Here’s a quick rundown of the remainder of our busy, busy Spring… Friday March 13 at 8 pm House of Blues (Houston, TX) with Jonathan Coulton Tickets: tinyurl.com/cxdf8s Sunday March 15 at 7 pm Antone’s (Austin, TX) with Jonathan Coulton Tickets: tinyurl.com/ama6l7 (This is not an official part of SXSW, you must buy tickets to […]
Author Archives: Paul and Storm
Operation Blue Mountain
Thanks and accolades to all of the Certified Minions and unregistered partisans who participated in the very successful Operation Blue Mountain on Tuesday, March 10 (Paul’s birthday). You answered the call in droves (specifically, 62 of you; how many droves in 62?), and carried out the mission with the determination, guile, and creativity that is […]
Show #031: Buttafuoco Pants
The thirty-firstnd episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: dissecting the Fake Joss Whedon Birthday Onslaught (and the possibility of a real Joss Whedon sighting); engineering a geeky train wreck; our imminent switch to cloud hosting, and what that […]
Go, Child’s Play, Go!
Although they are no longer in the running for Secretary of Geek Affairs, Gabe & Tycho of Penny Arcade (or, more accurately, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik) can console themselves with the resolution passed by the Washington State legislature in recognition of their Child’s Play Charity work (Slashdot link). So congratulations to Jerry and Mike […]
GEEK MADNESS: Final Battle! Whedon vs. Wheaton
We started with 64 entrants, and after a series of brutal and bloody campaigns, only two survive for the final, alliterative battle. Winner of the Final Battle will be recommended to President Barack Obama to fill Secretary position of the as-yet created Department of Geek Affairs. All results to this point can be found on […]
Show #030: Tacos with Paul McCartney
The thirtiethth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: various terms are used recklessly and/or inappropriately; too much time and contention spent on a new Minion designation; still more musings on fame, in light of our recent increasing proximity […]
GEEK MADNESS: Penultimate Four
Almost there, folks! Winners will meet next week in the Final Battle, and then at last the new Secretary of Geek Affairs will be able to break through all of the gridlock that’s been plaguing geekdom. All results to-date are on the main Geek Madness page. Review all the matchups and go vote, after the […]
Show #029: The Onion Juice Quandary
The twenty-ninthth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online. This week’s episode: Discussing reasons why we’re tired and grumpy; lateral bungee jumping and the addictive nature of performing; February 24th is Spay Day; Mark Twain invented Batman, along with every rhyme and […]
GEEK MADNESS: Reasonable 8
After all of the recent close calls and heartbreaks, the smelting process brings us to the Reasonable 8. Voting is now open and will end next Sunday, March 1, when the Penultimate Four will duke it out. All results to-date are on the main Geek Madness page. Review all the matchups and go vote, after […]