Were you lucky enough to have an incredible science teacher back in the day? You know, the kind who made science understandable, interesting and even fun. Even though it was decades…
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Posts Tagged: geeking out
These ‘lab rats’ rode for Will
We have always been a huge MythBusters family. Growing up, we knew all of the hosts by name, and at times talked about them like they were old friends. Once…
Read More »Anatomy of a thrill
It starts when you get the okay from the network to talk about the unnamed new show: We can finally tell you! @TravelChannel‘s new show w/ @KariByron & @ToryBelleci is…
Read More »Geek now, or forever hold your peace
Okay, so we can officially let the cat out of the bag now. Travel Channel was here today. But that wasn’t the secret. What we couldn’t talk about ahead of…
Read More »A family tradition
Paula’s note: It was pure delight watching the Kochs ride Thunderbird for the very first time. Our owners – Lori, Lauren, Leah and William – were beside themselves as they…
Read More »Ah, such potential
Did you ever have a teacher tell your parents you had “potential”? It probably meant they wanted you to work harder. Well, potential energy is measures the energy of a…
Read More »Your daily floss
Long ago, my oldest son explained to me the difference between a “geek” and a “nerd.” Tom now works at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (which you may recognize from The Big…
Read More »Purrrfect coasters need Coaster Cats
When it comes to our Coaster Cats, we’re feline thankful (that’s a joke, son). In just about all kinds of weather, they’re out in the elements, taking care of our…
Read More »Oops, wrong nest
For years we’ve joked that Splashin’ Safari is a showroom for ProSlide Technology. After all, the majority of the “cool stuff” in our water park is from them. Let’s see…
Read More »Keeping track of the coaster crazies
When we started building The Raven back in 1994, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into … … and how many friendships would be forged. The roller…
Read More »Tag, you’re it!
Over the past several months, we've gone back to add tags to our eight years of HoliBlog posts. (That's more than a thousand posts!) The resulting "tag cloud" is pretty…
Read More »An “IT Men” sequel
Our first IT Men webisode (1.0 of course) was so well received, Nathan put together a sequel. Webisode 2.71828, that is. (Get it?) Sure you do. What else would you…
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