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    <title>Our shiny May donation: Kids Need to Read</title>
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    <published>2012-05-15T16:15:07Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-15T19:43:27Z</updated>

    <summary>Reading is a right important skill to have when you&apos;re traversing the &apos;verse.

These days there are fewer and fewer geeklings able to fall in love with reading due to a distinct lack of books. With this sad state of things in mind, we&apos;ve decided that our $1,000 charity for May will be Kids Need To Read, a charity backed by (Cap&apos;n) Nathan Fillion and the Browncoats.</summary>
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        Reading is a right important skill to have when you&apos;re traversing the &apos;verse.

These days there are fewer and fewer geeklings able to fall in love with reading due to a distinct lack of books. With this sad state of things in mind, we&apos;ve decided that our $1,000 charity for May will be Kids Need To Read, a charity backed by (Cap&apos;n) Nathan Fillion and the Browncoats.
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<entry>
    <title>GeekMoms, winning our contests and our hearts</title>
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    <published>2012-05-11T13:58:47Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-15T16:39:18Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s time to announce the winner of Our GeekMom $1,000 Shopping Spree!

This Mother&apos;s Day, we partnered with GeekMom to put together a $1,000 ThinkGeek Shopping spree and prize pack for the most deserving mother we could find.

We&apos;ve found her.</summary>
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        It&apos;s time to announce the winner of Our GeekMom $1,000 Shopping Spree!

This Mother&apos;s Day, we partnered with GeekMom to put together a $1,000 ThinkGeek Shopping spree and prize pack for the most deserving mother we could find.

We&apos;ve found her.
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<entry>
    <title>Lions, Avengers, and Doctors, Oh My!</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.301</id>

    <published>2012-05-10T18:41:48Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-10T20:04:00Z</updated>

    <summary>Have you had a hard work week? Been so busy that you&apos;ve not been able to keep up with your social networks? Are you bemoaning missing all of the witty and amusing links that we share? Well have no fear! This blog post is here!</summary>
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        Have you had a hard work week? Been so busy that you&apos;ve not been able to keep up with your social networks? Are you bemoaning missing all of the witty and amusing links that we share? Well have no fear! This blog post is here!
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<entry>
    <title>Free Geek Pride Day Pins!</title>
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    <published>2012-05-08T16:50:25Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-08T16:54:21Z</updated>

    <summary>You&apos;re getting something extra in your ThinkGeek order!

No, it&apos;s not poo.</summary>
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        You&apos;re getting something extra in your ThinkGeek order!

No, it&apos;s not poo.
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<entry>
    <title>Buy one t-shirt, get one half off!</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.299</id>

    <published>2012-05-07T18:58:41Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-07T18:58:43Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s time for some new chest armor

With the warm months coming and the sun shining down on us all, we&apos;ve begun to realize that our comfy t-shirts are looking faded and worn. Yours probably are too, after the long and balmy winter.</summary>
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        It&apos;s time for some new chest armor

With the warm months coming and the sun shining down on us all, we&apos;ve begun to realize that our comfy t-shirts are looking faded and worn. Yours probably are too, after the long and balmy winter.
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<entry>
    <title>Batstache, Bento and Balki</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.298</id>

    <published>2012-05-03T16:41:42Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-07T17:29:34Z</updated>

    <summary>The usual channels of &quot;interesting&quot; on the internet were kind of quiet this week, but we made up for it by going on outings ourselves and finding awesome cosplay photos. Like we do. Enjoy!</summary>
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        <name>Raevyn</name>
        
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        The usual channels of &quot;interesting&quot; on the internet were kind of quiet this week, but we made up for it by going on outings ourselves and finding awesome cosplay photos. Like we do. Enjoy!
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<entry>
    <title>Our Offices, Let Us Show You Them: Ty&apos;s Lair</title>
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    <published>2012-05-02T18:05:34Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-02T18:05:46Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s time for another episode of ThinkGeek Lairs!

We&apos;ve already walked you through Carrie&apos;s office and Christian&apos;s office. This time, we&apos;re taking you into the office of our GeekLabs mastermind, Ty. He&apos;s the voice of Bacon, the bringer of gadgets and gizmos, the ambassador of all things geeky...and the collector of tons of neat stuff that he leaves just laying around his office for anyone to take photographs of.

Please. Follow us. We promise that no harm will come to your psyche.</summary>
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        It&apos;s time for another episode of ThinkGeek Lairs!

We&apos;ve already walked you through Carrie&apos;s office and Christian&apos;s office. This time, we&apos;re taking you into the office of our GeekLabs mastermind, Ty. He&apos;s the voice of Bacon, the bringer of gadgets and gizmos, the ambassador of all things geeky...and the collector of tons of neat stuff that he leaves just laying around his office for anyone to take photographs of.

Please. Follow us. We promise that no harm will come to your psyche.
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<entry>
    <title>May the 4th be with you...soon.</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.296</id>

    <published>2012-05-01T18:51:45Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-01T19:14:29Z</updated>

    <summary>Star Wars day is on Friday. 

