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Jackalope Ranch's Gift Guide for the Culture Geek
December 04, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Still holiday shopping? So are we -- and we've been taking notes. Introducing our series of gift guides for your "easy to figure out, but hard to shop for" friends....
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Balloons of Doom: Three Reasons Why We're Afraid of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
November 20, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1938 via imprintSuperstorms. Financial collapse. Plague. As if we needed one more thing to perserverate on, here comes the annual Thanksgiving Day spectacular. Oh, sure, everybody loves...
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Scientists Bring Artistic Lunar Landscapes to monOrchid Gallery
October 30, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Tycho Central Peak, Courtesy of LROCMajestic landscapes in deep focus. Canyons and peaks represented in perfect shadow and contrast. We could be describing a collection of Ansel Adam's best known...
Four Reasons Why Your Halloween Party Sucks
October 16, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Rip-Off Halloween Costumes: The Good, The Bad and The You're Not Fooling Anyone
September 26, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
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Three Reasons Why You Should Already Be Excited for Halloween (Yes, Really)
September 12, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Grocery stores nationwide are packing up their remaining stock of kiddie pools and lawn chairs to make room for three aisles...
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Breaking Bad Fan-Fiction: The Good, The Bad, and the Are You F#*king High?
July 10, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Breaking BadThe season premiere of Breaking Bad is a just five days away, and truthfully, it couldn't have come sooner. We've been crawling the walls since the climax of Season...
Batman's Tumbler Comes to Phoenix (Plus Three More Rides You Can't Pull off IRL)
July 02, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
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Three Phoenix Destinations for Summer Movie Role Playing
June 26, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
We maintain that summer movie season is the best three months on any geek's calendar. Between the online discussion boards, midnight screenings and the glut of merchandising that follows, creative...
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Want Good PR for Your Expensive Scientific Program? Appeal to the Geeks!
June 05, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Courtesy of Space XSpace travel achieved a new milestone last week with the mission of the Dragon space capsule -- the first commercial craft to dock with the International Space...
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Chris Hardwick on True Nerds, Trendy Geeks, and The World's Most Important Debate
May 22, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Chris HardwickComedian and television personality Chris Hardwick is a nerd -- and with a best-selling book, a dedicated YouTube channel, and the long-running Nerdist Podcast - he's leading a powerful...
The Three Worst Mistakes Made in Time Travel Movies
May 16, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
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Five Ways to Live Like an Action Figure This Summer
May 01, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Disney PixarAmong the rites and ceremonies of summer is the release of new action figures. As bombastic blockbusters hit the theaters, their 3-inch tie-ins flood store shelves and allow 120...
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Three Chip Tune Covers to Warm Up with for The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses at the Orpheum Theatre
April 17, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
http://www.zeldauniverse.netEven if Roger Ebert maintains that video games aren't art, the music that accompanies those virtual worlds most certainly has to qualify. If arranging a series of repetitive bleeps and...
Phoenix Geeks on the Local Scene, Nerd Popularity, and Their Awkward Yearbook Photos
April 03, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
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EnemyGraph: A New Facebook App for Enemies
March 28, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
enemygraphVoldemort. Darth Vader. The Daleks. If Kick Ass taught us anything, it's that great heroes are essentially panty-waist do-gooders until a flamboyant-but-deadly villain arrives on scene and forces them...
This Week in Top Gun: Sequels, 3D Releases, and More Conspiracy Theories
March 23, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
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Coming Soon: A "Back To The Future" Hoverboard Replica (Seriously)
March 06, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
Back to the Future?Science has failed us. We're less than three years away from the high-tech, neon-infused existence that was promised to us in Back to the Future II --...
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Three Strange Theories You Might Believe After Attending Arizona's International UFO Congress
February 21, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
?If you can, you should sneak away from your comparatively corporate gig sometime this week for the 2012 meeting of the International UFO Congress. The group, based here in Phoenix...
Local Marine Sets a Geek-Worthy World Record (and Joins the Ranks of Celebrity Military Nerds)
January 31, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
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Three Quintessential Nerd Cars (That Won't Be at Barrett Jackson this Week)
January 17, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
http://www.classiccar.comThe VW Geek Ball by Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top fame).?Everyone geeks out for something - as evidenced by the throng of classic and custom car enthusiasts who will descend...
Political (Action) Figures: The Republican Candidates' Collectible Matches
January 11, 2012 in Jackalope Ranch
