Baby Groot

I found this tutorial for Baby Groot on Twinkie Chan around Christmas. Amid the holiday hubbub, I stitched him up.  His little wee arms are pose-able! Just in case I want to make him dance!

He now lives on the shelf above my computer.  Every time I look at him he makes me smile.  Dance baby Groot, Dance!

'11 Happy Dance #33: More Magnet Gifts

My husband's best friend turned 30 this year.  We don't normally give birthday gifts to grown ups, but Mrblocko thought we should make an exception as this is a special occasion/milestone birthday.  Gift cards were suggested as a good present, but that seemed a bit impersonal to me.

Mrblocko and I were stumped.  We couldn't think of anything.  I got a hold of my best friend to see if she could think of any suggestions.  She did a bit of sleuthing on Facebook and found out that the birthday girl liked a certain computer game and Star Wars.  That didn't help me at all.  Later that night my best friend gave me a call with a brilliant idea. Star Wars Magnets!  Lego Star Wars magnets.  Cause really, who can't use more magnets?  And doesn't everyone love Legos mini figures?

Here is a horrible close up of some of the magnets.  They look much better in person.  The flash on the glass didn't do the finished product any favors.

I made several other magnets: Captain Rex, Luminara Unduil, Chewie, R2D2, Obi Wan, Jar Jar, and Watto.  There was a Han Solo too, but he had an unfortunate accident.  Let's just say he's stuck in carbonite and we'll leave it at that.

Happy Heavy Metal Day

Why is today Heavy Metal Day?  Well the date is 11-11-11.   In the mocumentary "This is Spinal Tap"  the band has a special amplifier that goes up to 11.  (Standard amps only go to 10.)

So headbang away my metal head friends... if you are super cool, you'll do it in this shirt from Think Geek. (They have it in a babydoll version for stylish ladies too!)

Lightsavers

We are trying to get Blockette interested in Star Wars with a moderate amount of success.  She does like the Clone Wars cartoon, but seems bored by the movies.  Although, much to my dismay, she seems to really like Jar Jar. :::shudder::: 

As often as we correct her, she can't seem to remember that they are called Lightsabers not Lightsavers.  Clearly we are failing as geeky parents. 

If Blockette was more interested in Star Wars I'd totally make up an armory of these Pool Noodle Lightsabers from Muddy Boots.  Aren't they the coolest thing ever.  I wish I'd been invited to that birthday party, don't you?

The GDP of Geekiness

I was looking for a map of the US online and I came across this map and wondered, what in the world it was. It is a comparison of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of each individual state to another country. For example, Illinois has the same GDP as Mexico. I find this kind of stuff fascinating. Even though we are in this recession and jobs are being outsourced to places far and wide, we've still got it pretty darn good here.