Our Geek This Week

High Five! (21-Feb-24) February 21, 2024 Links & High Five & WFH 5 Simple Guidelines For Better Breaks - Take better breaks; something is better than nothing, social and outdoors are better than solo. Personally,

Today’s Reading: A Psalm For The Wild-Built February 20, 2024 Today’s Reading & Sci-Fi & Becky Chambers

I actually started this book back in December, read seven pages, then set it down. That says more about my ADHD and the timesuck of the holidays

Kurt Cobain at 50 (republished) February 20, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction & Kurt Cobain & Nirvana & Gen X I wrote what follows on February 20, 2017, on what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 50th birthday. Obviously Kurt died by suicide at 27, a lifetime

Now Playing: Nils Frahm “Says” (Live on KEXP) February 19, 2024 Now Playing & Nils Frahm I’m not sure how I first came across Nils Frahm, but it must been right before his album Music for Animals came out in September of 2022 because I

High Five! (19-Feb-24) February 19, 2024 Links & High Five Gen Xers Expect To Keep Working Longer Than They Planned… - The “forgotten” generation gets fucked again. At least we had a chance to purchase

The Kybercast #203: The Not-So-Fantastic Marvels! February 18, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & MCU

My friend, Joe, and I record a near weekly podcast, called The Kybercast. The latest episode is online NOW! This week we talk about The Marvels and

High Five! (18-Feb-24) February 18, 2024 Links & High Five Listen To Nature Sounds, Fall In Love With The Earth - Want to hear nature come to life during a morning in Kenya? Or a thunderstorm in the Alps?

Now Playing: Depeche Mode A Broken Frame February 17, 2024 Now Playing & Music & Depeche Mode

Cleaning up my office today because if I don’t then things will begin to run amok. Thought I would listen to this album today while I did said

A Note on YouTube Episodes of “Our Geek This Week” February 17, 2024 YouTube & OGTW & Site Update In November of 2023 I recorded about 17 episodes of Our Geek This Week, as you may know it was a creative way in which to clean my boxes of comics

YouTube Episode - OGTW.005: Take The Fifth! February 16, 2024 YouTube & OGTW & Comics The fifth episode of my box opening/comic book vlog is now online! Watch an old geek open boxes of comics! Regardless, it’s here: OGTW.005: Take The

High Five! (14-Feb-24) February 14, 2024 Links & EDC & Bag Dump & High Five Cursive Returning to the Classroom, in California - I still write in cursive and sometimes my daughters can’t read what I wrote because they

OCD.106 “Mixtape” Closed and Completed February 14, 2024 Music & Mixtape & OCD.### I am Gen X and as such very much grew up making mixtapes for friends/family. As technology progressed this evolved to making mix CDs, and then,

2023 Year In Review, Television February 8, 2024 Year in Review & TV Let’s talk TV for just a minute. We live in a golden age of television right now with a plethora of options with so many streaming services from

The Kybercast #202: Three Reboots and One Streaming Show! February 8, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast

The latest episode of our podcast, The Kybercast, is online. If you like nerds talking about geek stuff, check it out! The Kybercast #202: Three

YouTube Episode - OGTW.004: Cuatro! February 7, 2024 YouTube & OGTW & Comics The fourth episode of my box opening/comic book vlog is now online for your viewing pleasure. Or displeasure. Regardless, it’s here: OGTW.004:

Now Playing: Bandcamp Friday Purchases February 3, 2024 Now Playing & Bandcamp Friday & Music What is Bandcamp Friday? Well, Bandcamp is a website where independent (and yes, some established artists) can sell their music directly to their

The Kybercast #201: An Echo in The Force! February 2, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & MCU

The latest episode of our podcast, The Kybercast, is online. If you like nerds talking about geek stuff, check it out! The Kybercast #201: An

…And We’re Back! February 2, 2024 Site Update I realize that probably no one noticed but me, but I tried to redirect my domain, OurGeekThisWeek.com, to this blog 9 days ago and clearly mucked up

Now Playing: Fresh Air - Ava DuVernay January 23, 2024 Podcast & Now Playing This is a fascinating discussion on race, caste, and art. Fresh Air - Ava DuVernay Illuminates America’s Caste System with Origin © 2024 Michael A.

Today’s Reading: The Authority January 23, 2024 Comics & Today’s Reading & The Authority & Wildstorm

Today’s reading, which I think I last read 20yrs. ago. Brubaker has written some amazing comics, no question, but man, is Nguyen one of my all time