Nerd News Special Report: Mark Reviews Black Widow and Monsters at Work

 A few days ago, I shared my thoughts on Monsters at Work, and over at the main site, I just reviewed Black Widow.  So I thought, "Hey, let's try something new!"  And I put those reviews into a video.

Mark Tastes Dairy Queen's 2 for $5 Snack Pack

 For this Mark Tastes Random Things, we continue checking out fast food places and their value menus!  Today, we swing by Dairy Queen for their 2 for $5 Super Snack...specifically, the grilled flamethrower chicken wrap and a cherry Misty.

Nerd News Headlines: May 9, 20221

 

Time for me to catch you up on all the nerdy news you missed in the past week!  Marvel rolled out an amazing trailer laying out their slate for the next two years.  Loki's release is moved up...we've got some shake-ups on Team Flash.  The Spoiler might be coming to Batwoman, Night Court's getting a reboot, and Disney made actual working lightsabers!

Mark Tastes KFC's $5 Fill Up

 

Back when the pandemic started, I was hitting the fast food value menus quite a bit for my stress eating.  And pretty much all of them have some kind of $5 snack combo.  So for the next little bit, I'm going to try them all!  On this Mark Tastes Random Things, we start with KFC's $5 Fill Up.

Nerd News Headlines: May 2, 2021

 

Time for me to catch you up on all the nerdy news you missed last week!  Elizabeth Banks is giving us a Flintstones reboot, we've got a new Luca trailer, we've got a Green Lantern for TV, and more!

Mark Tastes Dairy Queen's Rotisserie-Style Chicken Bites

 

Something new in the chicken nugget wars! On this Mark Tastes Random Things, we sample Dairy Queen's Rotisserie-Style Chicken Bites. Are they just as tasty but healthier?

Nerd News Headlines: April 25, 2021

 

It's my weekly recap of all the nerdy news you may have missed! We've got our first look at the Shang-Chi trailer, some tidbits about other Marvel productions, Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots: The Movie is happening, and more!

Mark Tastes McDonald's Western BBQ Quarter Pounder

 

On this installment of Mark Tastes Random Things, we dig into McDonald's latest variant on the Quarter Pounder.  Is it a taste sensation, or just "the one with BBQ sauce?"

Nerd News Headlines: April 18, 2021

 

Our first look at the Powerpuff Girls, more Indiana Jones 5 cast members, and a new Fast and the Furious trailer!  It’s the Nerd News Headlines for April 18, 2021.

Mark Tastes the Pizza Hut x KFC Popcorn Chicken Pizza

 

Is it two great tastes that taste great together?  On this installment of Mark Tastes Random Things, I tie into Pizza Hut and KFC's Popcorn Chicken Pizza.

More videos at my YouTube Channel!

Nerd News Headlines: April 11, 2021

It's my weekly recap of all the nerdy news you may have  missed!  We've got a bunch of Star Trek announcements, casting is underway for Indiana Jones 5, and we meet the mini Pufts!

Catch more videos at my YouTube channel!

Mark Tastes A&W's Double Bacon Double Cheese Burger

 Lest you think McDonald's and Dairy Queen is all I do on Mark Tastes Random Things, let's head down to A&W! This time out, we sample their Double Bacon Double Cheese Burger.

Mark Tastes Every Creme Egg at Shopper's

It's here!  The most anticipated video ever in Mark Tastes Random Things!  At least, it's the one I put the most work into.  With Easter around the corner, I sample:

- The Cadbury Creme Egg

- The Caramilk Egg

- The Oreo Egg

- The Reese Peanut Butter Egg

- The Hershey's Chocolate Creme Egg

- The Hershey's Cookies 'n Creme Egg

- The Carnaby Street Creme Egg

- The Carnaby Street Caramel Egg

Nerd News Headlines: March 28, 2021

 

Let me catch you up on all the nerdy news you missed this past week!  There's a new Kate Kane on the CW's Batwoman, The Suicide Squad trailer is out, the release date is finally set for Black Widow, and more!

