History meets hip hop

Writer and star of the Broadway musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda performs “The Hamilton Mixtape” at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009. Accompanied by Alex Lacamoire.
And it’s full of geeky goodness (and some mild adult language).

Modern Major General Grievous

I am officially revising. This means I officially have writers brain. So I bring you this to entertain you this Monday morning.
Star Wars geeks and Gilbert and Sullivan nerds unite! I’m serious. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter. They just go together. Todd (from Geek Girl’s Guide) gives it a big thumbs up.
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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month

Twenty years ago today

Twenty years ago this week, the Berlin Wall fell. And back in the day (this would be way back in the day), I worked in V Corps Intelligence in Frankfurt, Germany. It was my first job in the Army and in addition to being the assistant officer in charge of my section (a weighty responsibility), [...]

How many more shopping days?

The Debs are everywhere this holiday season!
As you can see, Darcy is working overtime on December 5th in Chicago. I guess I will be too, since I’ll be signing–and volunteering–at the fundraising book fair for Andrew’s Jr. High. You know what that means, don’t you (other than the fact I have ample opportunity to embarrass [...]

A dress a day makes the geek girl stay

I’ve never been someone with a knack for sewing/knitting/crocheting. How I got a decent grade in Home Ec. (as we called it back in the day) is one of those mysteries best left unexplored. Although my sister reported that when she took the class four years later, the teacher still remembered me. Fondly.
Uh. Whatev.
That being [...]

Debs 09 Music giveaway

Jordyn over at Ten Cent Notes has put together two playlists based on 2009 debut novels.
A:

Glamorous – Fergie (Exclusively Chloe, by J.A. Yang)
Breathe – Taylor Swift (Breathing, by Cheryl Renee Herbsman)
The Not-So Pretty Princess – Jude (My Big Nose, by Sydney Salter)
The Reason – Hoobastank (The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading, by Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy [...]