Have you met our friend Kitty Courtney?

So being a Nerd Thug has its perks.  Obviously we know everything and we reek of awesome-ness at all times, that's awesome-ness I promise, and sometimes we meet and make friends with some of the most beautiful models in Texas, like Kitty Courtney.

So I had the privilege of sitting down with her and having a conversation.  Yeah, I sat down with her...

Cory DLG:  "How long have you been modeling?"
Kitty: "I’ve actually only been modeling for about a year now. Maybe a few months more. I had been following Lucky Devil Pinups for a few days when the guy who operates it noticed me, and started to look at my own pictures. He said “you need to be in front of my camera!” and after meeting for some BBQ, which would later be a staple of our shoots, I decided to give it a shot. After our first shoot, he posted the pictures on his fan-page and they went nuts. Ha ha ha They really liked me!"

Cory DLG: "So now you're making a calender?  How did that come about?"
Kitty:  "The calendar came up after a few of my fans mentioned it. I decided to ask them who all would be interested in buying one and I had plenty of people say they would. So, I got in touch with some friends in the printing business and we started getting to work. Making sure each month had a special picture, and was Pinup themed."

Cory DLG: "Talk to me about nerding out, what do you nerd out about?"
Kitty: "Outside of Pinup stuff, I’m pretty obsessed with whales and dolphins. I’m a huge advocator for protesting Sea World and aquariums that keep Cetaceans in captivity. One day I hope to work closely with them and do all that I can to prevent more from being put into captivity."

So that sums up the conversation, contact Kitty Courtney on facebook to see about getting one of those hot fire calendars!

#talkingnerdy2you  

Blog #2: Clixing on a budget!!!!

Hey guys, you know the drill, wanna be a baller?  Shotcaller?  But for under $10 dollars?

I got your back... quick style, HERE WE GO!

A little heroclix action this month, table top lifestyle for sure.

So this time, it's not quite the traditional format, instead I found a built a team from ebay of 300 pts of Heroclix awesomeness SHIELD keyword, this team would be a good team for all kinds of level of players.  From beginners to Advanced, tons of probability control so you get lots of chances to make your attacks and to defend yourself, also a way to slow down the enemy and turn off the mystics team ability all for under $15.00!

Meet your S.H.I.E.L.D. team...

Deathlok #35 (Nick Fury: Agents of Shield Set)

75 pts,

He starts out with Running Shot and stealth and a probability control for good measure so you're going to get two chances for that alpha strike.  He becomes your brawler in the middle of your dial with close combat expert and the fun part is that with all the probability control I put on this team, you can get greedy and put both in damage, swinging for some meaty hits.  Plus as a weird bonus he has traited mind control, so get crazy every once in a while, be unpredictable and have your up close brawler do something unexpected.

Quake #19 (Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD set)

85 pts

Here's your other lead attacker, she is the highest point value so her leadership roles early on can untoken anyone on the team, also her range paired with precision strike and perplex on the later parts of the dial as well as an enhancement from a friend I haven't gotten to yet means her and Deathlok can pair nicely and bring the noise.

Jimmy Woo 8b (Nick Fury: Agents of SHIELD)

60 pts

Supporting your team and helping tilt the battle in your favor, is Jimmy Woo!  Have him hang a little back and use his probability control to make sure your heavy hitters nail their first attacks.  Also his trait of canceling out willpower and mystics team abilities means you can bring up one of the cheaper support pieces and pair it with Deathlok or Quake to get rid of someone causing you troubles.

Skye #23 (Nick Fury: Agents of SHIELD Set)

45 pts

So I did something different here, having these next two pieces work together in tandem, use their trait regarding line of sight and probability control to work in tandem with their willpower and the next guys perplex to turn Skye into some offense if need be.

Fitz 21 (Nick Fury: Agents of SHIELD set)

35 pts

So here's what makes Fitz useful, the hoverbots thing, Fitz can be in up to 5 places at once, so this guy has options also, Fitz and Skye work together for a free probability control.

So under $15 and this team does some great combos and team work and they all have the SHIELD team ability which lets a shooter get a +1 to their range for each adjacent friendly SHIELD character next to them.  For a power action they get a +1 to the damage as well.

Anyway good luck and happy Clixing.

Balling on a Budget Issue #1

Hello world!!

It is both my pleasure and joy to welcome you to my corner of the internet, thanks for checking out my blog here on the Nerd Thug Radio website.  (If you're reading this somewhere else please, please, please check out www.nerdthugradio.com)

The basic idea here is that it ain't easy being nerdy and sometimes you just want to try something out and you don't know what's good and aren't looking to get crazy with the cheddar, or bread or whatever food you use to describe your monies.

So all that being said, here's a few things I recommend checking out for $10 bucks or cheaper (not including shipping) from the web!!

Thing #1!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Force-2-Old-Ghosts-Aug-2009-Marvel-comic-graphic-novel-smoke-free-/371738142431?hash=item568d51e6df:g:gMwAAOSw0UdXvJaG

So here's the deal, I recognize that this will put you in the middle of a story, and I hate to be the guy who recommends that, but this one has a lot of the action in it, as the first few issues were one part stage setting and one part action, this is two parts action and one part story continuing.  Besides, like you don't know what happens in everything X-Force?

Oh, you don't?  Well anything from the first two volumes of the relaunched X-Force is a must read, you get me, a MUST read, so read it.  You must.

Thing #2!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MARVEL-COPPER-AGE-GRAPHIC-NOVEL-EXCALIBUR-AIR-APPARENT-/131938409556?hash=item1eb8245c54:g:M~MAAOSw9NdXuksn

So this is an old school one shot special that comics used to do from time to time, like annuals (man, remember those?!).  This one is a cool one that features each member of Excalibur taking on one aspect of this little adventure that involves some fun crazy science and requires Captain Britain going all Ghostbusters and "crossing the streams" and Nightcrawler going crazy with some serious bamfing on a robot thing, and Kitty Pryde tries to solve for "carrot".  Are you not entertained?  Trust me it's old school fun.

NUMBER THREE!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXCALIBUR-GRAPHIC-NOVEL-EXCALIBUR-VS-THE-X-MEN-G-N-1989-TO-1992-/122113619613?hash=item1c6e89f69d:g:zW8AAOSwgQ9V62ic

This one I would ask the seller some questions before checking them out, because I don't remember anything about that particular X-Men vs Excalibur barn burner there, but that Excalibur mojo verse thing I remember, it was another one of those one shot specials and it's great!  Essentially that guy on the cover is like an agent of some kind trying to get your signature on a contract, if you sign his papers, he absorbs you and gains your powers.  Hello hollywood metaphor!!  (oh that sounds like a band name!)

Anyway Kitty Pryde plus X-babies plus Mojo mayhem equals, you buy.  You know, if that's what this dude is actually selling.  Which it looks like, but I dunno.

Anywho this has been a public service from Cory DLG of Nerd Thug Radio, helping you guys nerd on a budget, you feel me?  Shop at your own discretion, all purchases are final and as always keep your hands, feet and children to yourself at all times.

#talkingnerdy2you