – Pasco, WA
- February 19 – 21, 2010 – Tsukino-Con – Victoria, BC Canada
Events
- February 12 – 21, 2010 Grand Illusion Cinema 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated. Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated is an animated/illustrated response to George Romero’s film, Night of the Living Dead. Featuring the works of international artists and animators, NOTLD:R is this cult classic seen through the eyes and hands of these talented individuals. Shows February 12 – 13 and 19 – 20 at 11pm
- February 13, 2010 2pm King County Library Bellevue Branch 1111 110th Avenue Northeast Bellevue – Victorian Tea with Romance Authors. You are cordially invited to a St. Valentine’s Day Victorian Tea! Join local authors who delight in creating romantic stories set in the Victorian era: Megan Chance (Prima Donna), Anthea Lawson (All He Desires),Deborah Schneider (Promise Me). Music, refreshments and book signing will follow the program.
- February 14, 2010 10am Richard Hugo House 634 11th Avenue, Seattle – Fantastic Fiction Salon with Walter Jon Williams. New York Times best-selling author Walter Jon Williams teaches Writing Backwards in the Year 2010 a writing workshop, as part of the Fantastic Fiction Workshop Series.
- February 18, 2010 7:30pm Henry Art Gallery 15th Ave NE & 41st St, Seattle – Toy Box Trio. Steampunk musicians Toy Box Trio play their retro-future circus music live on the open floor at the Henry and the best part is…it’s FREE!
- February 19, 2010 6:30 to 8:00 Park Place Books 348 Parkplace Ctr, Kirkland – Seattle Future Salon. The Seattle Future Salon was founded to explore and discuss accelerating change in technology, science, society, business, and our lives. This month’s topic is the new design revolution. Science fiction writers have been interested in fabricators, or machines that can make stuff out of raw materials and a computer program, for some time. Well, with 3D printing, this is starting to become possible. For background reading this month’s issue of Wired Magazine is suggested. Group moderators will Be author and futurist Brenda Cooper and CEO and Chairman of Visiomente Corporation Jan Vandenbos
- February 19, 2010 8 – 10pm Neptune Coffee 415 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle – Seattle Geekly Trivia Night. This month join us for Princess Bride Trivia! We’ll be covering the book and the movie. Form a team or join one on the night. Test your knowledge and win prizes!
- February 20, 2010 2pm Barnes & Noble Northgate 401 NE Northgate Way #1100, Seattle – Cherie Priest. Cherie Priest will be signing her new book, Fathom, as well as her bestselling steampunk novel, Boneshaker. Come meet the author as she fields questions from fans and talks about her exciting upcoming releases.
- February 21, 2010 1 – 5pm Green Lake Games 7509 Aurora Ave N, Seattle – Game Night with Seattle Geekly – Join us for a casual afternoon of boardgaming. Play a favorite or learn something new! Finish off the weekend right and maybe win a door prize!

Contest!

Heroes Season 1 & 2 DVD Giveaway!

Arguably the most talked-about television show of the 2006-2007 season, the Emmy-nominated fantasy Heroes gives viewers blends comic book-style adventure with plotting and characters as rich and layered as any graphic novel or drama series.
–Amazon

We are giving away brand new boxed sets of the first two seasons!

The contest runs from February 11 until February 28 with the winner picked on March 1st. We’ll ship the DVDs to you via USPS

“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST. You can just say “hi” or whatever! One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!

“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!

Music

Music this week was by Your Friend Wil off the forthcoming album Zero Day by MC Frontalot. The song is available as a free download from Spin Magazine!

Next week’s show is Episode #50 and we’re talking webcomics! We have interviews with some cool webcomic creators and hopefully we’ll give you some new ones to add to your reading list.

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