I survived the Warrior Dash in time to bring you Episode 43 – Cosplay and Web Comics: Making Connections Through Geek Art. In this *Mega-Packed Episode* William and Cassandra join me to discuss cosplay, cosplayers, and making connections through geeky artistic endeavors.

BONUS CONTENT: I interview Kyle Saunders, the webcomic artist/creator of Carbon Dating, A Comic About Science, Pseudoscience, & Geeky Relationships. If you’re not reading this comic, get into it!

Cassandra talks about being a D20 Magazine Covergirl, and what it’s like to be a single cosplayer in the convention world. William tells of the trials and tribulations of a new cosplayer; and I panic over not being ready for our Animazement panel (Mating Habits of the Modern Otaku: 2nd Date, Friday Night/Saturday Morning at MIDNIGHT!).

We flip tables over and why I’m getting all the wrong kind of attention lately, William spouts knowledge about book-to-movie gripes, and Cassandra continues the MHMG tradition of telling us all about her worst OKC dating experience.

NB – No one wants to see your magic tricks. Don’t be a dick, and don’t do magic.

Links!http://carbon-comic.com/https://www.facebook.com/CarbonDatinghttps://www.facebook.com/D20GirlsProjecthttp://www.emaaknights.com

Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Love and Dating within Your own Species - your comedy  source for relationship advice for geeks and nerds!

Welcome new co-host, Roger, to the MHMG Team where in this episode, I let the men run rampant with their thoughts and opinions (an answer to Ep.20 - Girls, Girls, Girls: The Geek Girl Experience).  We tackle some of the more common problems that male geeks can face when interacting with people they'd like to give face kisses to.

We also waste a bunch of time discussing things like the future Justice League movie, Tokyo Jungle, and how wrong Roger is about Godzilla.  

Individual table flips happen in five-minute bursts and an absent co-host will learn a valuable lesson about canceling on us and not showing up to the show :)

Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Love and Dating within Your own Species - your comedy  source for relationship advice for geeks and nerds!

In this Super-Sized Episode, Sean returns to help me answer all the questions you sent in, fully, honestly, and to the best of our ability (except for one that was just too much work).

I watched over 72 hours of CNN coverage and shitty Netflix for no reason, #herbsaroundtheedges lives to see another day, despite a veggie-disaster, and Sean got an extra job and a wife.  No big deal.

Tables are flipped in unison over the steaming pile of dog shit that was the How I Met Your Mother Series Finale.  What a damn disaster.

Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Love and Dating within Your own Species - your comedy  source for relationship advice for geeks and nerds!

Paris and The Business are back! We wade through some of the things that might ruin your relationship, or things that might be holding you back from finding a relationship of your own.

We cover wide-ranging topics from the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle trailer to Puzzles and Dragons; and Attack on Titan to dishwasher meth.  Paris spells out her plans to become a YouTube sensation (which gets edited out for patent reasons) and defends her obvious and blatant racism.

Tables are flipped over Facebook quizzes, Weather-wrongs, and people trying too hard to be different.

Also, Pro-Tip:  Bud Lite Straw-Ber-Rita...NOT EVEN ONCE!

https://www.youtube.com/user/pbsideachannel - Idea Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ36S3d1CaU - Fuck Me In The Ass Because I Love Jesus

Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Love and Dating within Your own Species - your comedy  source for relationship advice for geeks and nerds!

This week, Michael and I explore sexual dimorphism and how our differences make us more attractive to one another.  In doing so, I work out some of my own "Alpha Male" shit from before; we talk about the benefits and downfalls of "peer relationships" versus traditional marriages, and why the sex you're having may not be as good or as often as you'd like.

Michael christens my new indy rock band. "Herbs Around the Edges!"

My new friend, "Julie," might be sending me OKC messages from the lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370!  Or it's just spam.  Also, I lose a fight with a bookshelf.

We give you all the details on the now-famous Duke University Porn Star, and flip tables over the coopting of certain words by certain minority groups, and parties with no snacks - both of these are equally important topics. 

Show Links:

Duke Does Porn - http://jezebel.com/duke-university-freshman-outed-as-porn-star-1525267973

Does a More Equal Marriage Mean Less Sex? - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/does-a-more-equal-marriage-mean-less-sex.html?hpw&rref=magazine&_r=0

Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Love and Dating within Your own Species - your comedy  source for relationship advice for geeks and nerds!

William gets deep about his cosplay, we discuss a new way to figure out which pictures are working for you on OKC, and I bribe friends with beer and pizza to come to my house and build stuff.

Thankfully, William followed a link called “How Understanding Goldfish Can Get You Laid,” and discovered one of the absolute worst examples of how marketing and assholery can take advantage of those of us marooned on Lonely Geek Island.  They’re lying to you when they tell you there’s something wrong with you - I promise.

