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When People Confuse Star Trek and Star Wars, Nerds Go Ballistic!

I had to bite my nerd tongue when one of my peeps stated that people ask him about his son’s name being related to Star Wars. I was expecting him to insert a Luke or Han reference, maybe even a Wes or Lando mention but it turns out his name was Dax! Dax! That is […]

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Ready. Set. Close! Château Enginerd is a Go, finally. 

For those of you following the story, our escrow officer just called to say the transaction is recording and will close as of end of business, 3/15/2017. Woop woop! We are excited to announce that after six months of waiting the house is officially under our names. Yay! There are still many things to finish […]

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Game Reviews Mrs Enginerd

Yes bro, I am Still Playing Pokémon Go!

Okay so the game is not as exciting as it once was and on top of that the updates aren’t really giving me better pokémon options, so it hasn’t really been an improvement for the gameplay on my end. I am stuck at level 20 with a dwindling base of friends that hunt these creatures […]

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Book Reviews Mrs Enginerd

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

Jonah Berger uses his Wharton education experiences and professional study findings to explain why certain ideas stick and others flop. Although Gladwell and Kahneman have broached the subject in other books I have reviewed, no one has really dissected the art of transmitting information and making certain topics trend faster than others. Yes, marketing is […]

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Game Reviews Mrs Enginerd

Gotta Catch Em All!

Pokémon Go hasn’t had a great start service wise but it has been good enough that it has created a firestorm. Everyone I know if either enjoying or hating the game, and some have quickly changed their minds about how it is a waste of time because of all the good that has come from […]

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Game Reviews Mrs Enginerd

My Beef With Pokémon Go

“Hello, my name is MrsEnginerd and I play Pokémon Go because I like it.” It is hard to admit than in my mid 30s I enjoy playing Pokémon Go. Maybe it is the half Millennial in me or it could be the competitiveness of the Gen Xer half but there is something about this clever […]