It&apos;s time to start preparing.
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        Star Wars day is on Friday. 

It&apos;s time to start preparing.

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<entry>
    <title>Awesome Link Roundup #323</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.295</id>

    <published>2012-04-27T17:12:43Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-27T17:12:14Z</updated>

    <summary>Another week, another fresh crop of interesting links from the internet, harvested just for you!</summary>
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        Another week, another fresh crop of interesting links from the internet, harvested just for you!
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    <title>Happy Birthday, Mutant Jello!</title>
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    <published>2012-04-26T16:55:10Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-26T17:01:59Z</updated>

    <summary>Its been a year.

On April 26, 2011, Hans, our resident mad scientist, came by the social media and t-shirt monkey&apos;s office with a bowl of extra strength jello leftover from mocking up the Edible Gummi iPhone Case. As a joke, he plopped this 3x strength Jello out of the bowl and slapped it onto the glass door.

It stayed up there for 112 days.</summary>
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        Its been a year.

On April 26, 2011, Hans, our resident mad scientist, came by the social media and t-shirt monkey&apos;s office with a bowl of extra strength jello leftover from mocking up the Edible Gummi iPhone Case. As a joke, he plopped this 3x strength Jello out of the bowl and slapped it onto the glass door.

It stayed up there for 112 days.
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<entry>
    <title>Win your GeekMom a 1,000 dollar shopping spree!</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.293</id>

    <published>2012-04-25T16:41:03Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-25T16:43:32Z</updated>

    <summary>In the game that is life, we have all had a mother. Whether the mother in your life is a geek herself or simply supported your geekiness, she helped shape who you are today--and we&apos;d like to hear her story. This Mother&apos;s Day we&apos;re working with GeekMom to award the most deserving mother with a $1000 ThinkGeek Shopping spree and GeekMom prize pack. We need your help finding her.</summary>
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        In the game that is life, we have all had a mother. Whether the mother in your life is a geek herself or simply supported your geekiness, she helped shape who you are today--and we&apos;d like to hear her story. This Mother&apos;s Day we&apos;re working with GeekMom to award the most deserving mother with a $1000 ThinkGeek Shopping spree and GeekMom prize pack. We need your help finding her.
    </content>
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<entry>
    <title>George Takei takes Social Security to warp 5</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.292</id>

    <published>2012-04-20T16:24:52Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-20T16:24:46Z</updated>

    <summary>ThinkGeek HQ is pretty close to the local Social Security office. Close enough for lost strangers to regularly try to blunder into our office by mistake. This means that we also walk by the Social Security Office on a regular basis.

Recently, while on a mission for delicious sandwiches, we happened to glance into their doorway.

A very familiar face was looking back at us.</summary>
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        ThinkGeek HQ is pretty close to the local Social Security office. Close enough for lost strangers to regularly try to blunder into our office by mistake. This means that we also walk by the Social Security Office on a regular basis.

Recently, while on a mission for delicious sandwiches, we happened to glance into their doorway.

A very familiar face was looking back at us.
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<entry>
    <title>Theater to Bookstore transformation: Wow.</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.291</id>

    <published>2012-04-19T21:48:10Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-19T21:49:08Z</updated>

    <summary>We&apos;ve been more than a little distracted this week by the arrival of Discovery (more on that later), but we still managed to find a remarkable list of links for you. Go ahead, dive in. You know you want to.</summary>
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        We&apos;ve been more than a little distracted this week by the arrival of Discovery (more on that later), but we still managed to find a remarkable list of links for you. Go ahead, dive in. You know you want to.
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<entry>
    <title>How to win at haiku</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.290</id>

    <published>2012-04-17T14:18:06Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-18T14:18:29Z</updated>

    <summary>You&apos;ve been sending us Haiku. Dozens upon dozens of poetic nuggets streaming into our designated haiku inbox, all written with the hope that this haiku will be the one to win a $50 gift certificate. We totally understand. After all, a haiku is relatively simple to write, and if ten minutes wins you $50 it&apos;s time well spent.</summary>
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        You&apos;ve been sending us Haiku. Dozens upon dozens of poetic nuggets streaming into our designated haiku inbox, all written with the hope that this haiku will be the one to win a $50 gift certificate. We totally understand. After all, a haiku is relatively simple to write, and if ten minutes wins you $50 it&apos;s time well spent.
    </content>
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<entry>
    <title>25 Links For Your Thursday Afternoon Lull</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thinkgeek.com,2012:/blog//1.289</id>

    <published>2012-04-12T18:56:41Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-12T18:56:45Z</updated>

    <summary>We&apos;ve found so many great videos this week that it&apos;s best if you just block out about two hours to marathon them, and make yourself some baconpop to stave off the hungries. Go ahead. Everyone will understand.</summary>
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        We&apos;ve found so many great videos this week that it&apos;s best if you just block out about two hours to marathon them, and make yourself some baconpop to stave off the hungries. Go ahead. Everyone will understand.
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