And downright the most geekiest. Honestly I don’t think it needs an introduction. Just watch it.

I was eating a jelly bean while watching this. Bad move. Started laughing so hard I almost choked and passed out… almost like I had been hit with a Vulcan nerve pinch. You’ll get it if you watch the video. Also, who didn’t think that the song Nimoy sings while in the car isn’t the best choice EVER? Have you ever seen THAT video? Well now you have.

GO BILBO!

Found via The Mary Sue.

Haven’t done one of these in so long but I rediscovered my love for illustrative storytelling and have resumed my hunt for awesome webcomics. So without further ado. Today’s webcomics!

Everblue

Everblue, Michael Sexton
Updated: Usually Sundays
Everblue is a story about adventure, camaraderie and exploration in a world with a potentially bleak fate. In a world of endless ocean, a young shipwright named Luna meets an odd and cheerful drifter when he crashes his flying boat on her city’s dock. When strange circumstances force Luna to leave her home, her once quiet life quickly takes a turn for the unpredictable. In an instant she is swept up in an adventure that will take her beyond the bounds of the charted world and into the Everblue, following the path of an ancient legend with the potential to change the world forever.

Machine Flower

Machine Flower, Pana Stamos
Updated: Fridays
The children who reside in the Facility don’t have names, they have numbers. They don’t have parents, they have doctors. They don’t have dreams, they have assignments. And yet, one child among them wonders about the family she was snatched away from, about the name they surely gave her… And she dreams. She dreams about an ordinary life and what’s waiting for her on the other side of the wall that imprisons her. Fresh air, freedom… delicious food. Machine Flower follows 9-01′s struggle to claim the human identity that was denied her by the scientists, who see her as nothing more than a weapon to be used in the righteous battle against the villains who would terrorize their nation. But is the selfish need for personal freedom worth sacrificing the safety of millions?

The Intrepid Girlbot

The Intrepid Girlbot, Diana Nock
Updated: Tuesdays & Fridays
Girlbot lives in a big house in a world with no people, just forest critters and other robots. But she’s unique, and therefore, alone. She’s on a constant quest to be a “good girl,” whatever that really means. Despite living with a few other robotic companions, she’s still isolated and reaches out to others in her own awkward way.

Missed other #WW? Find them here:
Webcomic Wednesday Hourly Comic Special: Emily Carroll, Dani Jones, Jess Fink
Webcomic Wednesday 24: Wondermark, Stuff No One Told Me, A Softer World
Webcomic Wednesday 23: One Swoop Fell, Savage Chickens, Sinfest
Webcomic Wednesday #22: Housepets!, Gronk, Copper
Webcomic Wednesday #21: Lesbian Pirates, Bug Comic, Dicebox
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It was one humdinger of a week in the USA. The Boston Marathon bombing, then the gigantic fertilizer plant explosion just two hours north of us here in West, TX – a place we frequent on many a road trip, and then the manhunt back in Boston. What a week. And that sentence right there, well I’m grateful that I can say that. It was one week. One day of fear. I am so thankful we live in a place where a statement like that is a big deal. Last night at the Boston press conference with commissioner Edward Davis, they mentioned that it was a long day of terror. But it was a day, and now it’s over and the sun has come up again.

We’re so lucky to live in a country where a few days of terror is so rare it makes global headlines. We are lucky to have people who rush forward to help instead of hiding behind doors. We are lucky to have the government we do that allows us access to the media and local resources. We are lucky to live in a free country. We are so very very lucky to live in a place where we are woken up by alarm clocks and not bombs, where our police are there to protect us not take from us, where our president talks about his love for diversity and his pride for the people he governs. My heart goes out to those who aren’t so lucky, to those who live in this terror every day, for weeks, months, years. My love to all those who are not so fortunate.

GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! Y’all know I love me some video games, but did you know that I’m also an avid tabletop gamer? D&D is my forte, but I love Munchkin, and recently discovered Ticket to Ride as well as Fluxx, and I’m hoping to join the many who have been sucked into the epic Catan. Little known Nikki-fact: my favorite, more traditional, tabletop game is Yahtzee. LOVE it!

International TableTop Day!

Anyway, this Saturday happens to be International TableTop Day, put on by the amazing folks over at Geek and Sundry, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll want to participate in any possible way you can. I actually briefly met the producer of popular TableTop series, Boyan Radokovich, and he introduced me to this kickass international holiday. The rules are simple:

On March 30th, 2013 , we ask you to go to your friendly local game store, neighborhood coffee shop, school auditorium, community center, or host a game day at your home and play more games.

You can find a TableTop Day event near you by heading over to the Official Website. The site also has downloads, details, and a blog to follow so be sure to check it out. I actually have a wedding to attend on Saturday but maybe I can get the entire wedding party to sit down and roll a few dice. Who knows. Make sure you use the hashtag #TableTopDay and share pictures!

Happy TableTop Day, everyone!