Mark Tastes Dairy Queen's Mint Oreo Blizzard

 

March is here, and that means another Blizzard of the Month at Dairy Queen! In this installment of Mark Tastes Random Things, we tie into the Mint Oreo Blizzard.

Nerd News Headlines: March 21, 2021

 

On my weekly recap of the nerdy news, I rattle off some of the highlights of the 2020 Oscar nominations, some Star Wars deep cuts are coming to Disney+, Hourman is getting his own movie, and more!

Mark Tastes the Shamrock Shake

 Another YouTube series I've launched is Mark Tastes Random Things, where I sample the latest fast food offerings.  For St. Patrick's Day, I tie into the Shamrock Shake.

More on my YouTube channel!

Nerd News Headlines: March 14, 2021

 Hey, folks who still pop by this blog from time to time!  I've started cranking out videos on my YouTube channel on a semi-regular basis!  Every Sunday, I do Nerd News Headlines.  Remember when I used to blog my favourite entertainment headlines here?  Well, now I do it as a YouTube series where I read them to you!  Here's this week's, for March 14.

It's my weekly recap of the week's big nerdy headlines! We've got the cast for our live-action reboot of the Powerpuff Girls, Steven Spielberg is getting his next film ready, news on the latest Star Trek series, Michael B. Jordan is gonna direct Creed III, and more!

You can find this and more videos over at my YouTube channel.

Adventures in Chia

Back in December, I was chillin' out, watching TV, and an ad for a Chia Pet came on.  So, I took to Twitter and made this remark.

Is it weird that I always wanted a Chia Pet?
— Mark Cappis (@chaosinabox) December 18, 2013

Flash forward to Christmas morning, and I made a shocking discovery.

Today's Christmas lesson: be careful what you joke about on Twitter. You just might get it. pic.twitter.com/y8OMsxQZrW
— Mark Cappis (@chaosinabox) December 25, 2013

So, back in January, I cracked open the box, and set out to grow my Chia Pet.  But I figured that this was an experience that needed to be shared with the world.  I filmed the unboxing and then I set up my camera in the hopes of doing a time-lapse thing to chart it's growth.  And then edit it all together into a YouTube video.

I've had the video sitting on my computer about 3/4ths finished for a month now, so back on Saturday, I said, "Today's the day I finally get it done."  And get it done I did, and now it's on YouTube for the world to enjoy.

If you've got 7 minutes to kill, please enjoy "Adventures in Chia."

Star Wars Identities Link Collection

So, if you're my friend on Facebook or if you follow me on Twitter, you know that, back on Thursday, I went to see Star Wars: Identities at the Telus World of Science.  And I loved it!  So I just thought I'd take a minute to collect all the links I've been posting to the social networks.

Now, Star Wars Identities is more than just a wide collection of props from the Star Wars films on display.  The educational component is they explore everything that goes into creating our identity:  our upbringing, the influences of friends and mentors, life events that come along and change things...stuff like that.  And they use the story arcs of Luke Skywalker from the original trilogy and Anakin Skywalker from the prequels as their prime examples.  The interactive component is you wear this special wristband, and along the way, you have to make certain life choices.  And at the end, you get to see the Star Wars character you created.

This is me.  This is me in Star Wars.  This is the character I created.

 

To read my character's bio, just click this link! 

But that's not all.  I also had my camera along and took lots of pictures.  I took lots of video, too, and edited it together into a little home movie.  So, here it is, my little film, entitled Mark Goes to Star Wars Identities.




This video is lovingly dedicated to my friend Kenten, because only he would give me the idea of doing a Red Green/Star Wars mash-up.

I do have a gigantic, epic length blog entry planned talking about my impressions and reflections on, not just Star Wars Identities, but my first trip to the Telus World of Science in about 15 years or so.  Hopefully that'll be up in the next day or so...getting it finished is top of my to-do list for this Sunday.