This sort of marketing preys on guys with low self-esteem, and reinforces the resentment against women that is prevalent in our society (see Cracked.com link below).  It’s not going to get you what you ultimately want, which is love and acceptance.

We flip tables over the misunderstood high-fashion magazine and the photoshop found therein, and the tragedy of Irrational Games closing shop - also, WTF, Sochi?

Show Note Links:

Triad Anime Con - http://triadanimecon.com/

 OKC Photo Comparison Link -  http://www.okcupid.com/mybestface

 Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTZ2Tp9yXyM

 The Tao of Jackass...I mean Badass - http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetaoofbadass.com%2Fspecial%2Fgoldfish&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE6RzeSOXHYXE0Zat-JuukmKaZ_0w

 Five Ways Men are Trained to Hate Women - http://www.cracked.com/article_19785_5-ways-modern-men-are-trained-to-hate-women.html

Mating Habits of the Modern Geek: Love and Dating within Your own Species - your comedy  source for relationship advice for geeks and nerds!

Alpha Counter's Sean Ryan braves "Snowmaggedon" to join me for this episode where we record against the odds and before the power goes out.  We're national heroes, really.

We discuss surviving being single - especially during this romantic time of year, reveal our ignorance about Americanized Mexican Holidays, and discuss some of the overlooked benefits to being single.

There's a new segment called, "You Ain't Gonna Believe This Shit - the Kelley Hightower Story," where I discuss the weird shit that happens to me because of reasons - often it'll be about dating.

We discuss the dangers of going too far with virtual relationships, I reveal my embarrassing affair with an AppleCareBot, and when the tables get flipped this episode, they're all sports-related.

So, pull your drowning pony out of that sinking Swamp of Sadness, and ride off into this Neverending Story of dating!*

*See what I did there?  You're welcome.

William and I get detailed when we explain the difference between showing interest and being over-eager after that first date.  Ignore all the rules and bad messages from movies like Swingers and learn how to make sure that special someone knows that you're interested, without seeming desperate.

I give big props to Wicked Radio Network for their support and affiliation, and we get a timeslot on Radio Fubar!

There's talk of the final episode of Sherlock, William shares his adventures at Ichibancon 2014, and I reveal another terrible OKC message in this episode's installment of Dating Horror Story: Online.

Tables are flipped over the reaction to NC's new Amazon.com sales tax, and I rage over the misunderstood Alpha Male and why you might be one and just not know it.

We'll be back on Feb 17th with new episodes chock full of helpful advice, dating blunders, and geek rage over things that don't actually matter.

ALL THE LINKS!

http://wickedradionetwork.com/

http://radiofubar.com/

http://jezebel.com/man-poses-as-woman-on-online-dating-site-barely-lasts-1500707724

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/how-to-hack-okcupid/

http://amandaontheedge.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-definition-of-alpha-male.html

Kicking off  2014, Paris and The Business, LLC help me dig our way out from under the Polar Vortex to wish you all a very Happy New Year!

Sharing between us 2 colds, not enough sleep, and some University-Issued Sudafed, we spend the first hour and a half of this epic podcast discussing Beyond: Two Souls, eating the Peacekeeper Guards in Catching Fire, saying a tearful goodbye to Doctor Who and a squee-filled hello to Sherlock, Season 3.

I issue a heart-felt apology to the Brony Community, and finally understand why friendship really is magic, and Kevin gives his own online dating tips for all the geeky ladies out there, and informs me that "Cat hair is lonely-people glitter.  I may have cried a little.

At time marker 1:30, we finally get into the main topic about tackling the big issues in a relationship.  When's the right time to discuss moving in together, marriage, introducing kinks, religion - you know, the awkward conversations where timing is half the battle.

Tables are flipped in regards to the weather, the people who get crazy about said weather, and the people who get crazy about the people who get crazy about it.  Also, why you can't use tornados for ratings.

Links Below!

Bronies:  The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446192/

This belated Holiday Week Edition of Mating Habits of the Modern Geek, join me and William as we tackle that age-old problem of determining whether that special crush is just too shy to talk to you...or they're just not into you.

We catch up over Dragon's Crown, Freedom Cry, and William reveals his cosplay plans for 2014!

I spin another yarn about a Dating Horror Story: Online, and William voices his complaints over chatty chicks who never want to do anything else.

It only takes us 52 minutes to get to the actual topic, where we admit that we're all guilty of this.  It's always an awkward time when  geeks who are awkward also like other awkward geeks. It’s easy to misinterpret the signs of uninterested for shyness.

So, get ready to be direct and bold, and be ready to accept the soft “No.”

William flips a table over folks who can't deal with movie adaptations (congrats, you read a book), and I flip a table or two over people trying to fix me up with inappropriate matches for their own convenience.

NB:

The book title I butchered is actually:  Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis. http://iantregillis.com/

 I HIGHLY recommend it.