It’s good to know someone out there has this base covered:
Bob Truby’s treasury of brand name pencils.

(via Notcot)

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I know this may be stale for many of you, but it is still funny as hell: Chuck Norris Facts.

•“The chief export of Chuck Norris is Pain.”

•”When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.”

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18to88.com, an Indianapolis Colts fan website, gives their take on the upcoming NFL season, using Star Wars characters as representations of each team’s predicted fate in ‘07-’08. The predictions are pretty funny and mostly well-reasoned, though is anyone surprised that a Colts’ website deemed Bill Belichick “The Emperor”?

(via Scott)

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“Club Bill Gates.”

(via Digg; via The Brennanator on Flickr)

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[For those of you who are not knee-deep in geekery]: Cthulhu (usually pronounced KThoo-Loo) is a sinister ancient deity from the works of early 20th century science fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft. Cthulhu is described as being gigantic and green, with rubbery skin, having an ‘octopus head’, a large belly, claws on its hands and feet, and thin wings emerging from its back. In Lovecraft’s universe, Cthulhu came to Earth (from somewhere in the distant cosmos) hundreds of millions of years ago and currently rests undead and “dreaming” among the remains of the buried alien city of R’lyeh, which lies beneath the most desolate area of the South Pacific (47° 9′ S, 126° 43′ W). In Lovecraft’s story “The Call of Cthulhu,” Cthulhu is described as contacting people in their dreams (usually in mid-March), and by these means Cthulhu generates cults of human worshippers around the world who await his eventual awakening; according to Lovecraft, the powerful leaders of the Cthulhu cult live “in the mountains of China.”

Needless to say, Cthulhu has serious geek appeal. There are Cthulhu role-playing games, Cthulhu is a figure in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, there are numerous Campus Crusade for Cthulhu movements, and the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has created an awesome 1920’s black-and-white ’silent movie’ of “The Call of Cthulhu.” They do a good job of following the original story and their visuals and musical score are stellar (watch the trailer). The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society also offers a number of cool Cthulhu downloads, including the kick-ass cellphone wallpaper above.

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Thyla.com is a website dedicated to the homoerotic relationship between Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock.
No joke.
An entire site dedicated to the subject of their relationship – including the minutiae of the <nerd>Klingon</nerd> term “t’hy’la”, which refers to the “man love” that can only be shared by a captain and his Vulcan sex-machine.
This awesome site is complete with wallpapers, haiku, fan art, and stories.
Set phazers to “gay lovin’.”

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A fansite is not necessarily measured by subject matter, but by depth and enthusiasm. Perhaps one of the most impressive fansites is this – a site dedicated to the 70’s gameshow “Match Game.” “Match Game” was the meat and potatoes of the gameshow world from 1973 to 1979. Contestants were challenged to match the answers of celebrity panelists such as Betty White, Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, and Charles Nelson Reilly.

This impressive site offers a cornucopia of wallpapers, trivia, video clips, and even the hypnotic gameshow background (funk) music. Even if you aren’t old enough to remember this show, take a moment to:
•See what smoking on a gameshow looks like.
•See a time when feathered hair ruled television.
•And learn some words of wisdom from host Gene Rayburn.

(via [adult swim])

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