If you’ll allow me, I’d like to test a theory. I’m going to ask you a question, and I want you to answer as truthfully as possible. My intent is purely scientific, I assure you. I pose it only in the interest of posterity and the advancement of humankind. So, are you ready? Again, please answer honestly.

Does the golden bikini work on fangirls like it does on fanboys?

I speak, of course, of the famous/infamous gold bikini Princess Leia wore when she was being held as a slave girl by Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. It may in fact be the most famous bikini on the planet, not to mention the least buoyant. And in the 24 years that have passed since its image first seared itself onto our collective subconscious, it has spawned countless imitators. Remember the episode of Friends where Rachel dressed up for Ross in the gold bikini? I think that may have been its official outing as the No. 1 fantasy in all of geekdom — well, at least for straight guys. … continue reading

I'm stuck on Chuck. (I just had to get that out of the way.) But gratuitous rhyming aside, I am loving this show. Here's one reason.

Her name is Yvonne Strahovski and, obviously, she's hot. But more about her in a minute.

Chuck is about a geeky computer repair guy (redundant, I know), coincidentally named Chuck, who gets an e-mail full of pictures embedded with government secrets that are somehow downloaded to his brain. He can't access the data, though, until he sees something related to one of the pictures. The NSA and CIA send agents to recover the data, but when they discover that the top-secret files are hidden in Chuck's mind, they have to protect him while getting his help with spy stuff.

So, Chuck is a secret agent on the side while trying to live a normal geek life. Jake 2.0 was similar, true. But Chuck doesn't take itself so seriously. The show has action, comedy, suspense and hot women. What's not to love? Maybe I wouldn't like it so much if I weren't a geek myself, but I am and I do. … continue reading