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Sweet Geek Cuisine: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Magrathea Cake
If you’ve got a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fan with a birthday coming up, this Magrathea whale cake is easy to make, even if you don’t have much cake decorating experience. Don’t panic! You’ll...
View ArticleThe Unsinkable Starship Titanic
A few years ago, I inherited some of my dad’s book collection when my mum decided to have a clear out. Included in the books were all five volumes of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy...
View ArticleTen Years Later and I’m Still Thankful for All the Fish.
On this day in 2001 Douglas Adams died and the world became a little less nonsensical. He is best remembered for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC radio series before...
View ArticleCelebrate Towel Day in Style!
In memory of Douglas Adams, May 25th is Towel Day. Excerpt from Ch 3 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can...
View ArticleWedding Gifts for Geek Couples
It’s June again and that can only mean one thing, wedding season is once again upon us. Perhaps some of your geek friends are tying the knot this summer and, if so, you will be faced with the dilemma...
View ArticleGeeky Novel Word Counts–How Long Are You In For?
Earlier this week, I found myself in a discussion about the lengths of various novels. It was spurred by two similar conversations I’ve found myself in repeatedly, based on the recent Game of Thrones...
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Happy Towel Day from GeekMom!
Happy Towel Day! Towel Day began in 2001 with the passing of Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy and a guy who really knew where his towel was. It was suggested on the...
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Towel Day: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Live Onstage
Despite since being adapted as a TV show, written up as a six book series and made into a movie, Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy began its life as a radio play on BBC Radio 4. This...
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Towel Day: 42 Occurrences of The Number 42 in Pop Culture
Any good geek knows that the answer to the great question of life, the universe and everything is 42, but were you aware just how often that number has crept up in pop culture? From apartment numbers...
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Towel Day: The Etsy Shopper’s Guide to The Galaxy
Looking for something to spend your hard earned Altarian Dollars on? Etsy has many options available for the discerning purchaser of Earth-created goods, why not see if something here takes your fancy...
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A Thursday Night Out with Hitchhiker’s Live On-Stage
On Thursday night I headed to Nottingham, towel in hand, to attend The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live! The show featured the original cast from the radio play, Simon Jones, Geoff...
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Has the Hitchhiker’s Guide Lost Its Wow Factor?
I am currently in the process of introducing a friend to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy amongst other geek classics. Last night when she came over for the evening I sat her down to watch the...
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Book Review Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
Back in 1978-1979, Douglas Adams was a Script Editor for Doctor Who. One of the scripts that he wrote, Shada, was never completed due to a labor strike and was left unfinished until now. The post Book...
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