Entertaining

Saber Champagne Like a Champ

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With New Year’s Eve around the corner, it’s time to start planning your party attire and practicing your best ice breakers and tricks. Blow your guests away by sabering a champagne bottle when the clock strikes midnight! (If you’re at someone else’s home, PLEASE ask their permission first!)

New York Times’ “T Magazine” fills you in on the details to saber like a champ. (For instance, did you know that any dull object will break the bottle neck? I vote you do it with a sonic screwdriver.)

If you end up sabering, get some video and leave a link in the comments!

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Use Science to be the Life of the Party

By Tara in Entertaining, Geek Etiquette No Comments Tags: , , , ,

Now that all the holiday party invites are arriving in your inbox, you need to start practicing your party tricks and effortless banter. These tricks will guarantee the kids table (and that one drunk party goer) will think you’re just a bit magical.

Did you try the rotating foot one? Ridiculous.

(Sources: Neatorama and GeekGirlCon.)

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The Geeky Hostess in a Web Series

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I have been working on a web series for the past few months, and I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign today.

The series is called “Job Hunters”: it’s a comedic web series about roommates set in a dystopian society. After college, people must fight in an arena from 9am-5pm daily in order to be properly placed into a career. Job Hunters focuses on one “rag-tag group” of hunters during their down time, spent in a government sanctioned safe house. Yes, there will be blood. And roommate issues.

I”ll be writing and acting in the series, and am psyched to do something so creative and different. The series itself will launch in March. If you’re excited about the project as well, feel free to donate or spread the word! Every little bit will help make this project a success.

/selfpromotion

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Hosting a Vampire

By Tara in Entertaining 4 Comments Tags: , , , ,

…So you’ve invited a vampire into your home. It’s too late to uninvite him/her, so you better be prepared to entertain. No blood at home? Don’t worry, with this Vampire Condiment Gift Pack and bottle opener, chips and beer may be all you need.


Vampire Condiment Gift Pack, around $20 at Firebox.com.


Vampire Tooth Bottle Opener, around $11 at Firebox.com.

And you may want to cover the mirrors in your home. It’ll just make the vamp sad.

(Source: Geek Alerts)

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DnD For Dads

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James Stowe created some fantastic (and easy to use) character sheets that he could use when running a DnD campaign for his 8-year-old son and his friends. He is generously sharing a PDF file where you can download all of the sheets, and rumor has it he’s making a set for girls as well. I hadn’t thought of introducing DnD to a younger set before, but now I can’t think of a better idea. Kids have such a larger imagination and set of problem solving skills than adults–they’d be fantastic!

(If you use and love the sheets, show some love and send a donation James’ way!)

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Bring Back the Pinata

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Oh Pinatas, the sweet childhood activity that involved beating a paper animal until his glorious insides spewed out. Why did we ever stop having these as parties? Now that you’re an adult, I suggest you bring them back.*

Confetti System, as seen on on A Practical Wedding, has some gorgeous pinatas that can serve as decoration until the beatings begin (around $140 each). The metallic pinatas could add an excellent bit of glitz to a New Year’s Party (filled with confetti), and the diamond pinata would be perfect for a Bachelorette or Divorce Party (filled with condoms?).

Missing the pinatas of your youth and/or want something with a smaller price tag? Oriental Trading Company has some excellently random and ridiculously colorful pinatas for around $16 each. My favorites include the treasure chest, ice cream cone, dinosaur, skull and crossbones, and of course: the cupcake.

So, what do you think? Are pinatas perfect for your next party or passe? Do you have a traumatic experience involving a pinata? Let me know!

*Providing you have a large space and you keep large amounts of alcohol and/or rowdy guests away from it.

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Beautiful DnD Song

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Let’s get the week started with this beautifully mellow song about Dungeons and Dragons.

I’m thrilled to find a song that’s about Dungeons and Dragons, but doesn’t try to make fun of it. I like my humor, but this is such a refreshing change. Plus, I’m absolutely in love with the singer’s voice.

Check out more on Allie Goertz’s YouTube channel.

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What Would Buffy Do?

By Tara in Entertaining, Geek Etiquette No Comments Tags: , , ,

I had the pleasure of working on this empowering Buffy-inspired music video. I got to do a bit of acting, as well as dive into my first experience as Craft Services. Feeding a hungry horde of vampires and teens is a tough job, but someone’s got to do it! My advice? Get healthy food that can sit out in the sun for a while, and be ok for vegetarians and gluten-intolerants to eat. And some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies never hurt as well!

Enjoy the video and feel free to share with your friends. It’s always exciting to see some kick-ass women out there!

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