My girlfriend works in biotechnology, and has an understanding about these sorts of topics. Due to this, she cuts deep, contemptuous farts on these sorts of stories. Without hesitation, she will proceed to tell me how the study isn’t conclusive. How it is just something people are hypothesizing on. I weep. Just let me have this sort of pointless pontificating. I need to believe the possibility that my hefty testicles will thwart prostate cancer, living to be a colonizer of Mars.

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It’s hard to imagine a landscape without Stan Lee. Unfortunately born into a universe bound by laws of mortality, some day the good sir will be sloughing the mortal coil. However, not yet! The good man is recuperating following pacemaker surgery.

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Hello friends.  Look, I’ve been doing this for a while now and its about time we had that talk.  There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to say it.  You’re a geek.  If you’re reading this, then there is some part of you that is a geek, plain and simple.  Don’t bother denying it.  Its ok, there’s nothing wrong with it.  I certainly don’t mean it as a pejorative.  After all if you are simply a geek for reading this, what does that say about the guy writing it?  So today we’re going to tackle The Geek Question.  That question is of course what super powers would you want to have?  Lift them from books, movies or comics, or simply make your own.  No rules here.  Hit the jump to see mine, and don’t be shy in the comments about yours.

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Oh god damn! It appears that I have already mastered the one-two punch that’ll crack the ribs of mortality and grant me eternal rockitude. Or at least prevent skin cancer. I can settle for that.

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